By Braeyi Ekiye Though a Muslim, and unrepentant Izon son, Asari-Dokubo is a notable freedom fighter and political figure in Nigeria’s Niger Delta region. He is a controversial, populist and forceful defender of the rights and privileges of the minorities of the Nigerian state, especially those of the Niger Delta stock and their environment. Asari […]

Since the beginning of the fourth republic in 1999, Nigeria’s democracy has continued to take firm roots in the lives of citizens as the once militarized mindset is disappearing while anti-democratic tendencies within the system is thinning out as all segments of the society continue to embrace democracy.

Globally, subsidies, whether for food, transportation, energy or housing, are part of good governance. So, the issue is not subsidies but who benefit from them. In Nigeria, subsidies are primarily of the rich, by the rich and for the rich. I will highlight a few, how they are being manipulated and how huge sums of […]

By NICK DAZANG The jury is in. And all stakeholders in the electoral process are unanimous on the conduct of the 2023 general elections: that they were framed by a number of challenges. And that the challenges included decrepit logistics, glitches with technology, absence of communications, lack of transparency, voter suppression and violence. On Saturday, […]

By ARIZE NWOBU IN his inauguration speech, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu touched on the monetary policy and indicated his preference for a low interest rate regime to stimulate economic growth and employment. President Tinubu is cosmopolitan, innovative and progressive. He is dogged, hardworking and a strategist. In an article I wrote in 2015, titled: ‘’A […]