We knew what years of soldiers in power did to arrest the development of democracy in Nigeria. Now that a comment comes out on a social media platform to say that military government is better than democratic governance, one begins…

Returning home from work on a humid evening in 2016, I asked my children their thoughts about visiting America. They took their gaze away from the TV, searched my eyes for seriousness, smiled doubtfully and returned their gaze to the…

If the masses want to lower the cost of governance, they should also be prepared to withdraw such undue recognition accorded to stolen common patrimony by some of our politicians and public officeholders. If one is in an environment where…

Police officers disperse protesters with tear gas at the gate of the Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja. At the heart of this surging unrest lies an alarming economic crisis. The cost of living in Nigeria has surged dramatically, rendering the…

One question that the study tried to answer is whether past reforms succeeded in rationalising government functions, reducing governance costs, bringing the benefits of organised government to the people of Nigeria, and, above all, restoring citizen faith in public officials.…

President of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote While several groups of people, including one of my constituencies – the civil society – have made pilgrimages to the humongous site of the Dangote Refinery, unarguably the largest private refinery in the world,…

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Nosa Asemota | https://twitter.com/nosasemota] I guess that the #EndBadGovernance protest will not be the last. One can only hope that lessons have been learnt and concrete steps will be…

The human intestine is essential for digesting food, absorbing nutrients, and excreting waste. The intestine extends through the duodenum to the small intestine and large intestine, liking the colon to the outlet anus, where faecal excretes are being passed out.…

With the amount of abundant– yet untapped – renewable energy resources Nigeria is blessed with, we are not supposed to have any business with energy poverty and the attendant economic backwardness that comes with it. We should not even be…

In recent years, Nigeria has witnessed a surge in protests, with citizens taking to the streets to voice their discontent over issues ranging from police brutality to economic hardship and widespread corruption. The #EndSARS movement, which called for the disbandment…

Since Sunday, when the president finally addressed the country in response to the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protests, analysts and critics have not stopped rewriting his speech. They think he should have proposed more than the usual platitudes he blandly delivered, and…

#EndBadGovernance protesters The primary and major reasons for the protests, which are numerous, include the removal of fuel subsidy, increase in fuel prices, scarcity of fuel, removal of electricity subsidy, high inflation, food shortages, cost of living crisis, escalating price…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and former military ruler, Ibrahim Babangida, share a lot in common. The latter shot his way to power, while Tinubu won a controversial presidential election, refereed by the Independent National Electoral Commission. Both are known to…

Minister of Education, Professor Tahir Mamman. Therefore, the Minister of Education should follow through with this new approach, beginning next year, as agreed. Interestingly, when it comes to sending our children to Western countries, especially the US, we exercise patience…

Between 2016 and 2017, I spent some time at the National Pension Commission of Nigeria as a Scholar-in-Residence. At PenCom, I primarily worked on mainstreaming sustainability thinking and culture in the organisation and the pension industry it regulates. The idea…