Issues/Policy

Promising to spend US$2 trillion on climate over the next four years, the US presidential candidate Joe Biden is taking a path similar to that of politicians from many other rich countries, vowing costly policies […]

I woke up on Monday, October 26, 2020, and like every morning, had expected business as usual, especially from the ‘news sector.’ While hoping for a better tomorrow, my newsfeed was still dominated by the […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), held a meeting with Nigeria’s former leaders the other day. The house was fuller; none of the attendees was less than sixty-five years. So, the first thing that […]

Nigeria’s history is long, bumptious, and bumpy. It predates 1914 when some strange anthropomorphic arms and legs were fused into an unrecognisable body replete with sickened physiology. Some things you read about Nigeria will make […]

Nwugo Nwankwo never knew that a day would come when she would be hungry and homeless at Onuachi Umuezeoka village in Ezza north local government area of Ebonyi state where she got married. Nwankwo is […]

Some senators say they have uncovered 20 proposed electricity projects in Lau local government area, the LGA of Mamman Saleh, minister of power. The senate committee on power condemned the proposed projects during the 2021 […]

Signed by Akin Malaolu for Yoruba Ronu Leadership Forum We have watched with great concern the events related to the civil protest EndSARS of the past two weeks begun by our youths. The protest, which […]

Every historic, crucial election isn’t really just a referendum on the candidates. Just as much, or often more so, it’s a referendum on a society. On a people. On what kind of people make up […]

October is a special month for Nigeria. That was when the national flag was first hoisted at the old Race Course, now Tafawa Balewa Square, on October 1, 1960. It was on October 19, 1986 […]

In Nigeria, issues often take an ethnoreligious dimension and that appears to be the case with the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest. In many parts of the country, the crisis has degenerated into religious conflicts. […]

It is normal to posit that every Nigerian wants a better country even when we differ about the route to that destination. It is time to find a common ground and build peace on the […]

“Welcome O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time, the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul, the uncreated conscience of my race.” – James Joyce in A […]

World Thrombosis Day 2020 was marked on October 13 all over the world. It focused attention on the often overlooked and misunderstood condition of thrombosis. The theme of this year is ‘Open your eyes to […]

Right now, in Nigeria, the nation roiling, boiling, and burning. Nigerian youths have taken over many major streets especially in Lagos, the commercial capital of the country. In their bones is flaming angst, and in […]

“Soldiers and police opening fire on unarmed youths in an upscale neighbourhood shocked the nation, even older citizens who recalled growing up under a series of military dictatorships” – The New York Times, October 21, […]

After working 15 years with the London Metropolitan Police, six of which were spent working (and socialising) quite closely with uniformed officers, I was fortunate enough to learn and understand to a considerable extent, how […]

It’S been 12 days of sustained nationwide street protests against police brutality under the aegis of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Last week’s reported dissolution of the wayward units and their replacement with the Special […]

The youth uprising against police brutality in Nigeria has taken many by surprise. Conventional wisdom is that the youth are more likely to dance at a concert than sing a protest song. Events of the […]