Issues/Policy

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 […]

Mainstreaming gender inclusion in governance requires institutional and legal reforms as well as deliberate efforts by political leaders to give women a fair chance to contribute their quota to development, according to panellists at the […]

Any human crawling at age 60 is not medically fit to deal with life. Nigeria, the most populous African country, gained her independence from colonial rule 60 years ago, making it the genesis of self-rule […]

As Nigeria marks its 60th anniversary, I just can’t help but ponder on the inherent complexities and contradictions in its system. Some things appear so contradictory in this country that oftentimes, one is forced to […]

In the Chinese culture, 60 years is a big deal. It is regarded as the beginning of a new life cycle. In Nigeria as well, 60 years is the first significant milestone after the golden […]

Let me confess from the onset that Nigeria is older than me. My random musings about her 60th birthday is therefore as far as I know. I cannot remember precisely my first Independence Day celebration. […]

One of the common denominators of the history of Nigeria is what could have been. From comparison to other nation at independence with the same developmental indexes such as South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia on how […]

On Monday, September 7th, 2020, the Nigerian Economic Summit Group (NESG) published a press release titled “Matters of Urgent Attention”, in which it x-rayed the state of the national economy and expressed a number of […]

Hans J. Morgenthau, international relations scholar, thinks that the national character of the people of a nation are “certain qualities of intellect and character (that) occur more frequently, and are more highly valued in one […]

Nigeria will be celebrating her 60th Independence Anniversary tomorrow (Wednesday), October 1, 2020. Should we roll out the drums, dance and pump champagne? Of course, not! This is a time for sober reflection. But for […]

Ianticipate that religious societies must have started designing vigils and weekly prayers to fight against the devil for masterminding incessant gas explosions rocking the country. But I have news for them: the devil is no […]