The Columns

The core reason for the substantive demands for restructuring Nigeria is linked, paradoxically, to widespread concerns about how far the military went in completely restructuring the Nigerian State. They dismantled […]

I have never experienced a near-national annihilation, as we did after the #EndSARS protest turned bloody a fortnight ago. I have heard about the Civil War, but I was not […]

On June 30, 2017, my column was entitled, “No Need to Fight: Restructuring is the basis of Happiness.” In it I urged the government to establish and accelerate a process […]

At first glance, at the heart of the #EndSARS movement would seem to lie the process of reconfiguring the relationship between the individual and the state. How else do you […]

Memorandum by Friends of Democracy to the National Assembly Committee on the Review of the 1999 Constitution 1.0 Introduction Since the 1994/95 Constitutional Conference, there have been loud and persistent […]

When I left the comfort and security of an academic environment to become a public servant in a sector that the president is so passionate about, I was never under […]

In 2018, the European Union (EU) began the implementation of the General Data Protection Rule (GDPR), which regulates the processing of data by an individual, a company or organisation relating […]

Nigeria is home to a thriving contradiction. Here is a country that celebrates its aspirations to greatness — economic success, food security, accountable governance, territorial integrity, internal security, and improved […]

Conceived by former President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006, the blueprint of Vision 2020 was launched in September 2009 by late President Umaru Yar’Adua’s administration amidst fanfare. Vision 2020 was preceded […]

The whirlwind of change that blew across the length and breadth of Nigeria and ushered in a federal government that came on the high horse of integrity to unseat the […]