Issues/Policy

It is one of the most important trending words. Not even food, drug or dress seems to be as important as it is now. The reason is that as important as food and dress are […]

The nominee for the position of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Chairman, Abdulrasheed Bawa, is going through his Senate confirmation as you read this. Barring any unforeseen events, he is likely to be confirmed. […]

Nigeria is a country living in denial of its division, challenges and troubled chequered history. Anybody who lays claim to the fact that the country is one is living in illusion or outrightly delusional. Right […]

Boko Haram, ISIS, bandits, kidnapping, yahoo-yahoo boys did not come to Nigeria because of the implementation of visa on arrival policy. The Nigerian government in March 2020 suspended its visa on arrival policy over fears […]

It’s a pity that the #BringBackOurBoys has suddenly died down. It’s a pity that yet another group of schoolboys has been abducted. And it’s a pity that we don’t actually know what will happen next. […]

Nigeria is reported to be the second highest holder of Bitcoins in the whole world after USA, and Nigeria’s holding is about $566 million. It is also noted that one Bitcoin is valued at about […]

Like the rest of humankind, the Government and people of Anambra State are delighted that Nigeria’s former Finance Minister, Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who has also been the Foreign Minister as well as the World Bank […]

It is a rather very well known phenomenon that God writes straight, but often with crooked lines! The meaning of that statement is usually that though the purposes of God are excellent for the human […]

Over the last one week, millions of Nigerians have expressed concern about which direction I am going politically and much has been said. Some have gone out of their way to reach out to me […]

For, at least, four days, from February 15, 2021, millions of Texans were forced by the harsh consequences of the failure of its own electric grid to turn to the ways of dark, dreary and […]

As I settled down in the off-white plastic chair in the sparsely furnished church, I looked around and took in my surroundings. The hall barely held a hundred chairs, with only about half of that […]

What we do today and what will count is whether we have the courage associated with our profession to buck the trend, jump off the bandwagon and do what is right instead of getting swept […]

He is no less a child of providence, wielding influence with alluring humility and exemplary focus. He has spoken and continues to speak to both regional and national uncertainties and fears with courage and conviction. […]

Governor Bello Muhammed Matawalle of Zamfara State has been a subject of sustained media onslaught which reveals mischief and malicious intent. The reckless accusation by Yekini Nabena(Publicity Secretary of the APC) that a PDP governor […]

On Wednesday, August 7, 2019, I took time off to continue my research on a publication that I was working on for my former office, the Lagos State Ministry of Economic Planning and Budget, where […]

“Jakande governed with the vision of a man who saw tomorrow. For example, he moved the seat of government to Ikeja because he foresaw that Lagos Island would be overburdened by the dual roles of […]

Palpable ethnic tension is a swirl around Nigeria today. It is true that the venom may have found a comfy home for itself in the heart of the giant of Africa. The tension is partly […]

Elizabeth travelled to Port-Harcourt to see her family and decided to renew her passport in Port-Harcourt. Her elder sister knew someone at the passport office, so it was going to be a walkover. She got […]

A more acceptable name for mess is, of course, challenge. This word is the great mover of human progress and development. It oils personal ambitions like nothing else. No one seeks power to clean out […]

Mineral exploration and exploitation are always governed by certain terms that are agreed upon prior to the commencement of their operations. These sets of terms determine the operations, revenues and other conditions and are contained […]