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When public agencies go rogue, by Chidi Odinkalu

When public agencies go rogue, by Chidi Odinkalu

IN January 2014, a coalition of advocates, including Femi Falana, a Senior Advocate of Nigeria, SAN; Jiti Ogunye and Tokunbo Mumuni, both senior lawyers; and I wrote to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, inviting it to “to investigate the allegations of fraud detailed by the two committees set up by President Goodluck Jonathan in […]

Mistakes Nigeria made 

Mistakes Nigeria made 

By IKE NWACHUKWU The mistakes that Nigeria made is a wide ranging subject to deal with. Yet it is all important to know them for our survival as individuals, ethnic groupings, a country or a nation. The wise are expected to learn from their and other people’s mistakes . …I must state that today’s Colloquium in […]

Nigeria does not need a new constitution, by Obi Nwakanma

Nigeria does not need a new constitution, by Obi Nwakanma

At the  2023 Convocation lecture of the Afe Babalola University in Ado Ekiti, Mr. Chukwuemeka E. Anyaoku, former Nigerian Minister of Foreign Affairs, and former Secretary General of the Commonwealth canvassed for a new constitution for Nigeria. The distinguished former diplomat said, in the body of his lecture:  “The essence of the new Constitution should, in […]

Service delivery: Nigeria Customs takes the lead, by Tonnie Iredia

Service delivery: Nigeria Customs takes the lead, by Tonnie Iredia

One thing the flamboyant electioneering campaigns leading to the 2023 presidential elections did not expatiate upon was how the first budget of the new administration would be funded to meet the lofty campaign promises. The expectations became heightened when it became obvious that the inauguration of a new Nigerian President on May 29, 2023 did […]

Four wonders of Adamawa, by Dele Sobowale

Four wonders of Adamawa, by Dele Sobowale

Permit me to declare upfront that the trip to Adamawa State was entirely financed by me; and the State Government provided no guided tour. This is my honest assessment of one of the least reported states in Nigeria. The N400, 000 bill was, to me, money well-spent. I will do it again if the opportunity presents […]