The 2023 presidential election has been concluded and the result announced. The electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission has declared a winner, issued a certificate of return to the presidential and vice-presidential candidate of the ruling party and converted…
By Lasisi Olagunju | The 2023 presidential election in Nigeria is not the worst in human history. That dubious reputation belongs in Liberia where, in 1927, the then President Charles D.B. King scored 234,000 votes out of a total of…
By Farooq A. Kperogi | Twitter: @farooqkperogi In the aftermath of INEC’s declaration of APC’s Bola Ahmed Tinubu as the winner of the February 25 presidential election, a broad range of Nigerians from a certain demographic category have been squirming…
By Martins Oloja | The expression, ‘the North is organising while the South is agonising’ is common on this page whenever the preparedness and organisational capability of the North for political power is in focus. The comparative analysis isn’t meant to disparage any…
Perspectives | On Nigeria By MacArthur Foundation | Kole Shettima and Erin Sines, Co-Directors of On Nigeria, discuss community collaboration and priorities for inclusion of gender and disability in anti-corruption work in Nigeria. In October 2022, our team had the pleasure and…
By Adenike Aloba | A Presentation at the 4th Female Researchers Panel, themed “Women in the Margins: The Irony of Media Coverage” at the ACSPN 9th Annual Conference. I am a Managing Editor in a newsroom, and I am scarce.…
In the midst of Nigeria’s many intrigues and the drama playing out on the political scene, which is like the longest episode of all the Real Housewives franchises combined, the ASUU eight-month-long strike action is a distant memory. However, history…
By Eze Onyekpere | There are so many challenges with the federal health budget proposal for the year 2023. If approved by the National Assembly in its current form and substance, Nigeria’s health indicators may worsen and the expenditure will…
By Eze Onyekpere | The Central Bank of Nigeria within the outgone week announced a very important but dramatic decision to redesign, produce, release and circulate new series of banknotes at N200, N500, and N1,000 levels. According to the CBN…
By Femi Kusa (johnolufemikusa@gmail.com/ www.olufemikusa.com) I am one of millions of persons worldwide who believe that there is something in a name. A name, to such persons, is a message, a code, a clue, a garments…or what have you! If…
