Issues/Policy

The Ibo is seen as extraordinarily good in business. He has long transport routes (now reduced by armed robbers), he is good at electronics, spare parts, and building luxury houses in Lekki, Festac, Abuja, Port […]

Information and Culture Minister Lai Mohammed’s recent call on Nigerians to empathise with the police and the other security personnel is demoralising; it puts the police at the receiving end rather than be on top […]

THERE is a popular notion that the Igbo people, collectively, hold some sort of grudge against the National Leader of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu. This conception is almost laughable because […]

President Muhammadu Buhari is failing to live up to his promises to ensure respect for human rights, obey the rule of law, and tackle corruption. Since assuming office in May 2015, Mr Buhari’s government has […]

In the manner of Nigeria’s presidential politics, the recent defection of Gov David Umahi from the PDP to the APC is an early indication that the 2023 season is well underway. We shall be seeing […]

By the complaints of Governor Zulum, asking for mercenaries and requesting that more of Borno indigenes be recruited into the army and civil defence corps, it is evident that among the governors who ruled Borno […]

Despite the gloom that has virtually settled on our country – heightened insecurity, recession, hunger, poverty and the stifling of the right of our youths to give voice to our frustrations – it should still […]

“I will lead a war against them (Nigeria) like Ojukwu. I’m not joking, I know I’m on air, and I am warning them now. Any attempt to rob us the way they rob our brother […]

If you need a million naira, just get a friend in US to get you two thousand dollar. Gbam, you don become millionaire be that! A dollar is now #500. And as it is, global […]

Only a few among Nigerians will disagree with one popular Islamic cleric who lamented that Nigeria is a laboratory for experimenting all forms of nuisance and untoward dispositions which are not attuned to all human […]

When the cowardly Boko Haram terrorists group came to the rice field of Borno State, the farmers thought they were friends. They gathered the farmers to a central spot as if they had a message […]

drtayooke@gmail.com For those who might glance through this write-up with a bored yawn, I implore you not to. Former Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina and his cloak and dagger entreaties with the law […]

The trial of the former Chairperson of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, cannot be more urgent than the prosecution of hundreds of terrorists and bandits that have been in custody without being charged […]

Let’s begin the lesson by identifying the error in the statement below. The governor she said had gone. Confusing? You are right if you say it is confusing and ambiguous. What does the writer mean, […]

There is no denying the fact that the pandemic and its fall out has had and is having a devastating effect on the economy of individuals and nations. Research has shown that there has been […]

Political representation enables the people of a democratic nation to choose, usually by election, some of their number to act on their behalf at a council of state, for it will be cumbersome for all […]

I’m just giving you some ideas to be critical thinkers and to know what you’re proposing in these vaccines and to research these things for yourself. You really have to know how it’s not just […]

Sometimes, a person lives a simple but active life as a citizen in a country without holding any high public office. Yet at the end of his or her span through his or her little […]

“I will lead a war against them (Nigeria) like Ojukwu. I’m not joking, I know I’m on air, and I am warning them now. Any attempt to rob us the way they rob our brother […]

In 1982, I watched my first ever World Cup, hosted by Spain. During the tournament, my favourite team was Brazil. With an array of talented stars such as Zico, Eders, Socrates, Junior, Falcao and a […]