Issues/Policy

Recently, the media and the whole world woke up to a trending story of how a former minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a politician, lawyer, poet and popular social media practitioner, Chief David […]

It is now more than six months since Nigeria reported its index case of Coronavirus. On March 23, the country closed its airports to all international flights and commercial operations, for a month, in the […]

Forms of popular uprisings in Africa Two major forms of popular uprisings are noticeable on the continent. The first is a widely supported popular military action that results in regime change. Such actions usually end […]

Mr President is in the eye of the storm recently for bravely realizing the inevitable expungement of the fuel subsidy in Nigeria, brave due to the extreme furore and knee jerk reaction by some gullible […]

In 1996, General Sani Abacha launched Vision 2010. It was a total failure. In 2005, President Olusegun Obasanjo came up with Vision 20:2020. President Umaru Yar’Adua launched the blueprint in 2009. According to the goals […]

It was the second week of the 1972 Summer Olympics held in the German city of Munich. The Israeli athletes had just enjoyed a night out watching a performance of ”Fiddler on the Roof” by […]

The House of Representatives recently uncovered the immunity clause in the loans agreement that enabled Nigeria obtain loans to finance the rail projects and the $400 million loan for the Nigeria National Information and Communication […]

Sickle cell disease is a genetic multisystemic disorder characterised by chronic anaemia, episodes of acute and possible chronic pain, progressive organ failure and a possibility of reduced life expectancy. It is originally a blood disorder […]

For someone who has lots of women in his life, speaking about fashion, and women’s fashion for that matter, should really not be a strange matter. Even in a society where fashion has become one […]

It is no longer news that Nigeria is drifting like a rudderless ship in a stormy ocean. The country lacks leadership in all spheres of life and across all sectors. Those we elected to run […]

You never know the value of freedom until you’ve lost it. The hard-won freedoms that our fathers bravely fought for are being systematically eroded in our country today. Evil swaggers across the land like the […]

On 14 September 1960, the five Founding Fathers of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Juan Pablo Pérez Alfonzo of Venezuela; Abdullah al-Tariki of Saudi Arabia; Dr Tala’at al-Shaibani of Iraq; Dr Fuad […]

The presidential assent to the amended Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA 2020) in early August has expectedly drawn diverse reactions from stakeholders. The reactions range from the very mild to very intense and […]

It is strange that Governor Nasir El-Rufai, his coterie of friends and the untiring orchestra of cheerleaders will be exasperated by a mere withdrawal of an invitation to speak at a talk-shop. As Governor of […]

In Professor Wole Soyinka’s play titled “The Lion and the Jewel”, the king or lion was able to win Sidi the village jewel as his wife. The village school teacher lost to the king. The […]

I have looked into the seeds of time again and an oracle has spoken that I should recast my (February 16, 2020) message to the authorities here. There is therefore a revelation that they are […]

Touted as the best form of government until the next one is invented, Democracy as the government of the people by the people for the people was safe for centuries, and even unto those to […]

Amidst the series of tough decisions rolled out by President Muhammadu Buhari as the Nigerian economy gasps for breath under the weight of low oil prices and the coronavirus pandemic, a mini-war broke out between […]

The social investment program created by the Federal Government in 2016 with the primary aim of reducing poverty is gradually experiencing a downturn. From delay in inhumane stipends that can’t meet daily obligations of the […]

Great names and institutions are not built overnight. It was H.H. Younus AlGohar who drove it home by positing that respect does not come by asking for it; it is earned overtime through giving it […]