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My attention has been drawn to the online report of the Nation newspaper of 7th April 2020. Indeed, several other online publications carried similar stories, alleging that the National Social Investment Programmes as supervised under the Office of the Vice President, were a ‘scam’. Given the gravity and implications of the narrative conveyed, as well as the calibre of persons… Read More

There is no better warning about the growing confusion that seems to be gradually beclouding the federal government’s response to the coronavirus challenge than the belief it betrayed last week that, perhaps, all it needs to calm the fears and apprehensions of Nigerians about its ability to halt the spread of the virus is to reel out a catalogue of… Read More

Rule of Law and Accountability Advocacy Centre has been monitoring and receiving information on public compliance with the Federal Government ordered lockdown in Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, which contain measures to contain the ravaging Covid-19 pandemic. Our monitoring of the compliance with the lockdown and stay-at-home orders in Lagos, Abuja and few other states indicate that most people are… Read More

Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara State recently appointed Prof Muhammed Mustapha Akanbi, said to be the son of the late Justice Mustapha Akanbi, as Vice Chancellor of the Kwara State University (KWASU). But Akanbi’s most crucial qualification for the job is his being from Ilorin—like the governor. Here’s why. The acting Vice Chancellor of KWASU, Prof Sakah Saidu Mahmud, who… Read More

In the wake of the COVID 19 pandemic, Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari on March 29, 2020, announced a 14-day lockdown of Lagos and Ogun States, as well as the federal capital territory, Abuja, as part of Physical distancing measures (there is growing consensus that this is a more appropriate term than Social distancing) aimed at containing the pandemic in Nigeria.… Read More

Coming up on the first anniversary of his swearing-in as governor of Oyo State, Engr. Seyi Makinde is having to contend with deep-seethed internal crises that are tearing at the fabric of his administration. Some of the issues go to the heart and head of his administration, posing as at best, significant distractions, or potential impediments to the ability of the governor to haveany meaningful achievement before… Read More

Public health and safety are an integral part of national security. The dysfunctional health system in Nigeria, my dear country, has always been a concern for everyone – medical practitioners, middle and lower class citizens, and of course the downtrodden. COVID-19 pandemic has accentuated the transmogrification of this perturbing health concern as affecting not just the poor but also, members of… Read More

When COVID-19 broke out in December 2019 in Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province in China, it was a Chinese problem and business should go on. Donald Trump sums up the attitude of most world leaders and capitalist ruling elite when he ascribes COVID-19 as Chinese Virus.  Like China, like other countries, the Chinese ruling class initially down-played the… Read More

Few days ago, the Nigerian Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, stated that the Nigerian Government was looking at ways of reopening universities through virtual learning. According to him, this became very necessary due to the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic. Needless to say, the world is advancing technologically and in other climes, one of growing sectors is e-learning, to some, it may… Read More

In Nigeria, to infract the law and escape retribution be a cleric or a politician under the sanctuary of the government of the day. Pastors and imams emanate and fecundate fake news and hate speech without scruples because of some seeming ‘’self-immunity’’ effectuated by the sensitivity of religion here. Clerics in the country defy the law unabashedly and with unrestrained… Read More