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By Paul Ejime Under normal circumstances, diplomatic and economic development experts should be excited as Dr Omar Alieu Touray, a Gambian, gets set to assume the Presidency of the Commission of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) come the first week of July 2022. But that excitement…

By Innocent Okon Except the delegates, I don’t think many Nigerians are excited with the results of the Presidential primaries of the two major political parties – the People Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) – hosted in Abuja recently! The two candidates, Bola Ahmed Tinubu and…

By Innocent Okon Nigeria’s dysfunctional Federalism has thrown up a lot of absurdities! The misinterpreted and misapplied constitutional system has lost its inbuilt regulators. And like a rapacious crocodile, any object or sea animal can’t be denied entry into the stomach. Successive operators of the leadership radar are more interested…

Excerpts: “I am delighted to address this gathering of the Progressive Governors’ Forum as part of the consultative processes that have always strengthened the internal dynamics of our Party, the All Progressives Congress, (APC). “You will all recall that APC came to power at the center in 2015 through a…

By Innocent Okon The eve of an election year in Presidential democracy has never been kind to serious governance. It is a year for stock taking and explanation of failed policies and programmes. In America, the eve of an election year is when pollsters take the centre stage and feed…

By Sam Amadi There is nothing better than due process and the rule of law for the stability of society. They are better than charism and even spartan lifestyle. Buhari’s administration is now officially the most corrupt in the history of modern Nigeria. This is the administration of a man…

By Innocent Okon Once upon a time , he was arguably a stormy petrel in the Nigerian polity! He was a gadfly that stung the high and mighty with venom. At a youthful age that many of his peers were yet to discover their direction in life, he was already…

By Chidi Anselem Odinkalu In November 2017, it emerged that the governor of Nigeria’s central bank, Godwin Emefiele, had significant interests in an off-shore company registered in Bermuda, which held an account with UBS in London. UBS is a multinational investment bank and financial services company with its headquarters in…

By Sam Akpe It started as a mere conversation among scholars —and intending scholars. So, it was naturally heavy on academic slants —full of theoretical postulations. Each person knew exactly what the problem was —we always do. But nobody knew why they were not solved. It was a case of…

By Sam Akpe Yes, it ends here. What an experience! Writers are extraordinary beings. Poets are more exceptional. In the melodious words of Percy Bysshe Shelley, “a poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.” Poets talk and write with…