Position Papers

El Anatsui: Beyond Bottle Caps and Glory

A Review of El Anatsui: The Man, the Myth, the Legend at 80 and Counting (2026) By Chris Uchenna Agbedo, PhD, fnias, mnal. Preamble “Beyond Bottle Caps...

Restructuring Internal Party Democracy: The Farce of Nigerian Primaries and a Blueprint for Reform – The Crisis of Credibility

For decades, the political narrative across Africa has been dominated by a single, unyielding aspiration: the adoption of Western-style democracy. It is a desirable...

The Bastard Fathers of Modern-Day Democracy and Politics in Nigeria

By Paul Okojie Modern democracy in Nigeria was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and blood. Yet, what was envisioned as a government of the people,...

Should We Not Begin To Re-Consider Election As Basis for Leadership Guide?

If it is true that Philosophy is supposed to rescue society from itself, is it then not time for philosophers to begin to engage...

Looking for oil in the North

A few days ago I was rummaging through some national dailies. One of them, The Guardian of Nigeria, carried a very curious story on...

Comparative Analysis of the American Congress and Nigeria’s National Assembly

The United States Department of State funds an International Visitor Leadership Program through which it seeks to build mutual understanding between the United States...

Failure of Imagination in Postmodernism in Nigeria 

What do Nigerians really want? A million dollar question! I am dwarfed to make any preachment on how people should live their lives. As...

Workshop for CSOs on OGP and UNCAC: Welcome Address by Rev. David Ugolor

The Africa Network for Environment and Economic Justice, ANEEJ, is currently implementing the Civil Society Advocacy Support for Anti-Corruption in Nigeria CASAN. As part...

Project Nigeria Revisited

When a child falls down he looks at the front but when an adult falls, he looks at the back.  At fifty six years...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (3)

QUASHING THE COUP OR CARRYING OUT A COUP? In recent years, as more Nigerians begin to pay close attention to the country’s chequered past, the...

July 29 1966 On My Mind: Did General Aguiyi-Ironsi Deserve To Die? (Part 2)

Ironsi’s Role In The January 15 1966 Coup The evidence that shows that General Ironsi and the plotters of the supposedly Igbo coup of January...

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An Open Letter to the Movement of the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)

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European Financial Seismic Wave

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Oil Price Increase: Nigerians Are Angry – And Rightly Too

How will you explain to the poor Niger Delta woman that she has to pay more than she can earn (that is if she is earning a living) to buy kerosene for her ant infested fire-wood from the farm in her back-yard that has been polluted by oil?

Media, Democracy and the Public Interest

There has been another addition to President Bola Tinubu’s...

Lessons from Osun APC Governorship Primary

“As long as we have faith in our own...

From The Pen of a Foreign Mate…

I am baffled by the constant dialogue among Nigerians in America about “foreign women” who reject Nigeria.  Many Nigerian-American men and their families have cast American women as snobbish of third-world living and disdainful of Nigeria...

Why should Mr. Speaker Resign as Speaker?

Morality and governance are Siamese twins. You cannot separate...

Naija Notes: When OBJ speaks…

"Honourable Zani Ruwa of Zamfara State had been cooling his heels in a Saudi jail for months. What does Sharia law say about bribery? Gov Sani Yerima, where are you?"

Nigeria’s democracy, Boko Haram and public orderliness!

Nigeria's well-being depends on a lot of things, among which economy and security play a prominent role. If these things are not taken care of, government's claims of a pro-people regime are inconsequential...

Freedom Coalition: $250m fund to elect Abubakar Umar…

Western imperialists headed by the United States want the devil to come back and complete his evil work and experiment on Nigeria and Nigerians. The Americans who have always claimed to be our friends could not find a worthy candidate or Nigerian in a country of 150 million to lead Nigeria in 2011 except Babangida...