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Towards a more humane treatment of Internally Displaced…
On October 31, the Human Rights Watch (HRW) released a report detailing how government officials (camp officials,…
The Lekki-Epe Expressway
The Lekki-Epe Expressway, built in the 1980s during the administration of Lateef Jakande and when the axis was just…
NCC: Regulatory capture, timidity or incompetence?
A major drawback of regulatory institutions in post-colonies like Nigeria is for differing reasons, they just end…
Africa and the International Criminal Court (ICC)
Since 122 countries signed the Rome Statue on July 1, 2002, formally establishing the International Criminal Court…
Transportation in a megacity
Planning for future needs of the society is the hallmark of an effective government. It ensures the orderly growth,…
NLC and the problem of unpaid salaries
Last week it was reported that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has directed workers in states owing arrears of…
Results of government’s control of the economy
National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), data released yesterday indicates that Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP)…
How to get out of recession: Evidence from other lands
Recent data released by the Nigerian Bureau of Statistics suggest that Nigeria’s GDP contracted by 2.2 percent in…
Still waiting for the Lagos light rail
Last week, it emerged that the much anticipated $1.2 billion blue line light rail project ongoing on Lagos-Badagry…
Oshiomhole’s pension and houses
Last week, just few days after the end of the tenure of Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo state, the State House…
On the recurrent killing of Shias in Nigeria
On December 12, 2015, the military took the law into its hands and massacred over 347 members of the Islamic…
A government operating above the law
On Tuesday, October 4 2016, the court of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) declared the arrest…