Governance not guns will secure West Africa
By Lawal Farouq A recent West Africa Security Retreat has warned that lasting peace will come not from firepower but from accountable institutions, resilient governance, and the trust of citizens. West Africa has been fighting insecurity for decades, yet the region remains trapped in a cycle of violence. Extremist groups regroup after defeats, criminal networks adapt […]
How Africa’s fight against transnational networks is changing
Efforts to counter transnational organisations and networks in Africa are no longer confined to proscription orders or terrorist designations.
Nigeria yet to Practise Omoluabi social democracy — Prince Faloye
By Chris Onuoha President of the African Sociocultural Harmony and Enlightenment Foundation (ASHE), Prince Justice Faloye, has expressed dissatisfaction with the current APC administration, describing its neoliberal leadership style as un-African. Faloye, who is the national publicity secretary of Afenifere, stated this in a press release, saying Nigeria is at the bottom of the global […]
Dr Stanley Uzochukwu: The “Osoafia” boy from street who became builder of men
AI Researcher, University of Hertfordshire, UK Some people receive an opportunity and build a comfortable life. A rare few receive an opportunity and build a ladder through which thousands of others can rise. Dr Stanley Ifeanyi Uzochukwu belongs to that rare company.
N210 trillion: Nigeria’s numbers problem
By MAHMUD JAFAR The easiest way to rile Nigeria on the matter of public finance is to throw a number of endless zeroes at us and call it missing money. Nobody needs to explain the ledger from which it was drawn, or the accounting convention that produced it, or whether the sum describes cash that once […]
What Ails the Civil Service? Fixing bureaucracy to get the basics right
And this is even all the more commendable as the civil service then was just still evolving in terms of organizational development that was heading towards institutionalization
