Category: Governance

Strengthening Citizens Participation Across the National Budget Circle.

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Event Round-up: Strengthening Citizens Participation Across the National Budget Circle | Agora Thursday New Dispensation 5/6 Key speaker Ani Nwachukwu I Date: 6th July, 2023 Key Message:

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Nigeria’s Border opening: Implications and Effects

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Executive Summary The Government of Nigeria (GoN), in August 2019, announced the partial closure of Nigeria’s land borders at Seme, Illela, Maigatari, and Mfun, which are shared

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Nigeria’s Macroeconomic Crisis

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Executive SummaryFor decades, Nigeria has wavered between the labels of low-income and middle-income country. In the better part of the last two decades, the country was middle-income.

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Climate Change Menace in Nigeria

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Executive SummaryClimate change reflects the variations in the average daily weather conditions such as temperature, humidity, rainfall and sunshine of a location over an extended period. Climate

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Can Nigeria’s Current Electoral Processes Deliver Accountable and Transformative Leaders?

Executive Summary There are roadblocks to a strong democracy in Nigeria at all levels of government. Conflict—triggered by political competition and communal, ethnic, religious or resource allocation rivalries—poses

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The Integrity of Court Trials in Nigeria

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

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Buhari vs. Twitter: So long, so sad

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,

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Buhari: Tweeting Asaba massacre on Road to Rwanda

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

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Human Right and Police Brutality

Human rights are moral principles or norms that describe certain standards of human behaviour and are regularly protected in municipal and international law. The Independence constitution enacted the

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To Get Rich is Glorious: How Nigeria can achieve inclusive economic growth and shared prosperity

If you take a brief journey through the history of the World, you will notice that on the grand scale, it is really a story of empires and

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