How Can We Stop People from Dying Due to Corruption?
By Dike Chukwumerije Machina is a town – the headquarters of a local government with the same name – in Yobe. It is a proud town on Nigeria’s border with Niger Republic. But in Machina there is only one Public Health Centre. It is a broken thing – no electricity, no water, no drugs, no […]
Nigeria’s Revenue Crisis: Growth, Institutions & Human Capital
[By Oluseun Onigbinde] Watching Nigeria’s public finances has become an inconvenient chore as the numbers are nothing to cheer about. After several denials, it is comforting to hear public leaders finally accept one fact: Nigeria is facing a revenue crisis. Nigeria planned a revenue of N5.84tn for the 202o budget but was only able to […]
HUSBAND?
[By Edith C. Yassin] Through information gathered from the media, it might be safe to conclude that Ruth Pogu, Saraya Musa Mutah and Hassana Adamu have regained their freedom after over 7 years in Boko Haram captivity. Reports indicate that Ruth, the two children she bore, alongside someone she was said to have married […]
Twitter Ban and its Implication for Nigeria’s Fragile Democracy
[By Rachael Eni] If you think the quote “There is freedom of speech, but I cannot guarantee freedom after speech” attributed to Idi Amin is ludicrous, you probably haven’t heard of the happenings in Nigeria over the last two months. Like many other Nigerians, I didn’t fully understand the gravity of the government’s announcement banning […]
Fighting for Nigeria: Thoughts from the Life, Career, and Activism of Wole Soyinka
[By Adeoluwa Adebayo] For a nation judged as the giant of Africa, Nigeria is a conundrum. From the attainment of independence to the collapse of the first republic ultimately resulting in a civil war, the meandering military governments intertwined with the second and third republics, to the current democratic dispensation (which is the longest in […]
Twitter Ban: Understanding the Reputational Risk to Nigeria
[By Atedo Peterside] In the wake of the government’s announcement banning microblogging platform, Twitter, Nigeria joins the infamous list of countries like China, Iran and North Korea – three of the world’s most repressive countries, that have banned or suspended the use of the American microblogging platform. This is, however, one record we should not […]
#TwitterBanInNigeria: The Third Party and the Third Sector
[By ‘Gbenga Sesan] It is important to situate the debate around the Nigerian government’s suspension of Twitter within the context of ongoing conversations between many countries and social media platforms. The hot topic of social media regulation is understandable because of the twin issues of disinformation (“fake news”) and dangerous speech (“hate speech”) but to […]
Southeast Nigeria: When Silence Is No Longer Golden
[By Ike Chioke] Nigeria and Nigeria’s friends must speak out on the heightened spate of insecurity in the Southeast now before it is too late. What started as flickering candlelight is quickly snowballing into a huge forest fire. And if we do not act quickly, history will not be kind to all of us who […]
Case Number 04062021: Twitter vs. Nigeria
(From the blog: ‘My Nigerian Dream’) By: Ayobami Akinyode OLUNLOYO If this incredulous situation went to court, I guess the case name might sound something like the title of this piece. Ha! But guess what? Nigerian courts are currently on strike, so no chance of that. When we sit idly by, while our courts are […]
RELIGIOUS AND ETHNICITY THREATS TO THE NIGERIAN ENTITY
Every administration that has assumed political power in this country over the last four decades has failed fundamentally. Part of the failures stem from the malfunction to deliver good governance, which heralds the provision of basic social amenities to the public. Rather than fulfilling and delivering on election promises, they are busy amassing wealth (public […]