Analysis

Tinubu’s Government, APC Launch Offensive Against Newspaper Report, Editorial 0
- Analysis
- October 30, 2024
In the last week, the government of President Tinubu has come out fighting and rebuffing a newspaper report on its performance published in The Guardian newspaper. Followed by a sharp criticism of an editorial by The Punch newspaper by the spokesperson of the ruling All Progressives Congress. Rather than address the root causes of what
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Different Strokes: Nigeria’s Unending Politics of the National Minimum Wage 0
- Analysis
- October 20, 2024
…Federal Government N70,000.00 …Lagos, Rivers States N85,000.00 …Ogun, Gombe, Ondo, Kogi, Others to Pay Over N70,000.00 The political play around the payment of the national minimum wage to workers in Nigeria has begun to take different forms with the bold moves of some state governors who have started announcing the amount of money their states
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Corruption: Will the States Succeed in Using Court to Scrap the EFCC?0
- Analysis
- October 14, 2024
It emerged last week that the Supreme Court has fixed October 22 to hear a suit against the federal government on the establishment of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) that could lead to its scrapping if the court finds the process of its creation inchoate. The suit was filed by almost half of
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Rivers State: Averting the Lawlessness Triggered by Conflicting Judicial Pronouncements 0
- Analysis, News
- October 1, 2024
Tension is at a feverish pitch with a likelihood of a breakdown of law and order as the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission holds the local government elections this Saturday. Will the elections be held? Will it not? Would there be peace during the conduct of the elections? These are questions Nigerians wait with bated
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Analysts Review Resurgence of Regional Development Commissions in Nigeria 0
- Analysis, News
- September 27, 2024
The quest for regional Development Commissions went full circle on Thursday when the Senate passed a bill to establish the South West Development Commission. The bill passed a third reading on the Senate floor after Senator Shehu Kaka Lawan, chairman committee on special duties, presented a report. The bill will be transmitted to the President
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Voter Apathy in Edo Governorship Election: Another Trust Deficit Issue for INEC?0
- Analysis, News
- September 25, 2024
Despite the intense politicking and jamborees that overwhelmed the state before the just concluded Edo state off-cycle governorship election, the election ended up recording an abysmally low voter turnout. This has led many analysts to ponder the reasons responsible for this. The election, which took place on Saturday, September 21, 2024, saw the All Progressives
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