In mature democracies, pre-Trump at least, politicians speak with circumspection, for a variety of reasons. They typically make allowances for not fully knowing the minds of voters or being able to see into the future and the possibility that there are pertinent facts which may not yet be at their disposal.

The contradictions in Nigeria’s governance framework become more pronounced every day. On the one hand, our constitution suggests that we are a liberal democracy with the powers of government properly separated; on the other hand, we have the Attorney-General of the Federation – a senior advocate, no less – turning the Rule of Law on…

Nigerian labour unions have always confounded me. As a teenager, it struck me as weird that the Academic Staff Union of Universities...

In a world where newspaper columnists are accused by the people in government and their avowed supporters as biased and sensationalist, empirical indicators...

There was something of a classic Nigerian reggae music renaissance between 2013 and 2016, with many of the hit makers of the 80s and 90s suddenly being in high demand on the live music circuit. From Majek Fashek to Victor Essiet to Orits Wiliki and the recently deceased Ras Kimono, the music came back in…

Recently, Senator Ben Murray-Bruce posted a message from his Twitter account that said “In the last 3 years, some of us leaders built new houses for ourselves, yet we haven’t built new housing estates for the people. We‘ve bought new private jets yet Nigeria still does not have a national airline.

It has been an interesting fortnight or thereabouts for Nigeria’s constitutional theorists, debating the ongoing face-off between the Senate and the Inspector General of Police.

A few weeks ago, the Chairman of the residential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Professor Itse Sagay, was reported as calling for the reintroduction of the jury system in criminal trials. His reason was that, in his opinion, there is so much corruption that some judges can no longer be relied upon to uphold the integrity…

Arsène Wenger has called time on his role as the manager of Arsenal Football Club, after a period of 22 years. He has been the most successful manager in the club’s history and in spite...

The conundrum a ‘Law and Governance’ column often faces in a country where politics takes precedence over governance and the law is only meant for a subset of society, is whether to broach a theoretical issue and discuss jurisprudence or tackle the numerous ongoing crises across the country. It seems today’s column will be more…

Across Europe, there is a frenzy as companies take steps to be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation before the deadline of 25th May 2018. If you are a company that processes the data of EU residents...

It is no longer news that Transparency International’s recently published rankings for 2017 show that Nigeria has plummeted several places to 146th out of a total of 180 countries.