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Opeyemi Agbaje
A strategic approach against corruption
In this first two years of the Buhari presidency, the government has basically tried to defeat corruption through…
Private capital, foreign investment and the ERGP
I am broadly supportive of Nigeria’s Economic Recovery and Growth Plan (ERGP). I do not think it is a perfect…
The uncertain presidency
The defining characteristic of the Buhari Presidency from inception and arguably earlier has been uncertainty! As…
Found but not lost (2)
The scandal of the huge stash of multi-currency cash “discovered” at Osborne Towers in Ikoyi, Lagos continues with…
Found but not lost
Nigerians are incredibly gullible! They believe anything they read in a newspaper; they believe anything their…
How centralisation and prebendalism destroy Nigeria
In Nigeria’s pre-independence years, the colonial administration and nationalist leaders both came to the…
Checks and imbalances
As a student of law in Ife in the 1980s, I thought the intertwined concepts of separation of powers and checks and…
Who finance don epp?
Some years back I delivered a lecture on the topic “Why Nigerians are Poor”. As I prepared for this event, my…
The Buhari-Osinbajo Presidency
President Muhammadu Buhari surprised those who had written him off with his arrival back in Nigeria on Friday March…
Implications of President Buhari’s absence
President Muhammadu Buhari has by Wednesday March 1, 2017 been away from the country for 40 days, since January 19.…
Trump VS CNN
The battle lines are drawn and combat engaged in the epic battle between US President Donald J. Trump and the…
Is there still a war against corruption?
As many Nigerians trooped out onto the streets of Lagos, Abuja and other cities on Monday February 6, 2016…