Nigeria’s election season has begun. With the main opposition formally picking its flag-bearer, we now know the presidential race will effectively be a straight contest between incumbent Muhammadu Buhari of the ruling All Progressives Congress […]
President Muhammadu Buhari established a Tripartite Committee in Dec. 2017 – comprising Labour Leaders, Federal and State Government representatives, to consider and recommend an appropriate increase on the present N18,000/month, National Minimum Wage, which became […]
Last week, security operatives, comprising policemen and soldiers, had fierce battle with members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) known as Shiites in Abuja. The renewed clash reportedly claimed lives of five members of […]
One of the issues that has dominated the political space in the past few weeks is the travel ban on fifty Nigerians by the Federal Government. This is a fall out of the Executive order […]
There has been much fury, drily voices vibrated in consuming chants; there were ruckus hullaballoos or inexplicable excitement in the opposition camp. It is about the demand for President Muhammadu Buhari’s Secondary School certificate. So, […]
No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable —Adam Smith(1723-1790)Scottish economist and philosopher. Why don’t we subject the emoluments of our political […]
The Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi 11 came into national consciousness in June 2009 when the late President Umaru Musa Yar’adua nominated him as the governor of the Nigerian Central bank. Prior to that time, […]
In November 2010, in a tribute to Stephen J. Solarz, a former nine-term New York congressman, Douglas Martin wrote that he was a “torrent of activity” supporting it with a statement issued by the late […]
Labour leaders, who have called off a planned nationwide strike, have agreed a new national minimum wage at the end of negotiations with a Tripartite Committee, set up by the Federal government. The agreed figure […]
In the same vein, it is not out of place to thank Olubadan in Council and the entire Ibadan people for their generosity with their land. Ibadan is a city of open arms. The friendliness […]
The founder of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) Ibrahim El Zakzaky has been in and out of trouble since he fell in love with the 1979 Iranian revolution. At this time, he was an […]
Since the unexpected election of Donald Trump in November 2016 as the 45th President of the United States, there has been a rise in ultra-right or far-right politics and the emboldening of despotic leaders around […]
Unexpected circumstances recently forced me to stray into the terrain of Imohimi Edgal, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police but the experience turned out to be rewarding as I got to know more about the […]
drtayooke@gmail.com Open Ballot System (OBS) is a type of electoral mandate conducted in the open, with the result counted and tallied in the open. No second-guessing, no secret permutations, no late-night chicanery, no last-minute skulduggery, […]
Last week, two curious events happened in Nigeria and the United States of America respectively. President Donald Trump visited Pittsburgh concerning the Jewish Synagogue shooting. Protesters blocked his way with placards that said that he […]
Since time immemorial, the Nigeria Labour Congress has mastered and tactfully deployed strike to get government, at various levels, and other categories of employers to do its biddings, particularly with regard to remuneration issues. Salaries […]
The recurring spectacle of members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN), more popularly called ‘Shi’ites,’ clashing with law enforcement agencies, with attendant loss of lives, has become an embarrassment to the government and people […]
I gave a public lecture at the Schomburg Centre, Harlem, New York in the late 90s and the subject of homosexuality was addressed by me, and one theatre director accused me of intolerance. The sum […]
Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 President Muhammadu Buhari established a tripartite committee in December 2017 comprising Labour leaders, federal and state government representatives to consider and recommend an appropriate increase in the present […]
PURSUANT to Section 131(d) of the 1999 Constitution, as amended, a person shall be qualified for election to the office of the President if he has been educated up to at least School Certificate level […]
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