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POLITICAL PARTIES AND THE NEED FOR ISSUE-BASED CAMPAIGNS IN THE 2023 GENERAL ELECTION IN NIGERIA
On the 28th of September 2022, political parties in Nigeria officially began their campaigns, in the run up to the 2023 General Election. This is as stipulated in the Electoral Act of the country, which provides that campaigns are to be…
GAINS OF NIGERIA’S DIPLOMATIC SHUTTLES, FOREIGN DIRECT INVESTMENTS AND DEBT RELIEF
In every corner of the globe, diplomacy is a method that governments use to influence actions through peaceful negotiation and dialogue. Executed by specific representatives of individual countries, the actions by such diplomats is…
NIGERIA’S OIL AND GAS SECTOR; INTERVENTIONS, CHALLENGES AND WAY FORWARD
Crude oil, often referred to as “black gold”, was first struck in Nigeria in 1956 at Oloibiri, now part of Bayelsa state, in the Niger Delta Region of the country.
This followed a long period of search by Shell-BP. With the discovery,…
REFORMS TO GET THE ELECTORAL PROCESS RIGHT IN NIGERIA
In February 2023, Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation will be going to the polls to elect a new President and members of the Country’s Parliament. This will be followed in March 2023 by elections into the 36 State Houses of…
MAJOR REFORMS IN NIGERIA’s TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Telecommunication facilities in Nigeria were first established in 1886 by the colonial administration. These facilities helped to discharge administrative functions rather than drive socio-economic development of the country.
As a…
MEASURES FOR MINIMIZING CORRUPTION IN NIGERIA
As in many countries around the world, corruption in Nigeria dates back to the pre-independence era. In post-colonial Nigeria, corruption had become prevalent but was practiced covertly. By the beginning of native administration and the…
NIGERIA AT 62: SUCCESSES AND CHALLENGES OF DELIVERING DIVIDENDS OF DEMOCRACY
Abraham Lincoln, a former American President in 1863 defined democracy as “government of the people, by the people and for the people." Dictionary definition describes democracy "as government by the people in which the supreme…
NIGERIA’S ECONOMIC PERFORMANCE: GAINS AND PAINS SINCE INDEPENDENCE
Since independence, developmental efforts and outcomes in Nigeria have varied from time to time, as have the paradigms and influences, nationally and externally.
In 1960 when Nigeria gained her independence from Great Britain, her major…
SIGNIFICANCE OF ARAFAT DAY
Today is the Day of Arafah, the 9th day of the Islamic Calendar month of Dhul Hijjah, which is the culminating event of the annual Islamic pilgrimage to Makkah. It is the holiest day in the Islamic calendar and it precedes the Eid-alAdha,…
POST COVID-19 PANDEMIC HAJJ, 2022
For the first time in the last two years, Muslims will physically observe the annual Islamic pilgrimage of Hajj in Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
The resumption in this year 2022 of the physical observance of the rites of Hajj, brings…