Foreign Policy

Selonnes Consult Policy Tidbits: Public Policies Should Be on Balance

There is nothing wrong with adopting a cashless policy. However, any public policy, which by its spirit or methods of implementation place undue burden on some States, even if temporarily, …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 66/19:  Ending Spasmodic Xenophobia

Oseloka H. Obaze || The spasmodic xenophobic attacks, which commenced around 2000 and escalated recently, has placed South Africa front and centre of global criticisms. It is also fraught with …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 64/19:  Is Nigeria Still a Regional Hegemon?

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*  “Nigeria’s status as a regional hegemon risks further regression, absent the restructuring of its governance arrangements, creatively tackling its myriad security challenges, promoting …

Selonnes Consult Policy Brief 60/19:   Reducing the Cost of Governance in Nigeria

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo and Oseloka H. Obaze   Nigeria suffers from democratic overload. Governance expenses are hugely disproportional to its developmental strides and democracy dividends. This is reflected in the …

New  York  Times – Anonymous’ Plausible Deniability.  

NYT Anonymous op-Ed was probably signed by four highly placed WH officials who are “part of the resistance (see NYT silhouette of 3 men & 1 woman). Meanwhile, each of …

Policy Brief 51/18: Ethiopia’s Abiy Ahmed and Lessons for Nigeria

Chiagozie Udeh  & Oseloka H.  Obaze  Good governance exemplars in Africa continue to evolve, even if slowly. An African country, Ethiopia, has the youngest democratically elected Head of State on …

News Track: Prime Witness: We owe it to posterity to evaluate our leadership – Obaze

A PUBLIC policy expert, the former secretary to Anambra state government and the Peoples’ Democratic Party’s candidate in the November 18 2017 Anambra state governorship election, Mr. Oseloka Obaze, has …

Policy Brief 48/18: Imperatives of Nigeria’s Leadership in The Gulf of Guinea

Chiagozie Udeh and Oseloka H. Obaze    ​Introduction The Gulf of Guinea (GoG) is unarguably one of the most dangerous maritime spaces in the world as it now attracts war …

Book Review:  Towards sustainable ‘change’ for better Nigeria

Book title: Prime Witness: Change and Policy Challenges in Buhari’s Nigeria Author: Oseloka Henry Obaze Publishers: Safari Books Ltd, Ibadan Year of publication: 2017 Pages: 448 Reviewer: Rev. Fr. B. …

Faces at the Presentation of Prime Witness in Lagos.