Analysis

Nationwide Protests: Losing Steam in the South, Gathering Momentum in the North?0
- Analysis, Features, News
- August 2, 2024
For the government of President Bola Tinubu, the worst fears may be over. Some State Governors in the south are already patting themselves on the back for successes recorded in managing the protesters. Their counterparts in the north are still having sleepless nights because of the unpredictable nature of their residents. The north has suffered
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Factors That May Shape the Outcome of Edo Governorship Election 0
- Analysis, Features, News
- July 24, 2024
As the race for who becomes the next governor of Edo State in the September 21st, 2024 off-cycle gubernatorial election continues to intensify and gather momentum, the stakeholders have continued to strategise to secure the majority of the peoples’ votes and return their candidates duly elected. With less than two months to the opening of
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Accountability: Lagos State is Largest Sub-National Debtor: Where Are the Dividends to Residents?0
- Analysis, Features, News
- July 24, 2024
Lagos State reels in debts. With a debt stock of N2.58 trillion, Lagos state has emerged as the largest debtor in Nigeria in the comity of States according to statistics just released by BudgIT. This alone is more than 20 percent of all the debts owed by the 36 states of the federation and the
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Governance: Dangote Refinery, Aliko Dangote in the Eye of the Storm 0
- Analysis
- July 23, 2024
He is more widely known as an astute businessman, never involving himself overtly in the murky waters of politics. He is what they call AGIP in Nigerian parlance, meaning Any Government in Power. But all that may have changed last week, when Africa’s richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote threw his hat into the ring in
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Tension Grows Over Proposed Protests Against Hunger, End Bad Government in Nigeria 0
- Analysis, News
- July 23, 2024
Nigeria is at a crossroads again. There is a mobilisation for nationwide protests from August 1-10. The problem may not be with the protests but with the demands and their elasticity. The demands are legion. The protests have a tone of similarity with the ENDSARS in terms of its take-off demand. The “ENDSARS protests went
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Glass Ceiling: How Female Parliamentarians Face Harassment, Intimidation 0
- Analysis
- July 23, 2024
The political environment is often difficult, if not toxic for women to play in. Often, those courageous women who succeed in fighting their way through by breaking the glass ceiling do not enjoy the freedom to operate like their male counterparts. An alarming noticeable in several parts of the world shows that female parliamentarians face
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