Long Title: A Bill for AN ACT TO AFFIRM THE RIGHTS OF THE CITIZENS OF NIGERIA TO FULL AND FAIR […]
Party Constitutions and Representative Democracy in Nigeria: an interim assessment
Introduction Nigerians rarely comment on the state of the nation without alluding to the political parties’ failure to nurture internal […]
Magu, the Senate, and the war on corruption
The inspiration for this article came from a contribution that I posted on Facebook last month, February 2017. Noting that […]
When the Servant Becomes the Master: A Cautionary Tale for the Nigerian National Assembly’s Political Adventurists
(Text of an address delivered by Professor M J Balogun at #OccupyNASS Event, Abuja, 26 April 2016) Let me begin […]
“All Of A Sudden Nothing Is Working”. Really, Remi? A rebuttal to Remi Oyeyemi
When I started reading Remi Oyeyemi’s rejoinder to Tunde Fagbenle’s earlier article in SaharaReporters, I eagerly looked forward to a […]
Oil Glut and Nigeria’s Economic Recovery: New Contagion, Wrong and Expired Vaccines
In April 2015, the Nigerian electorate took a bold and unprecedented decision: it sent a ruling party packing. The voters […]
Nigeria’s looming political appointments’ stampede: Need for order via screening
Introduction If reports filtering out of Abuja are anything to go by, no less than 600 top-level posts would fall […]
Private Time, Public Space: Highway Theory of Anarchy
“Time has gone when some people were above the law. This time around nobody, not even me, will be above […]
Random thoughts on the anti-corruption campaign
By the way, what is the outcome of the EFCC investigation into the fuel subsidy scam? Were we not led […]
Getting government back on track: focus on agency governance
How can a government be sure that the goods and services produced by the career public service are the same […]