Hurricane Natasha
I HAD HAD to change my mind when Natasha happened again on Tuesday. My initial plan was to discuss some...
Affirmative Action and Namibia’s Example
Affirmative Action refers to proactive measures taken by organisations or governments to ensure equal opportunity for historically marginalised groups. It...
In Rivers State – A Republic of Anomaly Renews its Methods
IN NIGERIA, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his Report on...
Tinubu The Democrat in Search of Democracy
MAYBE we are forgetting that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, and BAT for short, is a fine democrat. He is also...
Illegality Of Dissolution Of Elected Democratic Structures In Nigeria
THE DECISION of President Bola Tinubu to suspend Governor Siminalayi Fubara, his deputy, Mrs Ngozi Odu, and all elected members...
Is Emergency Rule the Answer in Nigeria’s Inflammable Oil State?
PRESIDENT Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in the southern Rivers State and the suspension of the State’s...
Nasir el-Rufai: The Bloodlust of a Presidential Wannabe
IN THE WEEK in which former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir el-Rufai abandoned the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) to chart...
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