Peter Obi cannot be different from us
By JOHN ONWE This essay is inspired by a cartoon by a journalist called “Sergo”, published in the Catholic Diocese of Abakaliki’s newspaper, called Advocate, on page 4. The cartoon has an image named “Obi” standing in the centre of a group of four men who were labelled variously as “Presidency”, “EFCC”, the “Police” and […]
A tale of two regulatory frameworks: Comparing Nigeria’s ARCON Act with the UAE’s media regulation law
By Ewa Izuchukwu Recently, while researching some global advertising regulatory frameworks to use for a thesis, I came across the UAE’s Federal Decree by Law No. 55 of 2023 Concerning Media Regulation. Having closely followed the development and implementation of Nigeria’s Advertising Regulatory Council of Nigeria (ARCON) Act 2022, I found myself drawn into a […]
Before ASUU embarks on another avoidable strike
By Emeka Alex Duru Unless reasons prevail and positive measures taken by the federal government to address the grievances of members of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Nigeria’s university system may be headed for another grueling period of shutdown. And that would be quite bad. At the heart of the matter is the 2009 agreement […]
Why Federal Government must emulate Imo in restriction of graduation ceremonies
Why not let parents grapple with the problems of textbooks (which, sadly, gives no room for re-use by one’s younger siblings) and rising school fees
Abiodun vs Daniel: Yet another ‘flawed’ analysis on 2027
By ILESANMI MARTINS In “Ogun 2027: How senatorial ambition tears Abiodun, OGD apart,” a piece published in the Wednesday, September 3 issue of the Vanguard, the author, James Ogunnaike, carried out an image laundering exercise for the senator representing Ogun East in the National Assembly, Gbenga Daniel. Because he sets up a binary dichotomy in which […]
Now that the Nigeria Immigration Service has doubled passport fees
By ELVIS EROMOSELE Nigeria has been caught in the jaws of inflation over the last two years. Nigerians are basically struggling to stay afloat in the ocean of high inflation precipitated by recent government policies. And just when the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics was talking of a stable economy, another federal agency is adding to the […]
