Issues/Policy

On the eve of Christmas that has just come and gone, Matthew Hassan Kukah, Ph.D., the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto who is quite popular and more than well known to those who are glad to […]

Continued from Tuesday Going forward, we will develop a robust plan to actualise the Executive Order, especially with regard to sanctions for non-compliance. We will also engage other MDAs to solicit support for the Made-In-Nigeria […]

“Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall.” Proverbs 16:18 (NIVUK) Like myself, many concluded four years ago that this con man, Donald Trump, whose name is now approaching that of Judas Iscariot […]

The other day, an online news portal, SaharaReporters, reported that, “Nigerians on Twitter have reminded the Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, not to forget his promise of helping to end the perennial traffic situation on […]

A number of recent events, at home and abroad, raise issues about the nation’s unending quest for a transformational leader, more so, as the politicians have started traversing the country, even if covertly, in preparation […]

“Every health professional in Nigeria is concerned about the second wave and the rate at which the virus is spreading in the country. It showed that people didn’t keep to required protocols despite the warnings. […]

President Joseph Biden’s inaugural speech says it all. The United States of America has overcome the attempted coup of January 6, 2021 incited by President Donald Trump. The country is set to re-assert itself as […]

Barrister Jiti Ogunye writes… “The right to freedom of movement and the right of the citizens of Nigeria to reside in any part of the Country guaranteed by the Constitution do not vest in citizens, […]

Now that we are officially in a recession, there is an urgent need to start thinking about the options we have in reinjecting life into our economy. I heard the government is planning on selling […]

Last Friday, a 22-year-old computer expert, David Ntekim-Rex, was shot in Lagos by armed robbers. The first time I heard about David was in 2018 when he won the IBM Z Academic Initiative Prize, a […]

In reaction to Memo to Nigerians on COVID-19 published in this column last week, a dear reader wrote to admonish me about the need to avoid fear mongering. His premise, which I truly understand, is […]

We do our nation incalculable harm as we sponsor or promote persons into pivotal or strategic offices of the state beyond their mental capacity, competence, industry, or gravitas. Our state of perplexity should not drive […]

The last paragraph of my last published article for the year 2020, titled “Study notes on state and state failure” (December 22) started with a number of questions to the Nigerian Left. Please note that […]

The whole world watched the storming of the iconic Capitol building and the Legislative Arm of the American Government. There was no bewilderment from others at the desecration of the “bastion” of democracy because the […]

Crime has no ethnic face. When criminality is defined according to ethnic origin or religion, social cohesion is threatened. There are people of criminal inclinations in every group, race, place and religion. In fact, we […]

Not so long ago, some wise folks got together under President Olusegun Obasanjo’s administration and decided to solve Nigeria’s election problems once and for all. At that time, most people agreed that the country needed […]

As the number of new cases of COVID-19 and deaths continue to increase in Nigeria, and elsewhere in the world, it’s time to review how this disease is transmitted. Even among those that seem to […]

Keen watchers of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) would have noticed a silent but revolutionary action taken recently by Nigeria, the economic and political powerhouse in West Africa, as part of efforts […]

Transcorp Plc was a conspiracy between former President Obasanjo and a few Nigerian billionaires – virtually all of them silent supporters of the Third Term agenda. The only vocal advocate of the satanic term elongation […]