Broadcasting has enjoyed some enormous coverage lately. Can you imagine that tweak or little speck of irony! The broadcast media itself enjoying the limelight in what may qualify as inversion of service delivery.  From nowhere, a state governor generated a needless controversy by reclining on his imperial powers to order the closure of one of the […]

WHY STUDENTS JOIN CULTISM Why do students join cultism? Many reasons can be proffered but I will attempt just a few. Some of the reasons are: i. Desire to obtain undue privileges ii. Desire to have a sense of power; influence and prestige among fellow students iii. Desire to command undeserved authority and respect within the […]

Trust is the everyday currency of democratic life. When it drains away, institutions keep their seals but lose their weight. The recent Chatham House/NBS findings are not just gloomy numbers; they describe a social contract under strain. Almost half of Nigerians say they “greatly distrust” the police, and roughly a third deeply distrust the presidency and […]

“Elders do not fight battles, but they know which battles can be won or lost”– African proverb. A noticeable flurry of activities in many parts of the North involving elderly northerners, politicians, and others who wear both caps is engaging a lot of attention. These activities have not been seen for quite a while in the […]

From last week continues the narrative of how party supremacy has declined over the years with the President now calling the shot, ordering the party chairman around and can fire him at the slightest excuse. This is unlike what obtained during the NPN era when a caucus chaired by the party boss would take the […]