Author: Oseloka Obaze, MD & CEO

Policy Brief No. 24-5 | Nigeria’s Opposition Abet APC’s Grim Governance

  Disfranchised Nigerians continue to rebuke the Tinubu Administration for its lackluster governance performance. That is as it should be. On balance, the APC Administration also hasits defenders and apologists. …

Policy Brief No. 24-4 |Blame Game Is Not Policy Game

  A befuddling vagary of Nigerian politics is that some who seek political power on getting into office don’t seem to know what to do. Yet, the abandonment of Nigerian …

Policy Brief No. 24-3 | Implementing Oronsaye Report – No Walk in the park..

The recent decision by the incumbent administration in Nigeria to implement the 12 year old Oronsaye Report, seems a convenient policy afterthought. Certainly, you cannot effectively implement such a reform, …

Policy Brief No. 24-2 | History Lesson from the “Generator Country.”
By Oseloka H. Obaze

History and diplomacy often mix in very curious ways. The just-concluded AFCON football tournament in Ivory Coast, unearthed parts of Nigeria’s failings to honour her history and stay true to …

Policy Brief No. 24-1 |Nigeria’s Malgovernance, Misgovernance and Bad Governance

A recent trending photo of the leaders of the BRICS nations hobnobbing and holding hands across-the-chest, spoke eloquently to the group’s vital missing link and presumptive member. That photo brought …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | ECOWAS Unglued And Unbundled

#BuFMaNxit is here. Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have jointly decided to exit ECOWAS. The move is unheralded, but not entirely unexpected. If the UK could exit the EU, then …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Banditry -Nigeria’s Worst Snubbed Problem

Banditry -Nigeria’s worst snubbed problems- is the continual forced removal of indigenes from their homesteads and ancestral homelands via terrorism, visceral violence, butchery, massacres, displacement and occupation that is creating …

Discourse Event: |Failure in governance is an endpoint of the political titration and Government’s abdication its accountability and responsibility to protect.

On Friday 30th December, 2023, upon invitation, the MD/CEO of Selonnes Consult Oseloka H. Obaze was the guest on the Atlanta Discuss with Ade podcast hosted by Ade Balogun. The …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits:| Nigeria’s Housing Deficit and Demolitions of Presumed Illegal Structures

Nigeria has been awash with recent news of government authorities demolishing inexpensive and expensive houses nationwide, all presumed to be illegal structures. These demolitions are ongoing, and those who authorize …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | COP28, Co-Opt or Cop-Out

Now that the dust of Nigeria’s profligate COP28 jamboree has settled, it is time for unvarnished assessments and reality check. Nigeria, so far, and perhaps for long, may not experience …