Issues/Policy

Former Senate President Bukola Saraki breezed into Ilorin, the capital city of Kwara State, on Saturday November 14. The day coincided with the eight-year anniversary of the death of his father, Senator Olusola Saraki. Senator […]

When I checked my overnight text messages the other morning, one of the messages jolted me. It was a text from a friend informing me that Ghana’s former President, Jerry Rawlings, has died. I was […]

I do not know if the government of Muhammadu Buhari has noticed the crying question awaiting its attention: Who are Ogueri Ugochukwu Pascal and Olasehinde Micah? The government’s new Open Treasury Portal shows that late […]

‘Why always Buhari?’ As it was in 1984 under General Buhari, so it was in 2016 and now 2020 under President Buhari? Is it by the unfortunate hands of kismet, that recession hits Nigeria every […]

I remember telling this story before but I’ll tell it again. Once, a king set out to know what the people really felt about him because he could no longer rely on his aides’ views. […]

Early this week, Ebonyi State governor David Umahi defected from the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on which platform he twice contested and won elections as governor, to the All Progressives Congress (APC). Rumours of the […]

Do you remember when your mechanic advised you not to buy a car with automatic transmission? If you recall, he said manual cars were the best — easier and cheaper to maintain. What he didn’t […]

Your Excellency, for over 40, the people of Ndokwa/Ukwani in Delta State have lived peacefully with the Nigerian Agip Oil Company and a host of other oil companies, who own massive oil production operations in […]

‘Why always Buhari?’ As it was in 1984 under General Buhari, so it is in 2016 and 2020 under President Buhari? Is it by the unfortunate hands of kismet, that recession hits Nigeria every time […]

The novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has demonstrated its potent ability to afflict and paralyse social and economic systems with no regard for techno-economic status. Quite frankly, social distancing, the use of face masks, hand washing […]

It’s wrong for a foreign media organization to poke nose into the internal affairs of a sovereign nation. By Nigeria’s unwritten law, exclusively known to our leaders, the life and death of Nigerian citizens absolutely […]

When the quintet of us met early in September to moot the idea of commemorating his 60th birthday there was thick apprehension. How would the man receive this? This question went round. Do we inform […]

The message that I received recently reads “I woke up crying this morning. I try to be a dad and mum to my children and it weighs me down but I still pick myself up […]

Are you an employee and challenged by infertility? How are you dealing with issues regarding infertility in your workplace? For many women, infertility can be a painful experience, and one that can be difficult to […]

When a bird loses its wings, it is no better than a chick running round and merely looking up longingly. It can’t soar into the azure sky, and is just doomed for a certain time […]

Five years after leaving office as president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan has continued to shine bright as a distinguished African statesman, peacemaker, and nation builder. He has been actively […]

The #EndSARS protest, one of the most extensive and organised civil uprising in our postcolonial history, has continued to generate ripples nationally and globally. For example, the youth upsurge or what is now popularly denoted […]

The amphitheatre was chokingly chockablock. It was the first and only presidential debate between three candidates jostling to be Nigeria’s president. Seun Okinbaloye of Channels TV was the anchor. One by one, the candidates were […]

The Federal Government is to build glittering new airports in Anambra, Ekiti, Nasarawa, Benue, and Ebonyi states. Good news, I think. They will be a glittering state of the art airports, no less. The government, […]