Jide Ojo
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- Sep 30, 2026
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How to fix Nigeria’s politics for development (opens the original)
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Hearty congratulations, compatriots, on our country’s 66th Independence Anniversary. I look forward to what President Bola Tinubu will tell us tomorrow, October 1. Meanwhile, I have decided to drill down into the importance of fixing our politics if we want to see good governance and development. I commend the yeoman’s job Dr Oby Ezekwesili is doing at the School of Politics, Policy and Governance under the Fix Politics Nigeria project. I have had the rare privilege of being a resource person at
Nigerian politicians, give peace a chance! (opens the original)
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It’s campaign season, quite alright. From August 19 to February 4, 2027, politicians vying for different political offices will crisscross their constituencies to tell the people what they intend to do if voted into office. It is, however, concerning and disheartening to witness the scant regard that Nigeria’s political class has shown for the Peace Accord they voluntarily signed on August 18, 2026. Across several states, the politics of intolerance is on display. Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebo
Between academic qualifications and native intelligence (opens the original)
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I was once again dragged into the debate on whether it is long overdue for Nigerian politicians to possess higher educational qualifications to be able to contest for political offices. This argument ensued on Monday, September 14, 2026, when I featured on Morning Brief hosted by Bukola Coker and Geoffrey Uzono on Channels Television. We reviewed the list of presidential and national assembly candidates for the 2027 general elections that the Independent National Electoral Commission published o
NAFDAC, save our souls from unwholesome foods, drinks! (opens the original)
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Is Nigeria now a country of fakes and counterfeits? Last week, the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the purported Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council reported that it uncovered 12 fake agencies and a network of about 58 bank accounts allegedly linked to its detained director-general, Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi. The chairman of the committee, Hon. Yusuf Gagdi, disclosed the findings while presenting the panel’s preliminary report to parliamentary correspondents
Is Osun fulfilling its manifest destiny at 35? (opens the original)
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Last Thursday, August 27, 2026, Osun, the state of the Living Spring, turned 35, having been created by military fiat in 1991. I was one of the advocates for the creation of Osun from the old Oyo State. My advocacy piece was published in the defunct Daily Sketch newspaper on Friday, August 16, 1991. Though Oyo State is the land of my birth, as sung by renowned reggae artiste Eric Donaldson, my ancestry is, however, in Osun. My dad is from Ileogbo, headquarters of Ayedire Local Government, the sa
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