Issues/Policy

The affliction called “the special anti-robbery squad (SARS)’’ has become resistant to every divined antidote. It was set up to treat the pestilence of armed robbery and other violent crimes. But the police unit became […]

Who remembers how enraged Vice President Yemi Osinbajo was and what he said about the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, only two years ago? A quick reminder would be appropriate. Osinbajo as Acting President in a […]

“I will make you a great nation, and I will bless you, and make your name great; and so you shall be a blessing” –Genesis 12:2 There are many ways in which Nigeria is a […]

After spending over 46,824 hours in office as the 15th Nigerian Head of State without tangible achievements to show for it, Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has besmeared the image of Major General […]

Goodluck Jonathan has always counted himself a lucky man. He became deputy governor, governor, vice president and president without ambition or prayer, without a campaign or mass appeal, without money or structure. He rode nature’s […]

Independence Day message by Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Sokoto on October 1, 2020. I want to first thank God Almighty the Father of all creation and the maker of Heaven and […]

When I was in primary school in the late 60s and early 70s in the South-East, our teachers used to grade our promotion examination with pass, poor pass or fail. While those with pass and […]

Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, former President of Turkey says, a good teacher is like a candle, it consumes itself to light the way for others. There is no contention about the positive contributions of teachers to […]

This week, the winning novel of the Booker Prize was announced in London. The novel is entitled The Living Sea of Waking Dreams. It is written by Richard Flanagan, a native of Tasmania, that little […]

Our President’s Nigeria-@-60 speech should have taken care of the concern raised here if the presidency’s deep had launched unto the deep for that speech to be robust beyond the not-so-significant issues contained therein. With […]

Entering 2020, everyone was upbeat that the New Year would be good. But few expected the world to experience the kind of dramatic change brought on by the onset of the novel Coronavirus pandemic that, […]

Today, October 1, 2020 marks 60 years of Independence. For our history to remain relevant, we must also remember 50. That is 50 years since the end of the Biafra War. What have we learned? […]

Influencers are powerful people because there are many who see them as role models. So when Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of Bola Tinubu, spoke on a relevant issue during her recent birthday celebration and she […]

When Nigerians celebrate the many achievements of their fellow citizens overseas, they wonder how people from the same nation can perform admirably abroad, and deplorably at home. In answering this question, and cooperating in the […]

For me, it has always been an inspiring ecclesiastical submission. It is one that often swings back my attention to life’s facticity that our sojourn here on earth is calibrated in seasons. “As long as […]

The last 48 hours has witnessed varying degrees of reactions to the trending video of a former Minster of Aviation in Nigeria, Femi Fani-Kayode, passionately rebuking a journalist for asking him who was bankrolling his […]

At 60, Nigeria is totally dysfunctional and fragmented. This is not the idea of what a nation properly so-called should be. Unity of purpose is lacking among the component groups; the different elements within the […]

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said: “Fortunately for us, our walls are not yet broken but there are obvious cracks that could lead to a break if not properly addressed.” Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, said: “The […]