Issues/Policy

It was incorrect for the NLC and TUC leaders to agree that the fuel price hike and the deregulation of the PMS market are inevitable. The union leaders should not have agreed that market forces […]

Abandoned homes, deserted compounds and desolate communities are, nowadays, common scenes in parts of southern Kaduna. Insecurity-fuelled fear has forced many residents — mostly women and children — to find abodes in saner climes. In many of the attacked […]

To some observers, Julius Berger, Nigeria’s foremost construction company, is known for excellence. Because of the quality of their work, they are the darling of successive governments in the country since they opened shop in […]

drtayooke@gmail.com Let me say from the outset, that this week’s write-up is from the perspective of a financial lawyer. This is all the more so for the technical nature of the subject matter, and the […]

In the family of relative pronouns, whose can be described as a younger brother of ‘who’, which is normally used for humans. On the other hand, ‘which’ collocates with non-humans. As a result, when we […]

At a time Nigeria was marking her 60th independence anniversary last week, it was strange that rather than rolling out the drums of celebration, what was on the lips of most Nigerians was “break-up”. The […]

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? […]