Year: 2020

Idon’t think anyone can doubt the commitment of Governor Nasir el-Rufai to ending the practice of almajiri system in Kaduna State. Give it to him, his actions of late have shown that he is indeed […]

Professor Gambari’s academic credentials look impeccable. His experiences as a top diplomat are also noteworthy. If he does assume duty as chief of staff, Gambari would come full circle, having served as a minister under […]

Ican’t write anything about the most popular phrase on earth, “novel Coronavirus pandemic” without sending my special greetings to those medical teams and caregivers home and abroad as well as journalists who have also been […]

A new study said smokers and former smokers, face twice the risk of contracting severe cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus than non-smokers. Those who vape are also at great risk, said researchers at University of […]

The new Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on Wednesday said that his allegiance would be to President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said he will serve to the best of his ability. Prof. Gambari was […]

By Olu Fasan Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s kleptomaniac and despotic former dictator died in office in 1998. But if anything reminds us of him, it is Shakespeare’s famous words: “The evil that men do lives after […]

BY BABAJIDE BALOGUN In about two years from now, it would be time for Nigerians to decide clearly who should move into the Presidential Villa as the next president. To say that the stakes would […]

The defects in the foundation of the Nigerian state can hardly be disputed. There would be a need for this foundation to be properly looked into so that an edifice of great promise and potential […]

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed, recently lamented that the people of his state do not believe COVID-19 exists. Consequently, they are not taking safety measures seriously. The fact that the governor himself was the […]

Apart from accentuating the pathetically weak state of Nigeria’s health sector, the COVID-19 outbreak has also exposed the country’s perpetual neglect of its children. These two are of course, amongst several other things that need […]

Some persons will wonder why a Catholic Priest should write in positive regard of the celebration of Ramadan. The world has been challenged by religious fanaticism. Religious fanatics accept only the fundamentals of their religions. […]

I know Ibrahim Gambari quite well. I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation. He was then a senior lecturer at […]

Continued from yesterday In the 1999 Constitution produced by Justice Nikki Tobi (1940-2016), the members of the National Council of State were reduced. This was contained in Decree No. 24 of May 5, 1999, which […]

The last seven weeks must go down as Nigeria’s season of dilemma with the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. In a way, the ugly season of sudden death and griping fear known to have emanated from far […]

In the last few weeks, there have been reported cases of ‘mysterious’ deaths of high calibre persons in the highly populous and commercial city of Kano. Although officially Kano has recorded and confirmed about 693 […]

Prof. Sola Fajana is the former vice chancellor, Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Osun State. In this interview with UJUNWA ATUEYI, Fajana, a professor of labour economics and human resource management decried the age-long neglect […]