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Ex-House of Reps member, Daramola returns to APC in Ekiti
A former member of the House of Representatives from Eliti, Bimbola Daramola, has returned to the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state. Daramola dumped the party for the Social Democratic Party (SDP) last year. He was received into the party alongside his over 1,000 supporters by the APC chairman in the state, Paul Omotosho, in Ire-Ekiti Ward 2, Oye local government area of Ekiti State on Friday.
The Long-Term Implications of the War in Ukraine for Africa
The determination of Western countries to reduce their dependence on Russia for energy supplies, presents long-term opportunities for African countries, especially the major energy exporters, such as Algeria, Angola and Nigeria. Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022 sent shockwaves around the world. The repercussions of the conflict continue to reverberate. For Africa, the repercussions are evolving in roughly three phases.
Nigeria’s unitary federalists versus restructuralists, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze
Home Premium Times Newspaper Nigeria’s unitary federalists versus restructuralists, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H.... Two contending perspectives have emerged in response to one of Nigeria’s most pressing public policy challenges: restructuring. These… CONTINUE READING» HEADLINES NEWSLETTER Subscribe now for weekly news headlines roundup delivered directly to your inbox. Thank you for subscribing. Something went wrong.
Nigeria’s unitary federalists versus restructuralists | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News Original
Two contending perspectives have emerged in response to one of Nigeria’s most pressing public policy challenges: restructuring. These may be classified as the “Unitary Federalists” and the “Restructuralists.” The term “unitary federalists” is an oxymoron. But that is the puzzling juncture where Nigeria is ensconced: operating a unitary system behind the façade of federalism.
Cost of governance in Nigeria revisited
Every so often, the calls for reducing the cost of governance in Nigeria, especially at the federal level, cast a spotlight on the spiralling recurrent component relative to the capital component of the federal fiscal expenditure. But also highlights the accretion of power and portfolios of the federal government.
Can zoning arrangement produce an effective leader?
Ahead of the 2023 presidential elections, the clamour for the zoning of the presidency has intensified. The zoning arrangement in the Fourth Republic has a unique historical antecedent. Its genesis can be traced to the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential elections. The annulment not only led to a major political upheaval, but also created a deep sense of injustice on the part of the geo-political zone from whence the winner came.
2023: Three categories of presidential aspirants | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
[FILES] Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman Mahmood Yakubu opens a unveils result cheets on February 25, 2019 in Abuja during the presidential elections announcement. Kola SULAIMON / AFP In the past few months, three major developments have pushed the 2023 elections to the fore front of national public discourse.
Whither Nigeria’s manifest destiny to lead Africa?
Map of Africa. Photo: aperianglobal There was a time when Nigeria’s leadership role in African affairs was taken for granted. Nigeria was deemed Africa’s bellwether, a notion that gave credence to her “manifest destiny” – an inherent right to speak for and be listened to on African issues.
23 die of cholera in Sokoto as infection spreads in Nigeria
The government of Sokoto State, North-west Nigeria, on Tuesday, confirmed that 23 persons have died of cholera outbreak in the state. The state’s commissioner for health, Ali Inname, who briefed journalists, noted that the infection has spread to 13 of the state’s 23 local government areas. He blamed the development on poor hygiene, saying open defecation and other poor sanitary practices by the residents have been worsened by the rains that have begun to fall in the state.
Whither Nigeria's manifest destiny to lead Africa?, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze
Nigeria, especially her ruling elite, has a choice: It can make the country a land of hope, opportunity, inclusion, fairness and justice or elect to glide down the path of perpetual internal tensions — not exactly a good prescription for regional leadership. There was a time when Nigeria’s leadership role in African affairs was taken for granted.
Tokyo Olympics: Brume, Oborududu get cash reward for silver and bronze medals
Blessing Oborududu and Ese Brume have both been presented with cash rewards for their respective medal-winning feats at the ongoing Tokyo Olympics. The presentation was done by the Minister of Youth and Sports, Sunday Dare. Though Oborududu gave Nigeria her first assurance of a medal in Tokyo, it was Brume who claimed the country’s first medal when she won the bronze medal in the Women’s Long Jump event where she leapt to a distance of 6.97m.
Reflections on police reform
Police is an integral part of every country’s national security architecture, and police reforms are a vital part of security sector reform and an important component of peace building/state building. Against the backdrop of the ongoing national policy debate on the Senate bill on police reforms, we offer these reflections on reforming policing in Nigeria. In principle, every police reform effort is country-specific, but guided by a set of global best practices.
Nigeria’s divergent tales of fishermen and herdsmen | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
In Nigeria, two important traditional food and agricultural occupations face existential threats. The fishermen in the coastal areas of the country and the herdsmen in the North are beleaguered by environmental challenges. The environmental challenge confronting the herdsmen arises from naturally occurring desertification; while that confronting the fishermen is mainly man-made, and the result of years of oil exploration-related environmental degradation of the Niger Delta.
Biden’s likely policy orientation towards Africa
WASHINGTON, DC – JANUARY 25: U.S. President Joe Biden prepares to sign an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House on January 25, 2021 in Washington, DC. President Biden signed an executive order repealing the ban on transgender people serving openly in the military. Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images/AFP The inauguration of the Biden administration has generated much global interest. Its implications for Africa are highly anticipated.
Alternative Facts: the Epidemic Worse Than COVID-19, By Osmund Agbo
The mere fact that a boatload of eligible American voters found enough reason to queue behind an intemperate, race-baiting shambolic schmuck, tells the story of a world that is shockingly different from yesteryears. Today, sounding off boorish, roughhewn and braggadocious have become new virtues to be rewarded while many of us like prisoners of the past, are still trapped in the old order that gravitated toward the bore of decency and civility.
Journalists Have To Be Seekers of Truth, Not Activists, By Christoph Plate
Good and credible journalism cannot be propaganda. And journalists cannot be activists, no matter how noble the cause they feel for might be. Should credible journalism survive, the activists out there – in newsrooms and on TV screens – have to stop pretending that they are reporters working for the common good.
Martin Kimani: Braiding the Hope of Our Continent Into Radical Possibilities, By Adewale Ajadi
As he journeys to the United Nations, Ambassador Martin Kimani offers a possibility, and this possibility is on behalf of Kenya but also for an unbowed and adaptive Africa that transforms and that is transforming into a place where the sun always rises towards many tomorrows of radical hope.
The Strength of Government, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze
Nigeria teeters between coercion and consensus building. The Federal Government should not succumb to the former, having already initiated wide-ranging consultations with national stakeholders, including governors, traditional rulers, women and youth across the country. Such confidence-building measures would, hopefully, promote consensus on modalities for tackling the problems that triggered nationwide youth protests.
Nimi Wariboko and Humanistic Pluriversality, By Toyin Falola
As a trained economist and theologian, NEW founded theories and modelled approaches to the study of the society that blends theological teachings of nature and awareness of cosmic intelligence with the preoccupation of the economist in understanding material composition and distribution in the society. It is in light of this pursuit that his ideas on Pentecostalism and economic ethics express the critical points of Africanness.
Ondo 2020: INEC boat capsizes, ad hoc staff rescued
33 Share The boat conveying ad-hoc staff of Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has capsized in ilaje area of ondo state. The boat capsized while the ad-hoc were going to riverine area of the state. Related Posts Details later… © Copyright 2020 Elombah.com.
Heeding Attahiru Jega’s Constitutional Counsel, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze
Premium Times October 10, 2020 Heeding Attahiru Jega’s Constitutional Counsel, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze2020-10-10T06:23:11+00:00 Opinion The tone, style and substance of all the three papers elicit admiration. They are devoid of threats and diktat – a sad carryover attribute from the military era that many highly-placed Nigerians seem unable to transcend. More importantly, the exposés outline common sense proposals for dealing with some contentious national issues.
Mali lessons for African leaders | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
PHOTO: ANNIE RISEMBERG / AFP Recent events in Mali — which saw massive popular protests culminating in a military coup on August 18 — have invoked the spectre of the return to power in Africa of “men on the horseback.” Yet as I explained on this page on February 2, 2017, there are three retarding trends to the democratic transition in Africa. These are unconstitutional changes of government; tenure elongation beyond constitutional limits; and ignoring electoral outcomes.
The four horsemen of Africa’s new stumble
Africa risks a new stumble. The last time Africa suffered a major stumble, it conjured up the image of a “Hopeless Continent”. This became the unfortunate epitaph for Africa’s two lost decades of development. This time is different in that concerns about a new stumble are mitigated by a modicum of optimism. The reasons for optimism are well-rehearsed. Private enterprise is flourishing with fewer governmental constraints. Many African countries have taken steps to improve the ease of doing business.
A new budgetary framework for Nigeria
Nigeria needs a new budgetary framework. To appreciate why a new budgetary framework is required, it is important to explain how the current budgetary framework works. Since oil earnings became the dominant source of government revenue, federal budgets have been prepared on the basis of prevailing or projected oil prices. ln other words, the federal budgets were benchmarked to the prevailing or projected oil prices.
Nigeria: Between the Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian Visions of Nigeria's Development
opinion By Ejeviome Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze Those Nigerians who support the view that the herdsmen should retain their existing herding practises would appear to belong to the Jeffersonian school; while others who advocate the development of the entire value chain of the political economy of cattle rearing would utterly belong to the Hamiltonian school. The herders-farmers conflict Nigeria remains a thorny issue.
Nigeria: In the Next 36 Months
Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, were already signaling their intention to run for the presidency in 2023. It seemed as if the President’s term, when re-elected, would be for 48 weeks rather than 48 months. Today marks one full year since the re-elected President Muhammadu Buhari was sworn in for a second term.
Nigeria: the Coming 36 Months, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze
Most likely, Nigeria might witness a deterioration of her fiscal, foreign exchange and debt situations; growing incidence of poverty; heightened criminality linked to unemployment and impunity; and the probable fiscal insolvency of some states.
Five Years of PMB: We're Glad He Came Our Way, By Femi Adesina
Who are the ‘we?’ Speak for yourself only, some cynics would say on merely seeing the headline of this piece. They would add: “You can talk because you are in government, earning ‘fat’ salary and enjoying other perks of office, so why won’t you be glad?” Okay. So that there’ll be peace, I agree that I enjoy all the things you claim, and more. But is that any reason for anyone to carry anger around in his bosom? What then happened to goodwill towards all men, and malice to none?
Nigeria: ln the next 36 months
Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, were already signaling their intention to run for the presidency in 2023. It seemed as if the President’s term, when re-elected, would be for 48 weeks rather than 48 months. Today marks one full year since the re-elected President Buhari was sworn in for a second term.
Between the ‘bulldozer’ and beneficent narratives: China-Africa relations | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
This article is a continuation of the series on three big powers’ (China, America and Russia’s) relations with Africa. The focus of this article is on China-Africa relations. There are two contending perspectives on China’s relations with Africa. One perspective views China as a nation intent on “bulldozing” its way in Africa, plundering Africa’s resources, trapping African countries in debt, and encouraging the settlement of Chinese migrants in the region.
From fear to freedom and friendship: U S - Africa relations | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
This article represents a continuation of my series titled “China, America and Russia’s Game of Influence in Africa”, published on this page on 10 July, 2019, which was followed by “The Road to Sochi 2019— Russia’s Influence in Africa” published on 2nd October, 2019. This article’s focus is on USA-Africa relations. 2019 marks the 400thanniversary of the arrival of the first Africans in USA.
The road to Sochi 2019: Russia’s influence in Africa | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Sochi, the Black Sea resort in the Russian Federation, has hosted many international events. Sochi 2019 refers to the first Russia-Africa Summit to be held on 23-24 October 2019 in that city. My article titled “China, America and Russia’s Game of Influence in Africa”, published on this page on 10 July 2019, painted a broad picture of these three big powers’ relations with Africa. This article is a continuation of that series with a focus on Russia-Africa relations.
Power failure: A metaphor for all that ail Nigeria | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
Power failure daily disrupts business, economic and social transactions in Nigeria. The magnitude of the challenge can be gauged by the cost of power failure to businesses, and by comparisons of power supply to selected foreign entities and to the population to power supply ratio of South Africa – the most advanced industrial and second largest economy in Africa.
Nigeria’s oil economy is hobbled by dissonance | The Guardian Nigeria News - Nigeria and World News
The oil resource curse has been Nigeria’s bane. This reality is well known. Yet no discernible effort is being made to transcend the pitfall, even as Nigeria’s political leaders, business elites and experts continue to exhort Nigerians to look beyond its oil era. In reality, it is not the vagaries of the global oil market or the growing emphasis on renewable energy that has posed the greatest challenge to Nigeria’s oil political economy, important though all these factors might be.
Is Nigeria still a regional hegemon?
On the eve of the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State that took place on July 7 in Niamey, Niger; the federal government announced that it would sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This created audible sighs of relief around the region.
Is Nigeria still a regional hegemon?
On the eve of the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State that took place on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey, Niger; the Federal Government announced that it would sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This created audible sighs of relief around the region.
Is Nigeria still a regional hegemon?
On the eve of the 12th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union Heads of State that took place on the 7th of July 2019 in Niamey, Niger; the federal government announced that it would sign the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This created audible sighs of relief around the region.
Is Nigeria bedeviled by the "ungoverned space" syndrome?
Ungoverned space is a new concept applied to an old problem, namely the lack of effective government presence in parts or places within its territory. Ungoverned space is a direct reflection of the inability the state to effectively perform its minimal statutory functions: exercise of monopoly of use of force; full territorial control; and provision of basic social services. Many analysts think of ungoverned space in strictly security terms.
Reducing the cost of governance in Nigeria
Nigeria suffers from democratic overload. Governance expenses are hugely disproportional to its developmental strides and democracy dividends. This is reflected in the high recurrent expenditure relative to the capital expenditure at the federal, state and local government levels. Since the return to civil rule in 1999, the share of recurrent expenditure in federal budget have hovered slightly above 70 percent and accounted for 78 percentage of 2018 federal revenue. It was not always thus.
A Time to reflect - BusinessDay : News you can trust
Analysis A Time to reflect by Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze October 3, 2018 | 12:09 am | | | Start Conversation Independence anniversaries offer important opportunities to reflect on the course of national events. As Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary being marked today, coincides with the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s export of its first oil cargo, we offer this article as our contribution to the national reflection on a major public policy issue: Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict.
Nigeria At 58: Our Journey Is Not Finished, But We Have Come A Long Way, By Muhammadu Buhari
Today is a day of celebration and solemn reflection. It is the anniversary of the day Nigerians realised one of the most cherished of human desires – the desire for freedom. We, therefore, give thanks to and remember our founding fathers who laboured so hard and sacrificed so much to build and bequeath to us this wonderful nation. It is our duty to consolidate this great legacy.
Nigeria At 58: A Time To Reflect, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze
Independence anniversaries offer important opportunities to reflect on the course of national events. As Nigeria’s 58th independence anniversary being marked today, coincides with the 60th anniversary of Nigeria’s export of its first oil cargo, we offer this article as our contribution to the national reflection on a major public policy issue: the herdsmen-farmers conflict.
The Long Counterrevolution: United States-Latin America Security Cooperation
Since at least the Spanish-American War, the United States has helped develop Latin American militaries and police forces, providing training, up-to-date technologies, and technical assistance.
The rule of law in Nigeria - BusinessDay : News you can trust
Analysis The rule of law in Nigeria by Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze September 4, 2018 | 12:08 am | | | Start Conversation Speaking at the 58th Annual NBA Conference in Abuja recently, President Muhammadu Buhari proclaimed that “the rule of law must be subject to the supremacy of the nation’s security and national interest”. Grasping the significance of this statement, requires recalling a bit of history.
Kofi Annan: In service of the world - BusinessDay : News you can trust
During his tenure as Secretary General, Kofi Atta Annan frequently reminded the world that “there could be no development without peace, no peace without development, and neither peace nor development without human rights”.
Kofi Annan: In Service of the World, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze
Premium Times August 24, 2018 Kofi Annan: In Service of the World, By Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze2018-08-24T19:23:27+00:00 Opinion Kofi Annan’s contributions to peace and security were wide ranging: Encompassing efforts to discourage needless conflicts, support peace operations, create or nurture institutions for peacebuilding, and develop norms and policies to promote inclusive development. Annan had presciently opposed the U.S. and U.K. invasion of Iraq in 2003.
The African Road to China, By Owei Lakemfa
The African leaders’ journey to Beijing, for the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) holding from September 3-4, 2018, actually began fifty three years ago. That was at the infancy of our independence. In 1960 alone, seventeen African countries gained independence. Tanzania became independent in 1961 and Zambia, four years later. Both faced the same challenges of development, lifting Africans out of poverty, and the underdevelopment foisted on them by colonialism.
Adebayo Adedeji: Adieu to a scholar-statesman
The Abuja Statement was the outcome of an international Conference on Africa convened in June 1987 to review the progress in the implementation of the United Nations Programme of Action for Africa’s Economic Recovery and Development adopted at the 13th Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Africa in June 1986. The document was subsequently circulated as requested. My offer of assistance made a deep impression on Adedeji. From then on, our friendship was forged.
Africa Renewal Online
In his book Africa in Transition: A New Way of Looking at Progress in the Region, Ejeviome Eloho Otobo presents an original paradigm for measuring development on an evolving continent. The author finds fault with the approach of measuring Africa’s development by considering either economic or political trends. Instead he proposes considering both.
Africa Books - allAfrica.com
By Ejeviome Eloho OtoboAfrica in Transition: A New Way of Looking at Progress in the Region In his book Africa in Transition: A New Way of Looking at Progress in the Region, Ejeviome Eloho Otobo presents an original paradigm for measuring development on an evolving continent. The author finds fault with the approach of measuring Africa's development by considering either economic or political trends. Instead he proposes considering both.
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