Month: March 2020

…the culture of ‘kabiyesi’ is the purveyor of sycophancy and bootlicking that has become the norm in our public and private corporate relationships. Everyone is merely un-daring to speak the truth to the powers that […]

Gender equality is important to me and as we celebrate the International Women’s Day, I will continue to play my part in the fight against inequality. “Achieving gender equality requires the engagement of women and […]

On Monday, March 9, 2020, the Senate Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights and Legal Matters will hold a public hearing on the Protection from Internet Falsehood and Manipulations; and for Other Related Matters Bill, 2019 […]

Sometime in the early days of his first term in office, President Muhammadu Buhari indicated that if Boko Haram insurgents were disposed to dialogue, he was not averse to it. He said anything that could […]

Tongues have been wagging on why the South-East Governors Forum reneged on its initial plan to launch a regional security outfit in Igboland, similar to the Amotekun of the South-West. But the people should ponder […]

Prisons are public correctional institutions established by government where inmates – suspects and convicts – are detained. Concerned citizens observe that over the years, the situation in Nigerian prison cells across the country has become […]

By the time the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, first claimed that the deadly coronavirus disease was caused by corruption, I had long concluded that his dimness was genuine. […]

The death of the famous American mathematician, Katherine Johnson, was recently announced. She was credited with calculating rocket trajectories for the United States’ early space missions. She got my attention for three reasons. One, she […]

“I also came to apologise for failure to protect you fully. We are doing our best to minimise such incidents. You should continue to forgive us” – Mallam Nasir El Rufai, Daily Trust, Thursday, March […]

Nigeria is currently the seventh most populous country in the world with a total population projected to reach 236 million by 2030 and 410 million by 2050 making her the fastest-growing among the 10 most […]

According to most religious doctrines, marriage is ordained by God and it is a legal union between a man and a woman. Culturally marriage in Nigeria comes with a lot of respect for both the […]