Opinion
BOOK REVIEW: Ganduje: Deputizing and Governance in Nigeria, by Prof Attahiru Jega
This book is about one of the most intriguing and consequential political and governance relationships in contemporary Nigeria; specifically, the...
Impact of democratic recession on EMBs in Africa, by Prof Attahiru Jega
Introduction The ‘Third Wave’ of Democratization in the 1990s put many African countries on the trajectory of democratic development, with...
A professor’s pay-slip and lessons from ASUU strike, by Azu Ishiekwene
After eight months’ strike, one of the longest in the country’s history, university teachers finally returned, at gunpoint, to the...
The Nigeria of my dream, by Habib Yakub
In my counted years of infantile existence full of endless dreams, I can say with full conviction that I have...
The legality or otherwise of registering CONUA as trade union, by Prof. E.A. Kenen
On the 4th day of October, 2022, the Minister of Labour and Employment, in a desperate move to break the...
ASUU, make a tactical withdrawal now, by Aliyu U. Tilde
I come in peace. The argument is no longer whether the Federal Government, FG, is funding universities or not; or...
Why is Africa playing with fire?, by Azu Ishiekwene
There is fire in Ouagadougou. And who’s to say where it’s catching next? For the second time in eight months,...
Funding budget deficit through idle, toxic asset auction, by Habib Yakub
Nigeria just like any other nation of recent has been plunged in economic crisis coupled with her plummeting currency, which...
Anatomy of Wike’s endgame, by Azu Ishiekwene
When the row between Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and his party, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), spilled onto the...
As former Wazirin Zazzau goes to court, by Safiyanu Ladan
The death of Emir of Zazzau Alhaji Dr Shehu Idris on 20 September, 2020 has thrown hundreds of thousands of...