Issues/Policy

On November 6, the Chinese launched successfully its Sixth Generation Communication Satellite (6G) way ahead of the West and in a context of an unrelenting controversy over the fifth-generation Communication Internet Technology (5G) and its […]

Minister of (not for) Education, Prof. Adamu Adamu, sparked a controversy last week. He said some Nigerian graduates could neither read nor write. Some reports indicated that the minister referred to many graduates, not some. […]

Last week, the National Population Commission announced that Nigeria’s population estimate had moved up to 206 million. The country’s population growth rate is put at about 2.6 per cent. In the last four years, Nigeria […]

drtayooke@gmail.com Pension funds, by definition, are monies put aside on behalf of employees, which are then paid to them in monthly instalments upon retirement from full-time work. For millions of retirees, it’s the only source […]

The continuous ingestion of drugs through a life time is challenging. They may simply deny their status if in stable state, or may be depressed, simply forget or traveled out. The patients need to be […]

I called Mr Kabiru Yusuf, Publisher of the Daily Trust and newly minted President of the Newspaper Proprietors’ Association of the Nigeria (NPAN) very early last Saturday. I wanted to know if the news that […]

As the Christmas and New Year festivities draw near, millions of people will travel home to join their kits and kin. Mass movement of people from the North and South-West to the South-East is a […]

Nigeria is an exceptionally intolerant country – religion-wise. In fact, the country is next to Iran on the religious intolerance threshold. You could get killed, threatened, hounded, harassed and victimised for going against the religious […]

Less than 48 hours after the allegations of his sexcapades with teenagers in his church went viral, Timi Adigun, the coordinator of MINE Teenage Ministry and pastor at The Ark Church, has said he was […]

The year 2020 will enter the annals of American history as one of the most memorable in presidential elections. It has been a high point in Trump’s four-year attempt to turn the country into a […]

Not many people know Felix Femi Ajakuye, the current “substantive Catholic Bishop of Ekiti.” As a matter of fact, very many people, very, very many of our compatriots outside the Catholic Church and faith, and […]

Just a few weeks ago, the global community of Africanists and African scholars woke to the very sad news of the demise of a world-renowned scholar, Peter P. Ekeh (1937-2020). There is no serious scholar […]

I am sure you too must have been as pleasantly surprised as I was to learn late last week that President Muhammadu Buhari had accepted the request by the House of Representatives to address the […]

If there is ever any way of reading the pulse of the nation and determine the happiness or otherwise of the greatest percentage of the citizenry, then the streets are the most accurate barometer. The […]

The creative industry in Nigeria has come of age. We cannot but salute contributions of practitioners that are still holding forth in that axis. I remember a comedy skit that recently strayed to my phone, […]

When the military overthrew democracy in the First Republic, in January 1966, substantial blame was heaped on the politics of regionalism and a parliamentary system of government which over-exaggerated the divisions in the country. Consequently, […]

You must have read the news: the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) is reportedly planning to borrow the sum of N17 trillion from the pension fund for infrastructural development. A communique from the 22nd NGF teleconference […]

Innovation and creativity are the two skill sets that have shaped the world and resources are being channeled towards recruiting innovative and creative individuals in all spheres of human endeavours globally. Hult Prize is an […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) was established in the year 2000 by the Act 2000 No. 6 of the Laws of the Federation of Nigeria, which repealed the Oil Mineral Producing Areas Commission Decree […]