Issues/Policy

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 […]

When Isaac Newton proposed the first law of motion, I doubt if he had the concept of leadership in mind. I hope he will not turn in his grave if I borrowed his invention briefly. […]

I write this post-mortem letter to you Your Excellency, Alhaji Yusuf Maitama Sule, Dan Masanin Kano, of blessed memory, to intimate you on the battered situations in the country after your demise. Before detailing to […]

Let us be frank with ourselves, is there anything to indeed be happy about on the 1st of January 2021? Come on, I am sure some will be thinking I am an ingrate for the […]

A few years ago, I had the pleasure of interacting with a Nigerian co-passenger on a long flight to London. Apart from sharing a common love for Bollywood, we also happened to share the same […]

Year 2020 is finally behind us (cue the cheers). By all accounts, it was a most unusual year – devastating for many, inconvenient for most. Yet now we have a chance for a fresh start, […]

As the year 2020 rolled out of our lives, I called out our team to organise ourselves for this new year 2021. Every four weeks, we shall have a turnaround of topics: a book review, […]

There are indeed some issues in one’s life time, which neither time nor event can obliterate from one’s memory. I have seen a lot of these events as a journalist, especially in and around Abuja […]

2020 was, for millions of people, largely upside down for humanity. As at this end of the year, almost over 2 million lives had been lost to the cold hands of Covid-19. Life turned on […]

Once again the truth has been spoken, and once again the truth has been refuted. Yet again the purveyor and proponent of the truth is being pummeled and castigated by the deniers of that same […]

FOR many Nigerians, the year 2020, which ended with a whimper on Thursday, was unremarkably bleak. In most respects, especially in health, security, agriculture, education, social life and the economy, 2020 inflicted more misery on […]

It is my conviction that this is the year of HEALING for humanity in general. The sole intention of every lover of humanity in these times should be ‘’helping to heal the world.’’ Such efforts […]