By Dapo Akande
Free provision of food and water. Atypical orderly queues. Free medical care. Free legal representation. Spontaneous crowdfunding to purchase a prosthetic leg for a female amputee protester who refused to be deterred. Fund raising target was N1.5m in one month. N4.1m raised in three hours. Lesson; accompany...
The just concluded US presidential election on many accounts births new records that earned it the 'unprescedented' label and also reserved it a frontline spot in the history of the one time world-power nation.
President-elect Joe Biden tallied votes not less than 74 million, numbers described as the highest recorded...
By Idowu Sowunmi
Today, I celebrate my father, mentor and helper, Chief Olusegun Osunkeye, who clocks 80 today.
Since my encounter with you about 15 years, I have had every cause to appreciate God for granting me the opportunity to meet and know you. You've ever since then embraced and adopted...
By Dapo Akande
Still on the Lekki Massacre, the Nigerian Army quickly denied it was anywhere near where the tragic incident took place. When it became obvious that narrative was no longer tenable, it admitted it was there after all, but only on the behest of the Lagos State government....
In the first part of this article, published on October 1st, Nigeria's 60th independence day, an assessment of the nation's progress so far in governance, and impact of military intervention was discussed.
One other critical area of assessment is policy making.
Many times government had come up with policies that put...
Transparent and fair elections are fundamental to the democratic process. The credibility of an election hinges on its transparency and fairness. To achieve this, INEC (Independent National Electoral Commission) has a critical role to play in ensuring that the process is free, fair, and transparent. One way that INEC...
