Issues/Policy

Professor Andy Ogochukwu Egwunyenga was appointed as the seventh substantive Vice-Chancellor of the Delta State University, (DELSU), Abraka, with effect from 1st December 2019. It was a befitting gift to end the year, not just […]

Nigerians have entered this New Year, Two Thousand and Twenty One (Anno Domini), amidst a second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightened insecurity and political tension, as well as deteriorating economic fortunes across the land. […]

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has described Matthew Kukah, bishop of Sokoto Catholic diocese, as a patriot and a lover of truth. Reacting to the outrage over Kukah’s Christmas message to President Muhammadu Buhari, […]

Many of my readers would by now have watched Tunde Bakare’s viral video where he came out swinging in defence of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, and made a number of claims. Among them were that some […]

All it requires for evil to triumph over good, though temporarily, is for men of conscience and goodwill to keep quiet and do nothing, so goes a popular saying. In the last couple of days, […]

Compliments of the season and wishing you a beautiful New Year. May the coming season bring joy, sound health, prosperity and overall fulfilment. I know many of us are in holiday mood already. Indeed, if […]

drtayooke@gmail.com Looking at this well-worn phrase in reverse, it is apt to start the review of 2020, the annus horribilis of modern time, with the most ugly of the century: the coronavirus pandemic and its […]

There is a yearly ritual that precedes the death of an old year and the birth of a new one. We gather at homes, offices and faith-based places and pray for the New Year to […]

In the aftermath of some incidents suggestive of manifest governance failures, some Nigerians and groups have put the blame on President Buhari. In consequence, he has been asked to resign. Among a multitude of those […]

When some of us were young, our country had the promise of greatness. We entertained the vision of a New Jerusalem. Today, it has become a dream deferred. There is a creeping, odious despondency in […]

The Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities announced a truce last week after almost a year of a maddening display of state irresponsibility. Government acceded to some of the university lecturers’ demands and […]

Although the coronavirus pandemic dealt a heavy blow to global public health and economy, this year has seen some positive developments, and some signs of hope for humanity and pointers to a better future. One […]

Increased congestion at Apapa and Tin Can Island ports have pushed the cost of moving goods from the ports to other parts of Lagos to $4,000, Financial Times is reporting. In a report titled ‘Nigeria’s […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has narrated how he escaped being killed during the February 1976 military coup involving Buka Dimka, a lieutenant colonel in the Nigerian army at the time. Following a coup led by […]

The Purchasing Manager’s Index (PMI) a leading economic statistics indicator, has confirmed Nigeria slipped into its second recession in July, the third quarter of 2020. This was caused by dwindling oil revenues and the corona […]

One of the reasons why Muhammadu Buhari was said to have ‘chosen’ Prof Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, to be his running mate for president of Nigeria was that apart from being a respected lawyer, Yemi Osinbajo […]

In his paper titled “The Task of Harnessing Nigeria’s Entertainment and Creative Resources for Sustainable Economic Growth: Obstacles, Prospects and Opportunities”, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the Honourable Minister of Information and Culture had, at the 1st […]

Before 2015 like many Nigerians if someone walked up to me and said that Nigeria under the tenure of a President Buhari would experience the kind of desperate situation we are now in, I would […]

Wednesday, December 23, 2020 marked the 19th year rememberance of the gruesome killing of the then Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Chief Bola Ige. Till date, his assailants or their sponsors are yet to be […]

Twice he asked for his help. Twice he refused to help him. Biodun asked his childhood friend to take the English General Paper on his behalf. Twice his childhood friend refused to help him. All […]