2027 election: INEC’s effort so far
Onus on political parties to comply with 2027 election rules By GEB Following the revision of the election timetable for the 2027 general polls, as released by the Independent National…
Forgery, Immunity, Integrity: Testing Constitutional Legitimacy In Electoral Act
By Festus Ogwuche There are moments in a constitutional system when a single issue becomes more than itself. It stops being a discrete allegation and begins to function as a…
State Policing: A Pointer To Tackling Insecurity
By Tobiloba Ahmed Sir: President Bola Ahmed Tinubu inherited a lot of challenges such as banditry, kidnapping, terrorism, armed robbery, assassination of lives, cybercrime, communal clashes, and religious violence, just…
Opposition Must Die
By Dakuku Peterside My published interventions on Nigerian democracy have long carried a warning that now feels less theoretical than urgent. In When Ghosts Vote, Voters Register, and Credible Elections,…
Why Operational Discipline Decides Successful Businesses
By Cornelius Balogun In business conversations across emerging and developed markets alike, funding is often treated as the ultimate prize. Entrepreneurs speak as though capital is the missing ingredient standing…
World Bank’s Dangerous Advice on Nigeria Fuel Policy
By Priscillia Iwedike There is something deeply unsettling about a policy recommendation that appears, triggers national concern, and then quietly disappears. That is exactly what followed the World Bank’s April…
Traoré’s Military Option And Fate Of Democracy In Africa
By Alabi Williams The military leader in charge of Burkina Faso, Ibrahim Traoré, recently admonished African countries to forget about democracy, because the system, he says is another form of…
Biafra and Bad Samaritans
By George Adimike Write it in capital letters, if you will, but the fact remains that words may not exhaust the imports of Biafra. As an idea, an identity, a…
In Bauchi, IMN caucus protest Iran, Palestine wars
Thousands of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) have staged protests against the wars in Iran and Palestine, seeking justice for the victims. Speaking yesterday in Bauchi, wife…
Ondo State: Darts of Conspirators around Aiyedatiwa
By Olu Ayela From the meagre beginning of Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa’s administration barely a year ago, residents of Ondo State have heaved a sigh of relief as they are…