Opinion

Checking electoral fraud via e-voting

By Obike Ukoh Since the emergence of Nigeria as a sovereign nation, conducting  free, fair and credible elections, appeared to be a mission impossible. The first post election, after the country...

Worries about deepening poverty in Nigeria

By Obike Ukoh A prominent politician once told his audience that the problem with the country is the political...

Mzee Raila Odinga: A legacy of service and democracy

By Sonny Onyegbula The remains of former Kenyan Prime Minister Raila Odinga were laid to rest on Sunday, 19th October in...

Nigeria and Senior Advocates of No-Consequence (SANs)

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu The ritual of the “Call to Bar” is the formal ceremony for the admission of...

Activist calls for dignity, due process, gender-sensitive protocols in aviation

As a gender rights activist and advocate for gender equality, I am deeply horrified and outraged by the...
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UN Deputy Secretary-General’s remarks at the opening of SDG Digital

For the first time in decades, development progress is reversing under the combined impact of interconnected crises: climate disasters, conflict, economic downturn, debt distress and lingering effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, with developing countries most hardly hit.  

Zik Gbemre: Sorry, Sheriff is your Governor

BY Norbert Chiazor “Some broken hearts never mend, Some memories never end, Some tears will never dry.” Country crooner, Don Williams 1977 hit song surged...

Financial, administrative autonomy will be a game changer – Dosunmu

By: Dr Ade Dosunmu Lagos, May 30, 2024 – The proposal by the Federal Government to grant full Autonomy to the local governments in Nigeria...

Just energy transition for Africa dependent on transformative national processes

 By Okereke, Treyer, et al. We believe the current approach to framing, designing, and implementing energy transition plans and partnerships risks jeopardising long-term and sustainable...

Crooked Judges and NJC’s Complicit Scandal

By Chidi Anselm Odinkalu When he was a Justice the Court of Appeal in the Port Harcourt Division, during the tenure of Mohammed Bello as...

Africa Climate Summit: A critical opportunity for collective action on climate change

As an African, I have seen first-hand the devastating effects of climate change. I have met communities displaced by floods in Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe. I have spoken to farmers from Northern Kenya who have lost their crops to drought.
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