Position Papers

El Anatsui: Beyond Bottle Caps and Glory

A Review of El Anatsui: The Man, the Myth, the Legend at 80 and Counting (2026) By Chris Uchenna Agbedo, PhD, fnias, mnal. Preamble “Beyond Bottle Caps...

Restructuring Internal Party Democracy: The Farce of Nigerian Primaries and a Blueprint for Reform – The Crisis of Credibility

For decades, the political narrative across Africa has been dominated by a single, unyielding aspiration: the adoption of Western-style democracy. It is a desirable...

The Bastard Fathers of Modern-Day Democracy and Politics in Nigeria

By Paul Okojie Modern democracy in Nigeria was born out of struggle, sacrifice, and blood. Yet, what was envisioned as a government of the people,...

Inaugural Speech of President Muhammadu Buhari

May 29, 2015 Press Release Inaugural speech by His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari following his swearing-in as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria...

Biafra on My Mind

With the formal declaration by Lieutenant-Colonel Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu, Military Governor of the Eastern Region of Nigeria, on Tuesday, May 30 1967, Biafra entered the...

The Problems and Challenges of Insecurity in Nigeria

What every Nigerian should be doing is asking and demanding answers on what has been done so far since October 1st, 2010 Independence Day Twin Bombing in Abuja FCT. Not to mention numerous bombings in Maiduguri, Bauchi and Adamawa...

The Ruler-for-Life Syndrome in the Third World and the Danger of a Protracted Conflict in Libya

The purpose of this write up is to briefly explore the ruler-for-life syndrome among leaders of Third World countries and the issue of whether NATO’s military intervention in the Libyan civil war is contributing to the elongation of the conflict rather than shortening it...

The Ruler-for-Life Syndrome in the Third World and the Danger of a Protracted Conflict in Libya (2)

The purpose of this write up is to briefly explore the ruler-for-life syndrome among leaders of Third World countries and the issue of whether NATO’s military intervention in the Libyan civil war is contributing to the elongation of the conflict rather than shortening it...

The Ruler-for-Life Syndrome in the Third World and the Danger of a Protracted Conflict in Libya (3)

The purpose of this write up is to briefly explore the ruler-for-life syndrome among leaders of Third World countries and the issue of whether NATO’s military intervention in the Libyan civil war is contributing to the elongation of the conflict rather than shortening it...

Infrastructure Concession in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities (2)

All over the world, the demand for infrastructure is outstripping supply and new strategies are being devised to address the deficit. In Nigeria, the situation is pathetic. Decades of poor maintenance, underinvestment and outright roguery have left the country with an outrageous infrastructure deficit...

Infrastructure Concession in Nigeria: Challenges and Opportunities

All over the world, the demand for infrastructure is outstripping supply and new strategies are being devised to address the deficit. In Nigeria, the situation is pathetic. Decades of poor maintenance, underinvestment and outright roguery have left the country with an outrageous infrastructure deficit...

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Thoughts on American Republicanism

The American people know what happened under George Bush and how Obama rescued America from Republican misrule,  which created a feral underclass...

Is Obasanjo To Blame For State Of The Nation?

It is only through a genuine democracy that Nigerians can make a true choice. Unfortunately, these choices are sometimes rubbished by fraud, violence, intimidation and partisanship by the electoral body...

Should politics be a lucrative calling?

The attraction to politics should not be inspired by the pay because in ideal situations, politicians are people who are already established in one call of life and would need to take a pay cut and put in time to the service of their constituencies...

Boko Haram: The Dilemma of Human Ignorance, Religion Fideism and Failure of Leadership

The government of every nation is established to make use of men of integrity, honesty and patriotism to integrate all social, political, economical and environmental systems in a plan for all citizen...

Nigeria Transiting

While the lawyers assemble their evidence, life must move on, the business of government must continue. So transit we must unto a new term of government...

Ojukwu: The Days After

It was as if Nigeria could not quite make up its mind about the significance of the life and politics of this complex, infuriatingly confounding figure called Ojukwu – until the man breathed his last...

Euro-American Challenge And Africa's Response (2)

The utmost felony in the denigration of Africans is committed by some of our "leaders" who use every meeting with European officials to solicit for one assistance or the other. At times, they come fractionally close to grovelling...