By Franklin Iyama | Nigeria is once again confronting a surge of violent attacks from bandits, insurgents and separatist armed groups, rekindling national anxiety and drawing renewed international scrutiny.

By Kabir Adamu | Nigeria’s governing All Progressives Congress (APC) has been prioritising the task of improving national security since it won federal elections for the first time in 2015. However, after almost nine years of steering the affairs of Nigeria, the party is yet to fully tame the scourge of insecurity, which remains a critical challenge to the country and its citizens.

By Adele Jinadu | The problem of corruption in Nigeria is fundamentally a problem of democratic political governance and has to be approached as such in view of its negative consequences for human development in the country, as outlined in Chapter II of the country’s constitutions since 1979. The political nature of the problem of corruption is clearly underscored in the principles of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC).^[1]

By Wale Thompson | By the time President Bola Tinubu took over the reins of power almost a year ago, Nigeria’s economy was in some crisis. The economic crisis was characterised by soaring inflation, high unemployment, sluggish growth, and a weakened currency.

By Remi Aiyede | The Supreme Court ruling of 11th July 2024 affirmed that democratic governance at the local level is a constitutional requirement for local government areas (LGAs) to access allocations from the Federation Account.

By Bolaji Abdullahi | The students’ loan scheme is, arguably, the flagship education policy of President Bola Tinubu in his first year in office. However, by focusing only on the loans without bringing the entire issue of higher education funding into full focus, government has only paid attention to the branch, rather than the tree itself.