Issues/Policy

Dignity does not consist in possessing honours, but in deserving them – Aristotle. One of those traditional virtues largely missing in the contemporary period is the culture of owo. The English lexicon has it as: […]

Continued from yesterday According to him, the committees will help to bolster community policing to check criminal activities and assist the Police and other security agencies to provide and ensure the sustainability a crime-free society. […]

The debate concerning the trajectory of the post-COVID-19 world order has begun in earnest. The pandemic constitutes a significant shock to the international system, leading many governments to re-evaluate their global health, trade and security […]

When Governors of South West Nigeria announced the setting up of a regional security outfit, known as Amotekun (Leopard), it seemed a long shot given the delicate nature of policing which is thought to be […]

Nigeria is Africa’s largest economy – but we are pretty old-fashioned when it comes to money. Although many Nigerians are used to receiving money electronically from relatives overseas, at home the vast majority of people […]

As an ardent believer in democracy, the happenings in Mali are maddening! As I feared, the junta that carried out the coup to remove the Malian president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta, has come clean on its […]

Last Friday, August 21, 2020, marked exactly one year since the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), inaugurated his 43-member cabinet. In celebration of the day, the presidency listed 35 projects it claimed to have […]

After Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe approached the National Industrial Court to withdraw a lawsuit he instituted against the Dr. Wale Babalakin-led University of Lagos Governing Council that reportedly sacked him from his position of Vice-Chancellor, the […]

It was long before the days of social media. We relied on NTA news at 9pm and newspaper reports to have the full story. Rumour mill too. In the long hours before the full report […]

Femi Fani-Kayode makes conceit solemn. He is the sui generis of narcissism. His arrogance dovetails with his foul temper and cutting tongue. There is no shade of modesty, temperance and grace in the son of […]

Dear Mr President, It’s been a while I lent my voice to matters that border on how I’m governed. Nigerians are dying in tens and scores. Terrorism has not abated as we are made to […]

Mental illness is one of the most stigmatised illnesses in the world, especially in Africa. This attitude has serious social implications for affected persons. Many have been denied marriage and other employment opportunities even when […]

If someone terribly damages your belongings such as a car and a laptop, angrily you may say, ‘He did a lot of damages to my car.’ There is a problem with the expression because ‘damage’ […]

drtayooke@gmail.com So much has been said and written about sovereignty and loan in reference to China in the last week that the public will have found a little bewildering. That Nigerian loan negotiators willingly signed […]

Indeed, as the countdown to the September 19 poll begins, Edo airwaves have understandably become divided fiercely along partisan lines. No less fierce is the babel growing outside Edo’s borders. While a few are driven […]

The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) is the policeman for broadcasting in Nigeria. As a regulator it is supposed to be a moderator and an arbiter of good taste in broadcasting. This is an important but […]

Against the backdrop of gross underdevelopment of the oil-rich Niger-Delta region characterized by environmental despoliation, poverty and despondency there was established in July 1992, by decree number 23 the Oil Mineral Producing Area Development Commission […]

Let me give the background to this piece. I was reading some comments on Twitter early in the week, when I ran into this one by one Dr Ben Gbenro: “Why are some people allergic […]