Politics & Security
Who’s Running for Nigeria’s Presidency in 2023?
In February 2023, Nigeria will hold its general elections, ending President Muhammadu Buhari’s eight-year term. Preparations for the elections have begun since 2021, when the Senate passed the Electoral Amendment Bill on 09 November 2021. Read more. Read More...
Data, Public Interest and National Security The Politics of Data Security in Nigeria
The Nigerian government is trying to create a database that links mobile phone users’ SIM cards with their National Identity Numbers—but can any government today be trusted with citizens’ sensitive data? Read more. Read More...
Why Is Everyone Talking About the 2021 Electoral Amendment Act? RxNews 20 December 2021
Nigeria’s elections are expensive and inefficient. An electoral amendment act proposes possible improvements, its deadline passed yesterday and there’s no indication it has been signed. Read more. Read More...
Former Oyo State Governor, Adebayo Alao-Akala, Has Died
Nigerian politician, Christopher Adebayo Alao-Akala, who served as the governor of Oyo State from May 2007 to May 2011 has died. Read more. Read More...
Former Nigerian Leader, Ernest Shonekan, Has Died
Ernest Shonekan, interim head of state of Nigeria from 26 August to 17 November 1993, died this morning at a hospital in Lagos. Read more. Read More...
Who Was Tanimowo Ogunlesi?
Tanimowo Ogunlesi was a women’s rights activist, teacher, and founding member of the women’s section of Obafemi Awolowo’s, Action Group (AG). Read more. Read More...
Why Is Everyone Talking About the 2021 Electoral Amendment Act? RxNews 20 December 2021
Nigeria’s elections are expensive and inefficient. An electoral amendment act proposes possible improvements, its deadline passed yesterday and there’s no indication it has been signed. Read more. Read More...
A Barrel of Rotten Apples How a Judicial Crisis Has Flourished Under Buhari’s Watch
The problems of the judicial system in Nigeria predate both the government of President Muhammadu Buhari and even this current republic. Read more. Read More...
Where Is Pan-Africanism Today? The Gains, Challenges and Prospects of Nkrumah’s United Africa
Kwame Nkrumah envisioned pan-Africanism as a means of uniting and uplifting Africans across Africa and the diaspora but was ousted in 1966 before achieving his aim. Read more. Read More...
Students in the Struggle for Kenyan Democracy A Brief History of University Student Activism in Kenya
Student activism in Kenya is a form of protest and resistance against oppression. At its very heart, it is also a demonstration of leadership and the capacity for mass mobilization. Read more. Read More...