Issues/Policy

Gerry Nolan, writing on a Russian-backed news platform called Pravda has issued a dire warning on the fate of the euro and dollar, in a widely-publicised article titled ‘The Euro’s Imminent Collapse and the Greenback’s […]

Skits showing Nigerian (and Beninese/Togolese) university graduates sidesplittingly exposing their ignorance and even illiteracy are not funny. This is because they are founded on a sobering fact. Something is seriously skewed about a system of […]

On the occasion of this year’s Armed Forces Remembrances Day (January 15), I send my heartfelt commendation and congratulations to the chief of defence staff; officers and troops of our military for their sacrifices and […]

The removal of fuel subsidy in the 2023 federal budget triggered a series of negative developments in the Nigerian economy, made worse by the floating of the local currency. Though necessary at the time, the […]

In describing James Earl Carter, popularly called Jimmy Carter, adjectives and superlatives are simply exhausted and squandered. Jimmy Carter who died on Sunday, December 29, 2024 at the age of 100 years was America’s longest […]

Whilst I will not hesitate to condemn any attempt by another country to demarket our dear country, Nigeria, I have reservations about the way the Nigerian government reacted to the travel advisory issued by its […]

What went viral on social media through a video on what was served to boarding house students of a secondary school in Akwa Ibom State was unfortunate and calls for concern. The meal appeared poorer […]

Hajj administrators all over the world are often quick to assert that the preparations for the next hajj begin as soon as the just concluded one is over. Breathing life into this claim may however […]

The tech industry promises to be very interesting this year. It will bring excitement, it will also inflict pain. Nations will go after each other and try to sabotage each other’s growth where possible. Others […]

No matter how competent a political leader is, the leader will always be seen as incapable if the people he has chosen to carry out his instructions and implement his policies do not get it […]

Three months ago, I expressed delight to discover that the Immigration area at the Murtala Muhammad Airport in Lagos had been rebuilt and that the air-conditioning appeared to be working. I also travelled through Customs […]

Do you know that Jigawa can become the richest state in Nigeria? Don’t laugh at me and say “this guy has started again”. I will explain myself, but my central point remains that we have […]

Only three Nigerian leaders have been invited by the British Monarch for state visits to Buckingham Palace. They are General Yakubu Gowon GCFR (90) and his wife Victoria Gowon (78) (12–15 June 1973), President Shehu […]

On December 19, 2024, the Central Bank of Nigeria granted access to Bureau De Change (BDC) operators to purchase foreign exchange from the Foreign Exchange Market (NFEM). This temporary access, according to the bank, was […]

At a time millions of Nigerians needed hope and assurance that the leadership of the country knows a little of the misery it has imposed, President Bola Tinubu’s media chat last week failed to minister […]

This is a time of the year to choose ‘Persons of the Year’. Media organisations, which have editorial policy to name “Person Of The Year” would always choose who they believed had a stronger influence […]

I have had the unenviable opportunity of living in two states and the Federal Capital Territory in the past three months. All the time, my phone is my most prized item because it connects me […]

Being that it was their first time ever travelling to our hometown, Tito and Muna were understandably more excited than us, their parents. We had prepared their minds for what they were about to experience, […]

“But she spoke the truth.” That is the most common retort among the diehard fans and devotees of Mrs Kemi Badenoch — leader of the UK Conservative Party — who has been obsessed with saying […]

In 2015, my friend, a retired federal Permanent Secretary, Dr Goke Adegoroye from Akure Oloyemekun in Ondo State wrote a book titled Restoring Good Governance in Nigeria. The book is well researched and a guide […]