Labour union leaders now succumb easily to the dictates of government —Muhammed, AKCDS Director
The Director of Aminu Kano Centre for Democratic Studies (AKCDS), Habu Mohammed, is a professor of Political Economy and Development…
Why FG’s intervention policies are bringing pains to some Nigerians —Akinwale
Amid the prevailing agitations of labour unions in Nigeria, Akeem Ayofe Akinwale, a professor of Employment Relations and Labour Studies…
Merger of opposition parties will only be effective in Nigeria, if… —Adetula
Victor Adetula, professor of International Relations and Development Studies at the University of Jos, and most recently the Claude Ake…
What I won’t forget as a public servant —Abimbola Olufunke Yusuf
A chartered accountant and accomplished public servant, Abimbola Olufunke Yusuf, is the immediate past Director of Finance and Accounts, National…
95 per cent of private varsities are better equipped than most public varsities —Igbasan, VC, McPherson University
Professor Francis Adegbaye Igbasan is the second substantive Vice Chancellor of McPherson University, Seriki Sotayo, Ogun State. He is a…
February presidential election far better than Saturday’s off-cycle election —Olurode, ex INEC commissioner
Professor Lai Olurode, a former National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and professor of Sociology, in this…
‘How we mobilised youths to actualise Tinubu’s emergence’
Honourable Ayobami Olufemi Oguntayo is the National Coordinator of the Youth in Christianity of Nigeria for Bola Ahmed Tinubu and…
ELECTORAL REFORM: Why successive govts have failed to implement our report —Ibrahim, Uwais Panel member
Professor Jibrin Ibrahim, former Director of the Centre for Democracy and Development and Chairman, West Africa Civil Society Forum, was…
Awori, not Yewa will produce Ogun governor in 2027 —Salako
Azeem Salako, the spokesperson of the Forum of Awori Intelligentsia, and the convener/coordinator Awori for Ogun State governor 2027, speaks…
Politicians go to court to seek power, not justice —Adebayo, ex SDP presidential candidate
Against the backdrop of the final verdict on the 2023 presidential election delivered by the Supreme Court penultimate week, the…
Imo, Kogi, Bayelsa remain hotbeds —Oyekanmi, INEC chairman’s spokesperson
Rotimi Oyekanmi, Chief Press Secretary to the Chairman, Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Mahmood Yakubu, in this interview with…
16 years after, non-implementation of Uwais Committee’s report still haunting our electoral system —Ajayi
In 2007, the administration of late President Umaru Musa Yar’Adua constituted an electoral reform committee spearheaded by former Chief Justice…
Why INEC has never been truly independent —Aduwo
Mr Olufemi Aduwo is the Permanent Representative of Centre for Convention on Democratic Integrity (CCDI) to ECOSOC /United Nations and…
I still have mark from strokes of cane I received in 1966 —Riky’s Place boss
Florence Oluremi Ayodele Balogun, politician and businesswoman, is the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Riky’s Place, Ibadan. She shared the…
We are grateful to Gov Makinde for insisting on due process in selection of next Alaafin —Prince Gbadegesin
Prince Bayo Gbadegesin, one of the aspirants for the throne of the Alaafin of Oyo, in an interaction with WALE…
I dropped out of school to fight in Agbekoya war —Prof Toyin Falola
Professor Toyin Falola is the Jacob and Frances Sanger Mossiker Chair in the Humanities and University Distinguished Teaching Professor at…
How FG is set to transform Nigeria —Hadiza, president’s aide
Special Adviser to the President on Policy and Coordination, Hadiza Bala Usman, speaks on economic policies of the President Bola…
‘Why Tinubu, INEC should ensure credible poll in Bayelsa’
Christopher Abarowei, a foundational member of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Bayelsa State, in this interview with Ebiowei Lawal,…
The crisis of justice system in Nigeria can only end if… —Zuru, SAN
Following Thursday’s judgement of the Supreme Court, which has finally laid to rest the legal tussle surrounding the February 25…
Where judges are paid peanuts, you can’t expect the best… —Ayorinde, SAN
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and Officer of the Federal Republic (OFR), Chief Bolaji Ayorinde, is the Chairman of…
