Opinion

In the rapidly evolving digital age, reshaping democracy in Africa has emerged as a pivotal endeavour to enhance government effectiveness, foster positive labour relations, and improve working conditions for workers across the continent.

As Nigerians await government’s final position on the imperative of state police, the unceasing torrents of daily criminalities reported across the country point strongly to the inevitability of the proposed order. State police offers an inspiring option to tackling crime.

Science is discovery and discovery evolve. Few discoveries have elicited as much excitement in the scientific world in recent times as has CRISPR-the gene editing tool made popular by the year 2020 Nobel Prize winning female duo of Jennifer Doudna and Emmanuelle Charpentier.

The recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of the Attorney General of Lagos State & Ors v. Attorney General of the Federation & Ors (SC/01/2008), has significantly altered the legal and regulatory framework governing lottery operations in Nigeria.

The imposition of emergency rule in Rivers State shows that the Bola Tinubu administration has undertaken what amounts to a civilian coup. Democratic structures have been collapsed, elected officials suspended from offices

There is a growing concern about the state of human rights litigation in Nigeria and the seeming eclipse of that aspect of our legal practice. The war against corruption has coloured the real intent of the human rights struggle in so far as corruption cases are wrongly lumped

The question whether the desire by some for a ‘College of Leaders’ operating alongside the established leadership and management organs of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Delta State is constitutional, legitimate, and appropriate warrants a civil and respectful debate. It is a mistake to think that this question can be properly addressed through happenstance,…

Public service is said to be the engine room of government and public servants, the architects of policy, the implementers of reform and the custodians of public trust. But what happens when this engine lacks the capacity to drive progress? The result, as seen in many African nations, is a failing governance environment and stunted…

With President Bola Tinubu’s declaration of a state of emergency in Rivers State on Tuesday, March 18, the Renaissance consortium—a group of local investors that recently acquired Shell’s onshore oil and gas assets in Nigeria for a staggering $2.4 billion—now finds itself in turbulent waters.

As our nation continues in the quest to accelerate action and strives for gender parity, we must adopt innovative strategies and use cutting-edge approaches focusing on several key areas: legislative reforms

There are raging and rivalling arguments for Nigeria’s current presidential system versus geopolitical rotational presidency not least given the country’s complex ethno-religious dynamics.

The recent Supreme Court judgment in the case of the Attorney General of Lagos State & Ors v. Attorney General of the Federation & Ors (SC/01/2008), has significantly altered the legal and regulatory framework governing lottery operations in Nigeria.

The saying “equity is as long as the Chancellor’s foot” reflects the criticism that decisions in the court of Chancery were subjective and varied depending on the Chancellor’s personal views and conscience rather than being based on fixed principles.

Sir: When it comes to “Renewed Hope Agenda,” it could be said that the sun rises in the East.

Olawale Oshun was born on March 26, 1950 at Ijebu-Mushin to the family of Alhaji Teslim Olayide Oshun and his wife, both of blessed memories. He was an alumnus of the Ibadan Boys High School.

The National Orientation Agency (NOA) recently launched the ‘Nigeria Happens To Me’ campaign to redefine the national identity narrative and revive a sense of collective responsibility. This campaign was to shift public perception from passive citizenship to active patriotism, especially during Nigeria's economic hardship. The campaign challenges a commonly expressed sentiment among Nigerians: “Nigeria has…

Kashim Musa Tumsah, MFR, an oil and gas lawyer, diplomat, and farmer, is challenging our collective conscience in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria, by investing in human capital and infrastructural development, as well as silently empowering the people across the state. In the northern region, where political office holders elected by the people to improve their…

Ongoing global focus on the achievements and need to maximise the role of women in society is yet another opportunity to revisit age-old prejudices, socio-legal and traditional or cultural practices and realities that have unfortunately hampered and still hampering the full development of the huge potential of the so-called weaker sex.

The Nigerian economy continues to witness a growth in the number of small businesses within the formal and informal sectors.

A Knowledge of prophet, seer or gipsy is not required to know that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) under the current administration of Dr Emomotimi Agama

In Nigeria, history tends to repeat itself with unerring accuracy and in tiresome syntax. When he wrote his report on the Amalgamation of Northern and Southern Nigeria and Administration in 1919, Frederick Lugard described Nigeria as an “anomaly….

Sir: Over the past year, I have followed Nasir El-Rufai’s political theatrics with a mix of morbid curiosity and intellectual disquiet.

To achieve this performance-based results, therefore, it becomes important to reflect on the public service and the functions of public managers.

The Governor of Anambra State, Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo’s government has become a truth functional dividend in a democracy  of the  Igbo nation, the Nigeria nation state, the West African sub region, the Sahel and Africa in general.

The Enugu State Landlord and Tenant Bill 2025 is a proposed piece of legislation now in its initial reading in the Enugu State House of Assembly. It aims to amend Enugu State’s Landlord and Tenant Law to address issues surrounding tenancy disputes