Issues/Policy

All over the world, the platinum anniversary is a major milestone in the life of any favoured individual. It is one of the most significant milestones, as it marks the peak of human productivity, according […]

Every Nigerian citizen deserves a decent standard of living. And for a better life, the gulf between opportunity and access must be bridged. The Nigerian Consumer Credit Corporation (CREDICORP) is the link between opportunity and […]

I don’t get involved with what the security services do or how. Their ways are so complex and their motives so unsearchable that sometimes you’ll be forgiven for thinking that working from the answer to […]

Permit me to reintroduce myself to those who may not understand why I have decided to write on detected ‘tactical errors’ the presidency needs to clear for the majesty of democracy to emerge in Africa’s […]

Formerly a tin miner, 31-year-old Jugu Samuel is now a salesperson in an electronics shop on the outskirts of Barkin Ladi, a town near Jos, the capital of Plateau State in central Nigeria. He said […]

“With all these problems that we are facing in Nigeria, why would the President buy a new Tokunbo Presidential jet? Why would a member of the National Assembly of Nigeria collect as much as N21 […]

Good governance is universally acknowledged as a critical factor in the progress and development of any nation. In Nigeria, both the elite and the common people share this profound understanding of governance’s impact on the […]

Last week, Nigeria’s Minister of Education, Professor Tahir, announced the Federal Government’s decision to enforce the 18-year age limit for the West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) and the National Examination Council (NECO) due […]

In reality, however, the principal problem that ails Nigeria’s judicial system is that the guardrails and incentives for ethical judicial service have been destroyed by a concert of senior judicial figures, senior lawyers and senior […]

Hate may appear alluring but it is cheap. Let’s try the good old system of genuine interaction based on a dispassionate assessment of where the rain started beating us, what our respective aspirations and frustrations […]

It was a serene Wednesday morning. Muhammadu Umaru, 55, had just returned from the mosque. He was among the locals who had gathered to seek divine intervention for rain — a sacred prayer observed by […]

In Lagos, dispatch riders have become unwitting participants in illicit trade, transporting weed, other hard drugs and strange consignments to customers. Operating under the guise of legitimate deliveries, they navigate the city’s streets, sometimes, unaware […]

Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, minister of interior, has ordered an immediate investigation into the feeding conditions of inmates at the Afokang Custodial Centre in Calabar, Cross River. Tunji-Ojo’s order was in reaction to a viral Saturday post […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has returned the seized passport of Adejuwon Soyinka, the West African editor of The Conversation Africa. On August 25, Soyinka was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) […]

On Tuesday, August 9, 2022, Kenya held its general election during which the President, governors, senators and members of the National Assembly were elected. The results of the elections were announced on August 15, 2022. […]

Hunger stalks the land like the proverbial wounded lion, nasty, unrelenting and unrepentant. The “end hunger” protests is a child of compelling historical circumstances, a dialectical response to the excruciating material condition of not just […]

The row over Air Peace’s flight operations from the United Kingdom has taken another turn with Festus Keyamo, the Nigerian minister of aviation and aerospace development, writing to his British counterpart to lodge a formal […]

Dear local government chairpersons, I trust this message finds you well. The recent supreme court judgment has decisively ruled that local government councils in Nigeria are entitled to receive their allocations directly from the federation […]