International
Trump’s Fatal Mistake By Amir Stepak
“They need that money in order to have the post office work so it can take all of these millions and millions of ballots. If they don’t get those two items, that means you can’t […]
Year: 2020
Issues/Policy
Reflections On Princeton Lyman’s View On Nigeria’s Growing Irrelevance By Olatunde Johnson
In 2010, former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Princeton N. Lyman, delivered a brutally frank appraisal of the state of the Nigerian nation at the Achebe Colloquium at Brown University, USA. He spoke against the backdrop […]
Issues/Policy
PMNews: Bakare, Adeyemi, Others Who Refused To Open Churches Are Fake – Oyakhilome
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Founder, Christ Embassy, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome has lashed out at churches that refused to open for worship in Lagos State, describing them as fake. Founder, The Citadel Global Community Church, formerly known […]
Issues/Policy
The States Are Dying By Eric Teniola
There is a hardly a day that goes by now, that we don’t read in the media of billions of naira being stolen by an agency in the central government. The whole thing is sickening. […]
International
GOV.UK| Commission Appoints Interim Manager To Mountain of Fire And Miracles Ministries International
The Charity Commission has appointed an interim manager to Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries International (1100416), a north London based charity which exists to promote Christianity. In March 2018, the Commission opened a statutory […]
Issues/Policy
Thoughts On Resisting The Injustice Of Secret And Discriminatory Job Recruitments By Sesugh Akume
“Nigeria will know no peace until the son of a nobody, can become somebody without knowing anybody.” – (Attributed to Mallam Aminu Kano) Days ago, an image made the rounds on the social media said […]
News
PremiumTimes: Mali President Resigns After Military Coup
Mali’s President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced his resignation on live television in the early hours of Wednesday morning following a military coup. “I’ve decided to leave my post,” he said, clad in traditional clothing and […]
Issues/Policy
PremiumTimes: Mali Crisis Worsens, Presidents Resigns, Despite Efforts of Buhari, Jonathan, Other ECOWAS Leaders
Despite intervention by regional heads led by Nigerian President, Muhammadu Buhari and his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan, Mali’s history of a military takeovers has played again as all mediation failed to resolve the crisis-torn nation. In […]
Issues/Policy
UNILAG Crisis: Resolving The Impasse By Jide Ojo
“Without prejudice to the general powers of the University Governing Council to appoint and remove a Vice Chancellor under the Universities (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Act 2003 (No. 1 2007), and without apportioning any blame to […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria’s Sleeping Beauties By Lekan Sote
In the world of commerce, a “Sleeping Beauty,” is a company, usually a startup, that is attractive to hostile takeovers, because of its appealing features, like a stash of cash, undervalued real estate or shares, […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Curbing Lawlessness of Killer Factories
A promising 300-level undergraduate of the University of Ibadan died recently in a cruel manner in an avoidable factory accident in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital. The victim, Richard Gbadebo, lost his life after slipping […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): Solving Petroleum Import/Export Mess
A bizarre situation in which Nigeria produces and exports a large volume of crude oil but imports almost 100 per cent of the petroleum products it consumes remains a grave cause for concern. It is […]
Issues/Policy
Elisha Abbo’s Acquittal: A Car Crash Judgment! By Taju Tijani
Why did magistrate Abdullahi Ilelah make this legal bed-wetting decision? Why would magistrate Abdullahi Ilelah make a lane crossing to the side of a guilty senator? Why this car-crash judgment where Ms Osimibibra Warmate, the […]
Nigeria
Real Leaders Don’t Hire Self-Praise Mercenaries
Real leaders know that self-praise is no praise – but why has no-one told our politicians? Imagine you heard that someone you knew was paying people to go around saying nice things about them. You’d […]
Issues/Policy
Bayelsa State’s Unending Electoral Cycle By Matthew Ayibakuro
Rumbles, side-talks, murmuring, sighs and more. I was suddenly losing the attention of the civil society stakeholders I was making a presentation to on freedom of information in Edo State. In the midst of all […]
Issues/Policy
Coronavirus Diary – Part 20 By Sylvester Odion Akhaine
The global health emergency spawned by COVID-19 has exacerbated the struggles among the great powers and imperial candidates in the international community. This instalment focuses on the geopolitics of COVID-19. I begin with a brief […]
Editorial
Insecurity: When Emir of Daura Too Laments | Guardian (NG)
Emir of Daura, Dr. Umar Farouk Umar’s lamentation the other day that the spate of insecurity in the country is at the moment worse than civil war time aptly captures the degenerate state of affairs […]
Issues/Policy
Stalemate In UNILAG Crisis As ASUU Joins Fray
• Varsity teachers urge probe of sack of VC • Announce own software to tackle corruption in schools The situation at the University of Lagos is getting messier as the controversially appointed acting Vice Chancellor, […]
Government
Sanwo-Olu: Showing Leadership During COVID-19 Pandemic By Gboyega Akosile
Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu’s performance in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in Lagos is exemplary, considering what his administration has done in the last six months to ensure that the Centre of Excellence […]
Issues/Policy
Oyedepo On CAMA: Anyone Insulting Me Is Wasting His Time By Haleem Olatunji
David Oyedepo, presiding bishop of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, says those insulting him for rejecting the Company and Allied Matters Acts (CAMA) are wasting their time. Under CAMA, signed into law on August 7, […]