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Good governance should ordinarily not be difficult to define. Generally it refers to transparency, responsiveness, accountability and performance. A

Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa, has a rich and diverse political landscape. Since gaining independence from British colonial

In the struggle for human rights in Nigeria, Fawehinmi was a colossus. The subject did not only handle over 5000 cases in the Supreme Court but equally dealt with more than 2000 other cases in varied courts of competent jurisdictions.

At a very recent function in Lagos, a participant placed this question before the gathering: What exacerbates Nigeria’s current political and socioeconomic challenges? And just immediately...

Ugwummadu This position paper sets out to examine the crucial place of an organic constitution in consolidating the logic of democracy as the best known mechanism for effective regulation and coordination of human affairs in any given political setting. It emphasizes the early faith that the founding fathers of Nigeria had in the philosophy of federalism and presents the dangers inherent in a dysfunctional federation in the management of a heterogeneous and plural society. It traces the journey...

Secession is an ill wind that blows nobody any good and it will only throw up an avalanche of challenges that may consume the fragmented new nations. An Oduduwa nation isn’t the solution to the challenges in the south west as the Yorubas ...

Introduction This position paper sets out to examine the crucial place of an organic constitution in consolidating the logic of democracy as the best known mechanism for effective regulation and coordination of human affairs in any given political setting. It emphasizes the early faith that the founding fathers of Nigeria had in the philosophy of federalism and presents the dangers inherent in a dysfunctional federation in the management of a heterogeneous and plural society. It traces the jour...

On Friday, April 16, 2021, one of the fathers of Nigeria’s Diplomatic Service, and early crafters of the country’s Foreign Policy, Ambassador Blessing Akporede Clark, marked his 91st birthday. Sandwiched between elder statesman, Chief EK Clark and his immediate younger brother, late playwright, Prof JP Clark, “BA” as his peers around the world know him, was born on that date in 1930 in Kiagbodo, which at the time was in Warri Province of then Western Region. Unlike his more media gripp...

Retelling Nigeria’s Diplomacy Story As Ambassador Ba Clark Clocks 91 Years  Retelling Nigeria’s Diplomacy Story As Ambassador Ba Clark Clocks 91 Years  On Friday, April 16, 2021, one of the fathers of Nigeria’s Diplomatic Service, and early crafters of the country’s Foreign Policy, Ambassador Blessing Akporede Clark, marked his 91st birthday. Sandwiched between elder statesman, Chief EK Clark and his immediate younger brother, late playwright, Prof JP Clark, “BA” as his peers arou...

To restructure Nigeria, we need a constitutional conference of all the ethnic groups in Nigeria. To use the current National