Opinions

Political poaching: A threat to democratic pluralism

By Rekpene Bassey   In functioning democracies, defections are often justified by ideological realignment, policy disagreements, or shifts in constituency…

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Victor Ndoma-Egba at 70: A life of law, leadership and legislative influence

By Rasheed Olanrewaju In the evolution of Nigeria’s democratic journey, certain public figures stand out not merely for the offices…

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State Police and other agenda for Disu

  By Rekpene Bassey   In Nigeria, transitions at the summit of the security establishment rarely unfold quietly. There are…

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Tunji Disu and the urgent task of policing the Police

  By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D   Every time Nigeria appoints a new Inspector General of Police, the country pauses, a…

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Takeaways from the new Electoral Act

  By Opeyemi Bamidele   The Electoral Act, 2026, has finally come into force. Its enactment confirms the demise of…

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Politicisation of the pulpit

  By Rekpene Bassey   The pulpit has become more than a platform for spiritual exhortation in contemporary Nigeria. It…

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How long shall they kill our soldiers?

  By Rekpene Bassey   Dawn in Nigeria’s North-East has too often become a period of reckoning, not merely of…

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Why Tinubu deserves a second term’

  By Bisi Adegbuyi   Nigeria’s modern political experience reveals a recurring cycle: difficult economic corrections begin, public discomfort rises,…

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State Police: Decentralising security or decentralising abuse?

By Lemmy Ughegbe, Ph.D   President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has asked the National Assembly to amend the Constitution to create…

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The resurgence of ethnonationalism

  By Rekpene Bassey   The resurgence of ethnonationalism and anti-immigrant politics in the 21st century is not an episodic…

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