With many hailing the Appeal Court as obviously more mindful of the legitimacy and survival of the system in the way they handle election petitions in Nigeria of late (with many expecting mo... Read more
Coup and coup-making is back on the agenda in Africa. Scholars of coups must track the phenomena as Lagos State University’s Prof Sylvester Odion Akhaine, a Professor of Political Science, h... Read more
Although academia is generally accepted to have been on a downward spiral across Nigeria, the discursive space is bustling with sharp, inviting topics being handled by well-established names... Read more
Intervention just received a picture that triggered thoughts on accounting for an observable trend in Nigeria’s electoral democracy. It is the thought of the necessity for putting an e... Read more
Research centres constitute the nerve centre of the university idea. This may not be the case only in certain parts of the world where the Federal Government which owns the universities have... Read more
The week Queen Elizabeth 11 died cannot but be a turbulent week. It is difficult to be indifferent to the Queen whether one was her admirer or critic. She had a mystique and presence which 7... Read more
Prof Akin Mabogunje who just passed on this week was a man of many parts. It will be a big debate to determine which of his academic works is the most fascinating or grounded. But there was... Read more
“It is the current ASUU president, Dr. Ukachukwu Uwazie who asked the question Nigerians have not asked, which they should. That is: assuming you have a free and fair election, does that mea... Read more
Prof Lasse Thomassen, one of Europe’s rising stars in political theory, particularly in Deconstruction, offers in the piece below an incisive clinic on democracy at a time democracy is emitt... Read more
By Amb Usman Sarki I have nothing against competence but I am only suggesting that we should look at it more critically in order to place it at its right level of importance in determining t... Read more
