Issues/Policy

On March 10, 2010, Nigerians bent the capricious hand of kismet; they rose against the pirating of the presidency. Nigerian libertarians, in their hundreds, converged on the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) and marched to the […]

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praises are due to Allah and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah, his family, companions and those who follow him […]

Perhaps there is a second theory to this. The Stockholm syndrome: That terrible affliction that compels you to start sympathising with your tormentor, believing that you deserve the bad treatment you are getting. Does it […]

Igbos in the PDP are sleepwalking to 2023. I have put my ears to the ground but I have heard nothing. Tepid murmurs. Shuffling of feet. Nothing else, besides snores. Where are the Igbos in […]

Some women were recently caught with babies said to be ‘’a few days old.’’ It was further discovered that they specialised in selling newborns. I want to address couples who may be moved to “find […]

The word “criticism” is not a word most couples want to relate with in their marriage as it is often connected with negative practices of gauging a partner’s faults which often lead to provocation when […]

When the phenomenon of private universities was emerging in the country some decades ago, it used to be thought that they would remain permanently inferior to the public ones (those of the Federal Government in […]

“Femi Fani Kayode is my boy. Give him food, he will praise you and sing for you” Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. 30/8/2018. “Tell the truth, and let the devil be ashamed!” These were the refrains of […]

The public was recently overcome with amazement over the news that one Sunday Shodipe, a nineteen years old man, who allegedly killed a number of persons in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, had […]

Mallam Nasir El-Rufai came into the public limelight in 1999 when democracy returned back to the country after a sixteen year hiatus of military misrule. The then President Olusegun Obasanjo made El-Rufai the Director-General of […]

A military spokesman has reportedly faulted the claim that the gains of counter-insurgency operations were now being eroded in Borno State. This is a matter both the military and the people of Borno State are […]

Principle helps one to be consistent. Whoever lacks it can say one thing now and say something else on other occasions. Using one yardstick under all circumstances is therefore rooted in principle. The regular reader […]

George Bush International Airport in Houston was my port of re-entry as I returned to the United States from Nigeria sometime ago. When it was my turn to be screened for entry, the ushering Homeland […]

“Must it be a do-or-die affair? Do not kill yourselves because of public office. Stop the shootings. This is the worst scenario” – The Oba of Benin, Ewuare II, at a peace parley called to […]

The Buhari administration has ruptured the ceiling of liberties it enjoys. Like King Solomon in his last uneventful years, the government has compounded the yoke of the people with the rocketing of the prices of […]

aadelakun@punchng.com By now, most people are aware that some disgruntled lawyers pulled out of the Nigerian Bar Association and formed a splinter group called the “New NBA”. The disengagement was a culmination of the NBA’s […]

The cathedral is the seat of the bishop and the major church in a Protestant or Catholic diocese. The first cathedral in Nigeria is the Christ Church Cathedral on the Marina, Lagos. It is the […]

Keep your integrity and the integrity of the institution safe… we are dealing with institutions that will outlive all of us. – Prof. C. Agomo. There is an Igbo adage that says: “when you keep […]