Public Affairs

Democracy is shaking badly in Nigeria. Indeed, President Bola Tinubu rode to power as a defender of democratic ideals. Today,...

In Nigeria, elections carry hidden costs. One of the most troubling is litigation. The proposed N135.22 billion allocation in the...

Nigeria's overdependence on crude oil has defined its political economy for more than five decades. From the oil boom of...

A grim and unmistakable pattern is taking hold in Nigeria with terrorists increasingly timing their deadliest assaults to coincide with...

There is a distressing lack of coherence among Nigeria’s top security chiefs. At a time when clarity, resolve, and unity...

The current protests by the Joint Health Sector Unions and the Assembly of Healthcare Professional Associations in Abuja are not...

Xenophobia has become a recurring affliction in South Africa. For often flimsy and unsubstantiated reasons, native South Africans repeatedly turn...

The theft of public funds in a poor country is nothing short of economic violence. It kills as surely as...

A landmark judgement delivered by Hyeladzira Nganjiwa, a judge at the Federal High Court in Warri, Delta State, marks a...

Nigeria's housing deficit has reached epidemic levels. A new report by a Federal Ministry of Housing and Urban Development technical...

Nigerians are reeling under a punishing climate of unchecked and often brazen exploitation. A new report by the Federal Competition...

Water is life, and rain is supposed to be a blessing. But sometimes, it comes with some devastating outcomes. In...

Lagos State’s self-declared ambition to join the ranks of smart megacities is under threat by land grabbers (speculators). In local...

President Bola Tinubu’s state visit to the United Kingdom has delivered a headline-grabbing £746 million (N1.36 trillion) financing agreement to...