Chude Jideonwo: Dear President Buhari, You Have Broken Our Hearts
Two years ago to this day, you brought me to tears. You were in our nation’s capital, being inaugurated as the first Nigerian in our nation’s history to win the presidency from an opposition party. I was far away, in Lagos; but I had a cherished privilege: to be the one to publish the […]
Chude Jideonwo: Office Of The Citizen – If We Want To Change Our Country, We Have 15 Lessons To Learn From BBOG (1)
You know the tragedy already. The world does. And it’s one we have yet to recover from: 276 Chibok girls kidnapped from their schools under the watch of a functioning Nigerian government, and just under 200 of them yet to be recovered as we speak. Now, this is the point at which many of us […]
Yemi Adamolekun: The Long Road Ahead For The Office Of The Citizen
The Office of the Citizen is the highest office in the land but it currently doesn’t come with a salary and it’s definitely lacking in pomp and pageantry. From the initially scheduled date of February 14, we hope to finally have all results from the 2015 general elections this week of April 26. Two […]
Ten Things We Learnt From The 2017 National Assembly Budget – BudgIT & EiENigeria
It’s over! The era of secrecy surrounding the details of budgetary allocations to the National Assembly is now well and truly over. The four-year-old advocacy for accountability in the spending of the legislature finally climaxed last week with the release of the National Assembly’s budget breakdown. As you might expect, there are a few interesting […]
Chibok and the Mirror in our Faces: Some Reflections on Gender in our Society – Muhammad Sanuasi II, CON Sarkin Kano
[Being Text of Speech given at the 1st Chibok Girls Annual Lecture, Transcorp Hilton, Abuja, Nigeria, April 14, 2017] BY HIS HIGHNESS MUHAMMAD SANUSI II, CON SARKIN KANO In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent the Merciful. It is a great honor for me to have been invited to speak on this landmark occasion of […]
How to Impeach the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
According to Section 143 of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended), here are the steps to impeach the President: Step 1 There must be a notice of any allegation in writing alleging gross misconduct on the part of the President. This notice must be signed by not less than one-third of the […]
PRESS RELEASE: Press Conference Against Secret, Nepotic, Underhand & Corrupt Recruitments
Nobody can give you freedom. Nobody can give you equality or justice or anything… You take it. – Malcolm X We write to protest the recent secret, nepotic, underhand and corrupt recruitments undertaken by some government agencies – notably the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) and the Nigerian Prisons […]
#NotTooYoungToRun Bill: The Renewed Hope and Future of Nigerian Youths – Adebowale Adeniyi
“Let us acknowledge and celebrate what youth can do to build a safer, more just world. Let us strengthen our efforts to include young people in policies, programmes and decision-making processes that benefit their futures and ours.” – Ban Ki-moon, United Nations’ Secretary-General on International Youth Day, 12 August 2010. It was a renewed hope […]
#NotTooYoungToRun: The Fetishization of “Youth” – Jude Feranmi
This piece is long overdue but then, they say Better Late Than Never. My objective is simple and it is to address the notion which I personally consider a slander that there is a certain fetishization of ‘Youth’ and the capabilities of young people when it comes to nation building or Leadership. I have written […]
The dynamics of a youth-led political party – Jude Feranmi
While Nigerian workers were celebrating May Day and conversations about issues like minimum wage and salaries owed amidst the current economic quagmire that we currently continue to battle against were being discussed and debated over the past few days, Nigerian youths mostly through social media were discussing the idea behind the formation of a youth-led […]