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Trial of minors: When a dissenter criminalises dissent, by Adekunle Adekoya

FOR some time now, the detention and arraignment of under-age protesters by the Police dominated conversations at home and abroad. In August, a nationwide protest against the harsh economic policies preferred by the federal administration led by President Bola Tinubu began, tagged #EndBadGovernance. Largely driven by social media conversations, organisers sought to mobilise the populace to […]

Enough of wasteful prayers

President Bola Tinubu is a co-founder of the All Progressives Congress, APC, a political party which challenged for leadership on the mantra of “Change”. It was given the mandate to replace the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in 2015. A former Minister of State for Finance under the PDP rule, Bashir Yuguda, was tried along with […]

Unbalanced democracy and need for a united opposition front

By AMINU JAHUN  WHILST most people under despotic regimes prefer democratic rule, a lot of people have lost faith in democracy, because despotic ‘democrats’ are upending the democratic balance,   concentrating disproportionate powers in their offices, anchoring governance on an unpalatable trajectory for the ruled. The risk of power concentration at particular points, facilitated the perching of […]

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