Olaogun Michael

By Olaogun Michael Sunkanmi Earlier in the week, I shared my thoughts on 𝐍𝐢𝐠𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐚 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐬: 𝐖𝐚𝐲 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭.  No doubt, there is an improvement in Nigeria's electoral process, but there are still fundamental challenges. An effort was made by 𝐋𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐏𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐔𝐦𝐚𝐫 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐚 𝐘𝐚𝐫'𝐚𝐝𝐮𝐚 to change the nation's electoral narrative that led to the  𝐉𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐔𝐰𝐚𝐢𝐬 𝐄𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐥 𝐑𝐞𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭. Unfortunately, successive governments in Nigeria never recognized the 319-page report.  Profoundly, Item 1.2, Page 1 of the document reads. "Nigeria's experience with democratic elections since independence has been rather mixed. Although the country has managed to transit from one administration to another, hardly any election conducted in the country has been completely free of charges of irregularities, electora...

By Olaogun Michael Sunkanmi  Overview Amidst unprecedented global challenges ranging from economic hardship to military takeover in some parts of Africa to the Russian-Ukraine and Israel-Gaza wars, conversation continues on the “war” of nature against man—climate change. This is a result of the intended and unintended actions of man against the environment. Climate change has not only posed threats to the human and animal environment; it is also a major contributor to food insecurity and inter-community and violent conflicts globally, more specifically in the Sahel region, leading to human and animal displacements caused by sea level rise, degradation, drought, erosion, flooding, and desertification. The National Climate Change Policy (2021-2030) asserts that “climate change is a complex environmental problem because of its long-term uncertain timeframe, scales of occurrence, differential impacts and vulnerabilities, as well as equity and justice within the global power asymmetries...