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,...

Rebranding Nigeria: Role of the Youths

As youths, we should see ourselves as political architects that would rather build into our National future than political archeologist that will concentrate on digging from the relics of our past political failures...

Thoughts on the Nigerian Mentality: Combative Mode

Can my enemy or my former enemy ever be right? Can he posses a smidgen of truth? The answer to this question might well reside on whether we are able to reboot and let go of our corrosive state of injury...

Critical Review of Some Assertions by Dr Tamunoemi David West (II)

In Part I of this series of critical reviews, the last one hundred years was examined and found to be without any valid and enduring dynasty of Amachree. In this segment of the series, the first one hundred years is being critically reviewed...

Critical Review of Some Assertions by Dr Tamunoemi David-West (1)

There is no such entity as Kalabari Kingdom; and there has not been such that has ever existed since the death in 1770 of King Kalagbaaa, the master and owner of Amakiri...

Open Letter to Nigerians (2)

For the Nigerians who believe that we can be better than we are and are willing to make the sacrifice to improve our country, join us. For those who are hell bent on destroying the country just to line their pockets, we shall fight you to the very end...

Open Letter to Nigerians

For the Nigerians who believe that we can be better than we are and are willing to make the sacrifice to improve our country, join us. For those who are hell bent on destroying the country just to line their pockets, we shall fight you to the very end...

Changing Corrupt Societies

Debates about corruption tend to fixate on individuals. Relying on a systematic approach that addresses each of the facets of corruption will guarantee enduring success irrespective of who may be in power...

Sustainability and Unsustainability: Critically Rethinking The Status Quo

Issues such as Sustainability are a matter of priority. For a country in Africa, Sustainability does not rank high up there among issues like daily hunger, disease, AIDS, poverty, corruption among other things...

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Babatunde Fashola, SAN, for President!

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Nigerians Go For Generators

Unless a powerful cartel in the top echelon of the Power Holding Company of Nigeria is retrenched, the perennial power crisis facing the country will persist...