Issues/Policy

No school day passes without Nigerian children lustily singing the national anthem during morning assembly. A very significant part of that song is the line which says: “The labour of our heroes past shall never […]

In their antagonistic and fierce competition and struggle for the domination of the world, the so-called developed countries deploy their economic wealth and their science and technology against one another. The upper crust or stratum […]

“Oh, No; Dad; please don’t take that vaccine”, he said “Why not?”, I asked him “They’re going to put a chip in your body and change your DNA. You’re not going to be my dad […]

January 8th is ordinarily not a special date in the annals of the national oil company, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). But it is fast etching itself on the sand of the Corporation’s history […]

The dust Bishop Hassan Kukah raised in his Christmas 2020 sermon has somewhat settled down. At least, I cannot feel it swirling around anymore and inviting sycophantic reactions from the barely informed, the totally uninformed […]

We Nigerians love scandals. By ‘’we’’ I mean both the dramatis personae in a scandal and the spectators sitting in judgment. Why would a superior at a workplace get entangled in a sexual congress with […]

It took less than seven years for Nigeria under local leadership to descend into a civil war, less than 30 years for the first open resistance to the establishment in Islamic Northern Nigeria – the […]

It was a portentous statement when the Commander in Chief commented that 1400km stretch, Niger Republic – Nigeria border, is in the hands of God. And the stretch that unites both that 1400km and Chad […]

In part 21 of this serial, I had observed that: “There was a dose of conspiracy theory and ill-fated moves to accuse the US of being responsible for the outbreak of COVID-19 to destabilize its […]

As Nuru appears before the Board of the ethics committee of FCMB today, one unknown issue for trial is Moyo Thomas’s unquestionable beauty. But the memo there is about the ethical qualifications of the MD. […]

It is in the interest of these key drivers and the world that system failures are resolved. In the US the Republican Party must move away from Trumpism, a populist concept without coherence or logic, […]

When the Boko Haram revolt started, it was first targeted at pockets of government institutions; people felt that it did not concern them. Then they targeted Christians; the Muslims among us felt unconcerned, some of […]

The past year was a horrible year for Nigeria and the world, because of the COVID-19 pandemic that turned our lives and lifestyle topsy-turvey. Those who rose stoutly to the challenge that the pandemic posed […]

JIMANZE Ego-Alowes was a private man who went public once he threw himself into the tiny Nigerian thinking turf with all the risk entailed. His quietude reflected in his passing, so sudden that the shock […]

The federal government has released a policy for subscribers who intend to replace their lost, stolen, misplaced or damaged SIM cards. This was announced in a joint statement signed by Ikechukwu Adinde, director of public […]

I posted this on June 27, 2017. In the light of the Tunde, Nuru and Moyo saga, there are calls for DNA tests so ‘fathers’ can certify their children as theirs. I have called this […]

The remarkable point about the year 2020 is how things have unravelled in our interconnected village. Centre stage is of course COVID-19 which is buffeting all corners but other factors have also hit us. COVID-19 […]