Issues/Policy

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 […]

It is now clear that our policy makers will never be short of curious excuses to justify the neglect and underdevelopment of the Niger Delta region. The Niger Deltans, government apologists often think are too […]

The renewed interest in the crisis that continues to rock Southern Kaduna would be helpful if it produces a genuine effort at resolving the problem and ensuring lasting peace in that part of the country […]

I pity this debt collector. At his wit’s end, this debt chaser, Ahmed Lawal Kuru, managing director of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, took his case to Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo last year to seek […]

Africa risks a new stumble. The last time Africa suffered a major stumble, it conjured up the image of a “Hopeless Continent”. This became the unfortunate epitaph for Africa’s two lost decades of development. This […]

It was the rise of Athens and the fear that this instilled in Sparta that made the war inevitable—Thucydides. So the rise of one and the reaction of the other create a toxic cocktail of […]

The precarious situation in our health institutions continues to be a source of worry to all. Before now, stakeholders in the health sector had cried out over the deplorable conditions that had taken a heavy […]

Femi Fani-Kayode, former Minister of Aviation, shouldn’t evade the question asked by Daily Trust newspaper reporter, Eyo Charles, who wanted to know who is paying for the nationwide “ward round” he is making, inspecting projects […]

The outburst, over the weekend, of the former deputy national chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olabode George, on the burning issue of power rotation has reinforced the feelers in many quarters that […]

The Governor of Kaduna State, Mr Nasir El-Rufai was expected to be one of the guest speakers at the 60th annual conference of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) that ended at the weekend. Rufai is […]

An old man’s bulging past casts a silent, scenic silhouette far into our present and future. The present, seeking sobering solace, runs into the sheltering shadow, wading through a thousand and one bits and pieces […]

Please forgive me if I caption this article on what I know which is as the topic heading affects South West Nigeria I will not be surprised if these conditions are not confined to the […]