BY LANRE OGUNDIPE IN DISCUSSIONS of structural reform, decentralisation is routinely presented as a self-evident virtue. The logic appears straightforward: move…
Browsing: Power
BY IDUH ONAH THERE is a peculiar affliction that visits powerful men after prolonged exposure to applause. It begins innocently…
THE VICE Chancellor of Moses Orshio Adasu University, Makurdi (MOAUM), formerly Benue State University, Prof. Timothy Alabar, says the institution…
By Iduh Onah THERE are governors, there are kingmakers, there are political godfathers, and then there are those rare figures…
By Lawan Musa Danlami IN EVERY democratic society, the legitimacy of political power ultimately rests on the consent of the…
By Ivo Takor POLITICAL parties are indispensable institutions in a constitutional democracy. They organise citizens around shared political convictions, aggregate…
THE FEDERAL High Court in Abuja on Tuesday affirmed the powers of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to issue…
THERE comes a stage in the life of every consequential presidency when governance gradually escapes the immediacy of daily politics…
THE STORY of Nigeria’s power sector is one deeply rooted in broken promises, systemic corruption, elite profiteering, and the endless…
POWER is often imagined as the triumph of arrival. In reality, it is the beginning of isolation. The higher leaders…