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Umahi, Rufai Oseni, and the New Nigerian Awakening
By Rt. Hon. Linus Okorie, FCA
Context and audience are the defining ingredients of every public discourse or communication. To understand its meaning and consequence, one must situate a discourse within both. This is why the…
Dangote Refinery, Union Crises and the Struggle for Nigeria’s Economic Liberation
By Osabinu Olufemi
The unfolding crisis between the Dangote Refinery and Nigeria’s oil unions, NUPENG and PENGASSAN, deserves to be examined with sober reflection and patriotic candour. At stake is not merely a clash over unionization or…
Obidient Movement and the Birth of a New Political Order for Africa
By Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh PhD
When colonial powers withdrew from Africa, they left behind artificial borders and a borrowed illusion. Democracy. A kind of governance system hastily transplanted from Western soil arrived stripped of the…
Flagrant Disregard for Valid Court Judgements: INEC Chairman Mahmood Yakubu Must Be Held Accountable
By Okoro Chinedum Benedict
In 1937, at 31, Dietrich Bonhoeffer, a German Theologian wrote a starling book ‘The Cost of Discipleship’ - clearly, the book is a theological and ethical classic that challenged German – Christians and the…
INEC’s Disobedience to Court Judgments and the Doctrine of Unlawful Exclusion under the Electoral…
By Okoro Chinedum Benedict
Introduction
This paper examines INEC’s growing disregard for subsisting court judgments, with particular focus on the unlawful exclusion of candidates under the Electoral Act, 2022. It highlights…
Tinubu’s Government, the Southeast and the Obidient Movement: A Pattern of Exclusion, A Call to…
By Rt. Hon. Linus Abaa Okorie, FCA
The pattern of appointments and federal project allocations under President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has once again highlighted the stark marginalization of the Southeast in Nigeria’s governance structure.…
2027: Choices, Possibilities and Peter Obi’s Pathways
By Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh PhD
A few days ago, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) threw down an ultimatum to Mr. Peter Obi and Mallam Nasir El-Rufai: join us or forget about the coalition. It was the kind of political…
Empowerment or Illusion? The Ebonyi Hawkers Question
By Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh Ph.D
In a country where survival is a daily hustle, the Ebonyi Hawkers Empowerment Scheme was announced with fanfare, touted as a bold intervention to uplift thousands of indigenous hawkers from the grind of…
Agboworin And His Passion For Public Service, Commitment to People’s Needs
By Mayowa Okekale
Taking a deep cursory look at the dynamics of Oyo State politics, it is indubitable that the lawmaker who represents Ibadan North East/South East federal constituency, Rep. Abass Adigun, who is…
Anyhowness as Governance: The Legacy of PDP, APC, and Impending National Collapse
By Ezeh Emmanuel Ezeh PhD
The recent fire outbreaks in Lagos that engulfed both Afriland Towers and Emab Plaza are not just tragic accidents. They are brutal metaphors for the collapse of governance in Nigeria. In a country where emergency…