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The Socioeconomic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) recently gave a seven-day ultimatum to top public officials in Nigeria, including President Muhammadu Buhari, to publicly declare their assets. The presidency has however failed to comply with this provision claiming the declaration …
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I checked my Facebook feed this morning, Saturday, August 3rd, 2019, like I normally do almost every morning and I believe one of my greatest fear—or should I say positive anticipation—for Nigeria may have just been …
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Nigeria and Liberia are on the path to tyranny. Nigeria’s National Broadcasting Commission recently suspended the broadcast rights of privately-owned media outlet, DAAR Communications and its subsidiaries, Africa Independent Television (AIT) and Ray Power FM. In neighboring Liberia, the government …
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The attention of the global media might have finally shifted from Nigeria after the conclusion of its presidential election late last month, but the world should not forget the plight of one of the abducted Dapchi girls, Leah Sharibu. …
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The outcome of elections in Nigeria is easy to predict. Around this time next week, Nigerians will be 48 hours from electing state governors and the main political parties should be preparing for legal battles to challenge the results of …
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Nigeria’s presidential election is only a few weeks away and the country has already found itself in a deep constitutional crisis. The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Walter Onnoghen, was recently arraigned before the Code of Conduct Tribunal on charges …
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Almost all of Nigeria’s 68 political parties have wrapped up their primaries and chosen candidates to stand in the country’s February 2019 general election. The poll is likely to be yet another two-horse race: a contest between the All Progressives …
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In Nigeria, you need as much as US$125,000 to buy a presidential nomination form. These exorbitant amounts are aimed to keep the highest political office in the hands of the monied, the connected and the corrupt.
If you were a …
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Nigeria is losing $50 billion to illicit financial inflows (IFF) through money laundering and corruption yearly, Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC), has revealed.
CISLAC Executive Director, Mr Auwal Ibrahim Musa, disclosed this in Abuja, Nigeria’s political capital, during a …
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British ministers in 1948 discussed development investment needs for African colonial territories. The focus was not on the needs of those countries, but on how colonial development might best support the British economy. There was also a political calculation to …
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