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 […]
Nnaji as a change agent
BEFORE me on my table as I am writing this short essay is a couple of media reports on the signing on July 4 , 2012, of a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, between the Ministry of Power and Daewoo Construction and Electrical on ways Daewoo could help generate 10,000MW in Nigeria, with the South Korean engineering giant taking up 20 per cent equity in new plants.
Telecoms: When lawmaking endangers industry progress
WHERE does somebody begin this story – the story of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the National Environmental Standard Regulatory Agency, NESREA, which festered for a time before medications became expedient?
The system criminalises us
I WAS driving in my private car along Nnebisi Road, Asaba and got to the Federal Medical Centre Roundabout where there was the ubiquitous police checkpoint in those dark old days.
Abia and re-opening of Aba NNPC depot
THE recent re-opening of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, depot atAba,AbiaState is a landmark achievement and welcome development, especially for the residents of the commercial city ofAba and its environs who have suffered for long due to its closure some years ago as result of insecurity, bunkering and pipeline vandalism.
Fast-tracking development in the Niger Delta
BEFORE now, poverty, illiteracy and high rate of criminal activities ranging from militancy, piracy, armed robbery, oil pipeline vandalism and incessant attack on oil pipeline and platforms were the order of the day in the Niger Delta region.
