A non-partisan and functional judiciary is the hallmark of an ideal democracy anywhere in the world. Because of its importance in human society, it behooves on those who are entrusted with the dispensation of justice to be guided by the principle of truth, fairness and morality. The justification for the existence of judiciary was popularized...
ATTAINING FOOD SECURITY IN AFRICA Asiegbu Charles The United Nations, in February 2017, officially declared a hunger emergency in South Sudan as drought, failed harvest, conflicts and displacements have led to increasing food insecurity . Official figures suggest that at least 1 in 5 households face extreme food shortages with a limited ability to cope;...
Eze Onyekpere The ban, last weekend, on the operations of the microblogging and social media platform, Twitter, by the Federal Government raises very fundamental issues for Nigeria’s democracy, rule of law, economy, and social life. Twitter has over the years become a veritable part of Nigeria’s social life, especially among the youths. It has facilitated...
Festus Adedayo (June 6, 2021) Like a suicide bomber ready to sacrifice his life, I slid into the Nigerian war theatre last week. No, not Northeast Nigeria, where kaffir soldiers are busy bombing Boko Haram faithful; nor Northwest, where good bandits are in an orgy of kidnapping hundreds of school children – apologies to bandits-negotiating...
The overarching mandate of YouPAD is to serve as a platform for young people to engage with, discuss, research and analyse issues relating to Foreign & Domestic Policy, Security, Climate Change, Governance & Development.
