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…
Debo Onifade
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
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
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
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
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
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…
Security Crisis in Nigeria
One of the fundamental human rights of the people in any given state is the right to security and this is why it is always provided for in the constitution of most sovereign states. Nigeria is not an exception, thus Section 14 (2) (b) of the Nigerian 1999 constitution states clearly that “the security and…
Inflation in Nigeria
Surging inflation and rising prices pushed an estimated 7 million Nigerians below the poverty line in 2020 alone, according to the world bank. In its Nigeria Development Update (NDU) released, the Washington-based lender added that Nigeria’s economic growth is being hindered by food inflation, heightened insecurity, unemployment, and stalled reforms. According to the update, persistent…