The moral optics: Rippling effects
Nigeria's crisis today is often described in economic, political or security terms. But beneath the inflation figures, rising cost of living, insecurity, unemployment and institutional distrust lies another crisis that deserves greater attention: the challenge of maintaining public confidence in standards of conduct, accountability and leadership.
As INEC wins landslide in legal tussle
By John Nwokocha THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, Thursday, May 28, recorded a landslide victory in a suit determined by the Federal High Court in Abuja. The suit filed by the erstwhile National Unity Party, NUP, challenged the constitutional power of INEC to deregister political parties. The NUP is one of the 74 political […]
Global pandemics, global disasters and the new global realism
By Godknows Igali The progressive march of human civilization, especially in science and technology in the last two centuries had seemed to make the world in which we live fairly foreseeable and predictable in almost all spheres. ‘As a matter of fact, humanity, at certain times, had been tempted to crow, quite deafeningly about already […]
Population: Legislation limiting children per couple
By Aare Afe Babalola SAN, Nigeria is one of the fastest growing countries in the world, with a population of 205,668,183 as at Monday, June 1, 2020, thereby constituting 2.64 per cent of the total world population and ranking seventh in the world, ahead of countries like Thailand, Germany, Italy and the United Kingdom! Nigeria’s […]
Nasir El Rufai’s lockdown and the spoilers at the door
By Rotimi Fasan When the last two weeks extension of the COVID-19 restriction of movement in Kaduna State came into effect on Monday, June 1, the people of the State had spent nothing less than 60 days under lockdown. Outside Lagos State, Ogun State and the Federal Capital Territory, these three places being the first […]
Redefining the anti-corruption war through digital transparency
By Joel Popoola The world recognises that Nigeria is making great progress on corruption. So why don’t Nigerians agree! Here’s the irony for you – Nigerian politics has a better reputation with international experts than it does with Nigerians. We all know that when it comes to reputation, the Nigerian government can be its own […]
