Vanda Felbab-Brown is a senior fellow in the Center for Security, Strategy, and Technology in the Foreign Policy program at Brookings. She is the director of the Initiative on Nonstate Armed Actors.She is also the co-director of the Africa Security Initiative and the Brookings series on opioids:“The Opioid Crisis in America: Domestic and International Dimensions. […]
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by Peniel Momoh Dominican University For the people are all in all.
by Bridget Omosuwa Alegieunu Globally, women empowerment and entrepreneurship issues have been key factors in the development process, specifically whenr there is reference to poverty alleviation. However, efforts at empowering women have encountered setbacks both at the theoretical and empirical levels particularly due to the seeming vagueness in the definition and analysis of the word
#ENDSARS Protests and the Ethics of the Nigeria of Our Dream The events of the last two weeks, involving citizens’ demand for accountability, symbolize an important epoch in Nigeria’s journey to nationhood and social justice. This process has been a long and enduring one, with several transitions from colonialism, through fledging civilian experimentation, military dictatorship
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by Frederick Ifeanyi Obananya, OP Dominican Institute, Ibadan, Nigeria. fredifeanyi21@gmail.com; +234 703 232 1081 The recent article by Anthony Ayotude Olayoku titled: “The #EndSars Campaign and Reimaging the Nigerian Police Force” is an important contribution that mostly resonates with my ideas on the current advocacy. I agree with him that it is the responsibility of
by Bridget Alegieunu The position that people should aspire to having a healthy mind in a healthy body portrays how integral the health-care system is to the wholesome functioning of man as an individual. This implies that people should take out time to look out for both their bodily and mental health. It is little
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by Anthony Ayotunde Olayoku The foremost duty of the Nigerian government in protecting the lives and properties of its citizens was well spelled out in 14(2) (b) of the Constitution which states that ‘the security and welfare of the people shall be the primary purpose of government. The primacy of security in governance is not
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An important aspect of driving behavioural change is implementation advocacy. Nigeria, as a country, is not short on policies, including those designed for conserving the environment. The challenge has however been a lack of proper implementation of the projects derived from these policies. The need to bridge the gap between policy and implementation has been belabored but cannot be overemphasized. On the bright side, a lesson from the current context is that the policies made to manage the new coronavirus pandemic have been enforced to some extent in some Nigerian states. However, this will for enforcement should not end with the pandemic but should be continuous.
WATJCentre Distinguished Personality Lecture Series Speaker: Prof. Ruti Teitel, Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School. Moderator: Dr Uyi Lawani, Associate Professor of Strategic Management, Lewis College of Business, Marshall Univeristy Date: November 3, 2020 Time: 3pm (GMT+1 ) Platform: Zoom Registration Link:https://binghamton.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJAscO6opjspGtJQkYUiB4uXVHcuoaETdfUP Video Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/rec/share/L1badQsowrIDZQbYXgcH2KymCyqmk_STfQ4oBL_lW9VrVa8aabWgky5wLuz0f9Lc.FJOLWKygzLIn7gPd
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Prof. Ruti Teitel is an internationally recognized authority on international law, international human rights, transitional justice, and comparative constitutional law. She is the Ernst C. Stiefel Professor of Comparative Law at New York Law School. She is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics and Affiliated Visiting Professor at Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
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