NIGERIA has a lot to learn from its founder and former colonial master, Britain. The series of events that led to the forced resignation of the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, reconfirm that in the UK, the people are the boss. Their power to hire and fire remain inviolable. Firmly keeping elected leaders within their leashes […]

Despite 61 years of independence and counting, Nigeria remains an under-developed democracy. Elections are uncertain because there is no clearly established trajectory of irreversible progress. This is why, after the 2015 elections which were adjudged generally free and acceptable, the immediate next general elections of 2019 took our democracy “back to Egypt”. The military and […]

THE Muhammadu Buhari government and the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, have turned the five-month stay at home by our public university students to a game of hide and seek. Hope has further dimmed on the possibility of the reopening of our universities for academic activities. After prolonged verbal warnings, ASUU finally embarked on […]

Editorial THE upbeat atmosphere surrounding Nigeria’s democracy has been further enhanced with the announcement by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, that the number of new registrants for the Permanent Voter’s Cards, PVCs, has jumped to 10.4 million. This figure, if optimised and deployed in the 2023 elections, is capable of bringing the change in […]

ABUJA, the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, which came into being pursuant to a military decree on February 3, 1976, was originally meant to be a home for all Nigerians. Every resident of the Federal Capital is to feel at home and have a sense of belonging. But over the years, the concept of the “centre […]