This Season of Strikes, By Dele Agekameh
Unions are pressure groups, and the classic role of pressure groups is to influence government policy and decision-making, in line with current realities, needs and possibilities. The months before general elections are always hectic for politicians, their staffers and other associated groups or individuals. However, nobody in this class bears…
Metele: Never Again!, By Dele Agekameh
It is high time we started getting our strategy right against the Boko Haram insurgents by giving a response commensurate to the threat posed by the group. The news of the November 18 attack of Boko Haram insurgents on the 157 Task Force Battalion of the Nigeria Army, stationed in…
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Apathy In Nigeria’s Democracy, By Dele Agekameh
With a section of society not showing up at the polls at all and another section in serious danger of selling their voting rights for porridge, political outcomes will likely continue to be poor at all levels. Democracy, as a system of government, is rooted in the idea of mass…
Tales of A Capital, By Dele Agekameh
Slowly, the Lagos vibe is coming to Abuja, and if the population continues to increase the way it is, we may have Lagos-style traffic gridlocks in the city in less than two decades. The signs are already there. Recently, a foreign aid worker who had been working in the North-East…
2019: Refocusing On Issues, Not Personalities, By Dele Agekameh
We ought to engage candidates on the cardinal issues when we have the opportunity to do so, and not spend the whole time debating their standing as individuals and candidates. Nigeria is heading into general elections in a few months’ time and political posturing has begun for the race ahead.…
The Shi’ite Conundrum, By Dele Agekameh
As it has been noted by domestic and international analysts, Nigeria cannot afford another insurgency of any form, and that is why it is so crucial for the government and security forces to get it right this time. For a period of about five days towards the end of the…
The NHIS Minefield, By Dele Agekameh
Whether Yusuf is culpable or not, members of the NHIS board, the HMOs and some of the revolting staff of the NHIS may have dirty hands that would be better protected if Yusuf is disgraced out of office as executive secretary. The imbroglio surrounding the purported suspension of Professor Usman…
Nigeria’s Underbelly of Violence, By Dele Agekameh
The tripod of poverty, illiteracy and unfettered religious influence has cost the country more lives than we may realise, since poor people are more likely to be radicalised and exploited by others to carry out inhumane acts of terror and wickedness. Last week, in Kaduna, communal clashes claimed about 55…
Beneath Ganduje’s Babaringa, By Dele Agekameh
...if Ganduje insists on his innocence, the people deserve a more robust response and denial than the flimsy ‘cloning’ excuse that remains the only official response from the governor’s representatives. A shameful video surfaced online recently, purportedly showing the governor of a key northern state engaging in a disgraceful act…
It’s Atiku Vs. Buhari, By Dele Agekameh
With the South-West likely to swing Buhari’s way because of APC dominance, the South-East possibly going Atiku’s way will make for a harder contest. Palpable tension enveloped the nation’s political landscape over the weekend ahead of the deadline imposed for party primaries by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Aspirants…
