Human Security

Selonnes Policy Brief  84-21 | 2023: Three Categories of Presidential Aspirants

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze*   In the past few months, three major developments have pushed the 2023 elections to the fore front of national public discourse. In …

GAPS in Inclusive Participation in Nigeria’s SSRG.

Comments By Mr. Oseloka H. Obaze, MD/CEO Selonnes Consult At the FES/CISLAC Conference on Gaps in SSG/R and Possible Contributions of Civil Society and non-Traditional Security Actors,  Abuja FCT, 27-28 …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: |  Nigeria’s Voice Missing from Global Covid Vaccine Politics

Once upon a time, Nigeria wasAfrica’s bellwether  and voice on global issues.  At no other time is her leadership and voice most needed, than now as the global politics of …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: |  FGN Disbanding SARS – a good move – but more work remains. 

FGN disbanding of SARS is a good move.   Speaking truth to power takes different dimensions and ultimately, will yeid some concrete results. As we congratulate advocates of SARS reform, …

Guest Policy Opinion:   Mali lessons for African leaders

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo Recent events in Mali — which saw massive popular protests culminating in a military coup on August 18 — have invoked the spectre of the return to …

Oseloka H. Obaze’s two books, Waning Strength of Government & Africa’s Vision – A Second Anthology, published.

Announcing Parresia’s release of Oseloka H. Obaze’s two new (2020) books: Waning Strength of Government & Africa’s Vision – A Second Anthology.   Both books which will be available at bookstores …

Policy Brief No.77-20| Between the Jeffersonian and Hamiltonian Visions of Nigeria’s Development

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo & Oseloka H. Obaze  The herders-farmers conflict Nigeria remains a thorny issue. The death, destruction and displacement arising from the conflict have been incremental, and have extended …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | Don’t defund the police, rather reform policing

George  Floyd’s death in the US, has precipitated calls for defunding of the police. Such policy move if adopted, will influence policing globally and in Nigeria. From a policy perspective …

Policy  Brief 75-20 |Nigeria In the next 36 months

Ejeviome Eloho Otobo. & Oseloka H. Obaze   Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, …

Selonnes Policy Tidbits: | NCDC needs to square the circle and connect the dots on community transmission 

Unfolding Covid-19 community transmissions in Abuja, Lagos and Kano outlying areas, while possibly traceable to untested asymptomatic carriers; possibly have a nexus to domestic and support staff and acolytes of …