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POLITICAL PARTIES IN NIGERIA

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…

FIXING OUR EXCHANGE RATE

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

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?

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…

2023 Presidential Race- Osinbajo Officially Declares for President

2023 Presidential Race- Osinbajo Officially Declares for President

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared he will run for the country’s top job next year when incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to step down.   Osinbajo becomes the latest figure from the two main parties to join the race to lead Africa’s most populous country and biggest economy. First elected as Buhari’s…

2023 Presidential Race- Osinbajo Officially Declares for President

2023 Presidential Race- Osinbajo Officially Declares for President

Nigerian Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has declared he will run for the country’s top job next year when incumbent President Muhammadu Buhari is scheduled to step down.   Osinbajo becomes the latest figure from the two main parties to join the race to lead Africa’s most populous country and biggest economy. First elected as Buhari’s…

ASUU Strikes Again: A Never Ending Feud

The popular saying, when two elephants clash the grass suffers perfectly reflects the case on Nigerian students caught in the middle of the never-ending feud between the Academic Staff Union of Universities ( ASUU) and the federal government of Nigeria. ASSU issued a twenty-one-day ultimatum to the Federal Government on Monday 15th of November 2021…

The Challenges of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

The Challenges of Tertiary Institutions in Nigeria

Perceptions on the essence of tertiary education (university education) vary amongst individuals, groups, and nations. The variation is even more visibly intriguing in Nigeria. To students and parents, access to university education is largely viewed as a gateway to better-paying jobs and higher quality of life. In the far past, besides being a status symbol,…

Nigerian Politicians Begin Preparations for 2023 Elections

Nigerian Politicians Begin Preparations for 2023 Elections

  In more advanced democracies, you can only see electioneering activities within just a few months to elections. The American presidential system is a little more elaborate, with its system of state-by-state primaries. Yet it does not fully heat up till about six months to the “THE DAY’ in November. This is because their Political…

61 Years of Erratic Power Supply in Nigeria

61 Years of Erratic Power Supply in Nigeria

Nigeria at 61? what’s changed? It is a widely acknowledged fact that the erratic power supply in Nigeria is the bane of economic and industrial development in the country. With the abundant human and natural resources the country is blessed with, it becomes paradoxical that after one hundred years of existence and Sixty-One years of…