Lesson for Nigeria: True federalism is the best route to progress
There is something very strange about public policy discourse in Nigeria. Despite what theory, evidence and history tell us, some...
- Thursday, June 04, 2026
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There is something very strange about public policy discourse in Nigeria. Despite what theory, evidence and history tell us, some...
Over the past five years, Nigeria has been a macabre theatre of organised violence. In a report titled Nigeria: The...
President Muhammadu Buhari was once fond of the Soviet Union, as military head of state between 1984 and 1985, he...
The recent controversy over the waiver-of-sovereignty clause in the rail construction contract between Nigeria and China was misplaced. It was...
If having an outstanding CV and a global profile is enough to win the contest for the next Director-General of...
Nigerians are complicit in the utter mediocrity of their government. This seemingly stems from the failure to understand the difference...
Fellow Nigerians and dear readers, I am 60 this month; precisely last Friday, on 24 July. I am utterly grateful...
Nigeria has an acute corruption problem. But it is not just individual corruption; it’s also systemic and institutional corruption. A...
Since assuming office in 2015, President Muhammadu Buhari has issued ten executive orders, a practice alien to his civilian predecessors....
Africa is becoming the battleground for another Cold War. The old Cold War, from 1947 to 1991, was between the...