Issues/Policy

The two most powerful warriors are patience and time. – Leo Tolstoy Time is the wisest counselor of all. – Pericles. This installment focuses on the vaccine question in greater detail than previous references. It […]

The #EndSARS protests have clearly delineated the terrain regarding a scientific categorisation of a hitherto ignored or dismissed taxonomy. On the one hand are the organisers of the #EndSARS protests – suave, civil, cerebral, upwardly […]

I commend the United Arab Emirates in its legal fight against sponsors of Boko Haram in Nigeria. UAE is the first country to openly support Nigeria with legal instruments in its fight against Boko Haram. […]

If there is any social issue that buffeted the minds of many governors in the northern states, it could be none other than what to do with tsangaya schools. The tsangaya schools are populated by […]

Every human alive should be grateful to live in this twenty-first century—a century that has freed humans from slavery, tyranny, and all other forms of medieval imperfections. We should also be grateful to our democratic […]

Once again, the issue of unclaimed dividends has arisen. This time, the Government wants to create a “Trust Fund” to take over the huge unclaimed dividends sitting with Nigerian Company Registrars. The value is currently […]

It was always there, but I didn’t appreciate it: Love and more important appreciation. It is possible to love without appreciation; especially if one is coming from and within the fog of entitlement. She was […]

October 20, 2020, was a day to remember for Lagos and its traditional institutions as hoodlums and thugs invaded the 350 years old Iga Idungaran, the official residence of the incumbent Oba of Lagos, Oba […]

We applaud the #EndSARS movement for its consistency in demanding an end to police brutality and championing reform of the Nigeria Police – a demand which has been trending since 2017. The most recent peaceful […]

Before the (constituted) authorities in Abuja release their curious strategy for ‘sanctioning’ the Cable News Network (CNN) as they have promised for the network’s investigative report on the conundrum surrounding the October 20-10-2020 alleged military […]

If anyone has ever wondered what is in store for the future of human beings, all they have to do is look around them. What is around us that has never been put to use. […]

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 […]