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Why we should adopt a 6-year single term- Robert Audu

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 18, 2021 179 0

As the National Assembly has called for position papers on constitution review, a former Federal Permanent Secretary, Chief Robert Audu, submitted the following proposal: THE FEDERAL STRUCTURE AND POWER DEVOLUTION: 6-YEAR SINGLE TERM/5-YEAR DEVELOPMENT PLAN I again salute the wisdom of the Nigerian Senate in responding to the popular wish of the people by initiating […]Continue Reading

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‘How to curtail insecurity in South-East’

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 15, 2021 171 0

Barrister Charles Odenigbo is a veteran journalist and lawyer. He is enthusiastic about unity, justice and economic development in Nigeria. In this interview, he speaks on what both federal and state governments should do to stem insecurity in the South-East.   How does the current insecurity affect national cohesion and the economy of the South-East? […]Continue Reading

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The Intelligence Community and the New Challenges

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 10, 2021 153 0

By Eric Teniola The crisis is an opportunity to make good on big changes. So never waste a good crisis. The late British Prime Minister, Sir Winston Churchill (30 November 1874-24 January 1965) once wrote,” never let a good crisis go to waste”. After the brutal assassination of General Murtala Ramat Mohammed (8 November 1938 […]Continue Reading

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Oil Subsidy and Economic Growth: What does Economic Theory tell us?

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 7, 2021 193 0

By Professor Abdelrasaq Na-Allah  In the nearly two and half centuries of economists’ attempts to understand the dynamics of growth the perspective inspired by free-market ideology is seminal and up till now represents the most enduring contribution to the field. It first emerged in the 18th century through the works of Adam Smith and later […]Continue Reading

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How is social media regulated?

By Ele Ifah Sunday April 6, 2021 164 0

By Theophilus Abbah The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, northern governors and traditional rulers, some governors of southern states, and apologists of the Buhari administration have made social media regulation a sing-song after the recent EndSARS protests. Though government claims that social media was used to peddle fake news, the fact is […]Continue Reading

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The Scandal in Port Harcourt Refinery

By Ele Ifah Sunday March 30, 2021 222 0

By Eric Teniola Abracadabra is now commonly used as an incantation in the performance of magic. Literally, it is used as the more you look, the less you know or see. Abracadabra is the best word to describe what is going on in Port Harcourt Refinery. The Refinery is situated at Alesa Eleme, which is […]Continue Reading

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5 Reasons Why Nigeria Scored Low on Corruption Perceptions Index 2020:

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 4, 2021 171

  …What should be done to improve it The 2020 Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released globally by Transparency International (TI) recently has shown that Nigeria yet again, records a decline in the CPI in 2020. In the report published exclusively in Nigeria by the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), the National Chapter of TI, […]Continue Reading

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The National Question and the Quest for Restructuring in Nigeria

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 3, 2021 212 0

By Chido Onumah  Introduction To paraphrase the historian, mathematician, journalist, and public intellectual, Edwin Madunagu, every political history has its significant dates, landmarks, or turning points. In Nigeria’s political history, for instance, landmarks would include October 1, 1960, (the day Nigeria gained independence from Britain), January 15, 1966, (when the Continue Reading

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Sad Return to Broken Chains

By Ele Ifah Sunday February 3, 2021 217 0

By Eric Teniola In June 2005 we were so ecstatic in celebrating the debt relief offered us, a relief of over $20billion, which was beyond the total revenue of Nigeria for one year. So happy were we that President Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR, had to make a broadcast to the nation on June 30, 2005. He […]Continue Reading

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Buba Marwa Resumes as NDLEA Boss, Bemoans 15 million Drug Users in Nigeria

By Ele Ifah Sunday January 18, 2021 216 0

The New Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), retired Brigadier General Mohammad Buba Marwa has bemoaned the increasing number of drug users at over 15 million in Nigeria. Marwa who lamented the growing population of drug users during his inaugural address at the NDLEA headquarters Abuja pointed out […]Continue Reading

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Remaking Nigeria, Sixty Years After

By Ele Ifah Sunday January 5, 2021 161 0

By Chido Onumah “…Nation-building is a futuristic venture; it is not something you do looking back. If a nation would be tempted, like Lot’s wife, to keep looking back, perhaps that nation will turn to a pillar of salt.” – Tope Fasua in Remaking Nigeria: Sixty Years, Sixty Voices   “A country is as good […]Continue Reading

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A Systemic Persecution of Christians and the Church in Northern Nigeria: The Church’s Response

By Ele Ifah Sunday November 24, 2020 229 Post a comment

By Fr. Williams Kaura Abba Introduction The Wall Street Journal published an article in December 2019 wherein Bernard-Henri Levy, a French Philosopher, filmmaker, journalist, and public intellectual described a trip he made to Nigeria during which he privately investigated Fulani attacks on Christians. Levy recounts thus:   A slow-motion war is underway in Africa’s Continue Reading