POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA
By Temilade Aderiye Edmund Burke (1770), in his pamphlet, Thoughts on the Cause of Present Discontents, defines a political party as a body of men united for promoting by their joint endeavors the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed. Another definition of a political party was given by Anson…
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FIXING OUR EXCHANGE RATE
By Temilade Aderiye According to Nairametrics (2022), on Wednesday, 14th September 2022, the exchange rate between the Nigerian naira and the US dollar on the black market fell to N707 per $1, a 0.28% depreciation compared to the N705 per $1 exchange rate recorded in a previous trading session. On the other hand, at the…
Security in Nigeria: How to End Banditry and Kidnapping with Mercenaries
By Temilade Aderiye & Debo Onifade Depending on the time, space, and circumstances, the concept of banditry has undergone various changes. In 19th century Europe and America, a bandit was viewed as a freedom fighter whose aim was to ensure the liberation of the oppressed from the upper class or the colonizers. In some pre-industrial…
ASUU Strike: Is There An End In Sight?
By Temilade Aderiye 7 months. That is how long the strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has been ongoing. Students and parents alike despair over whether the strike would be ending soon. When ASUU embarked on yet another strike in February, many students thought it would be one of the very short…