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Issues is a new NT series in which academics and policy experts write on their areas of expertise. If you would like to contribute to the series send an email to Olumide (his[…]
As Nigeria commences another constitutional amendment process, the second since its return to democracy in 1999, the issue of tenure limits rears its head again. The first time it came[…]
Nigerians, collectively, have relatively short memories, so we forget about the atrocities committed by public officials almost as soon as they leave office. However, every administration has had hate figures[…]
One of the most important things I read this year was Anne Marie-Slaughter’s essay titled ‘Why women still can’t have it all’, in which she was brutally honest about the[…]
Temie Giwa It is hard to be a woman in today’s world. Women’s right to choose the size of their family that has been long taken for granted is being[…]
One of the more specific “ideological” schisms associated with the intermittent discourse on the nature of Africa’s development challenges is the one between the liberal non-African’s take and (what I[…]
Ever since the return of Nigeria to democratic rule in 1999, one of the most hotly debated issues has been the existence of an immunity clause in the constitution, and[…]
You may not remember me, but I am the oldest woman in the Village of the Empty Wells. The last source of water in the village is about to dry[…]
Ndidi Nwuneli, Director, Sahel Capital Partners. Founder of LEAP Africa and NIA As I walked into the Mermaid Conference Centre on that chilly December morning, I expected the pervasive[…]
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Ikhide, Let us be clear. I was disappointed with your comments a few months ago because you apparently deliberately confused two very different issues, as a means to slander our reputation as[…]
