Comparative analysis of 2nd-term elections in Federalist countries and consequences for 2027
*Incumbency is not destiny. In federations, a second-term contest is a referendum on the relationship between the centre and the states, and Nigeria’s 2027 ballot will test that relationship in significant ways. BY BEN NWANKWO Nigeria is approaching a presidential election in which an incumbent will seek another four-year mandate. That fact, ordinary as it […]
Mimiko’s 3i’s Initiative
The Minister for National Planning, Dr Shamsudeen Usman, did not mince words when, after a visit to Ondo State, he adjudged it a pace-setter in community development.
Delta State, EFCC and Ibori bribe money
A simmering debate has issued from the controversial $15 million cash allegedly used by the former Governor of Delta State, James Ibori, to bribe Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Demolition of Abonnema and other water front communities
ON Tuesday and Wednesday June 26 and 27, 2012, the government of Rivers State mobilized some earth-moving equipment to Abonnema Wharf to demolish all houses and destroy property, thereby rendering a community of about 10,000 people homeless. Men, women, children were under heavy rain with their property.
Rising to the humanitarian challenges in lower Plateau
AS the impact of global climate change tends to manifest in different forms, flood which is one of the resultant effect has continued to wreak havoc in many communities.
Oil and gas in Africa: Boom or doom?
WHEN oil was first discovered in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State of Nigeria in 1956, there was jubilation not only in the then Eastern Region of Nigeria but all over the country.
