Issues/Policy

The COVID-19 pandemic is reordering society and accelerating changes in many dramatic ways, for better and for worse. This global, novel virus has also exposed deadly flaws in the governance and health care systems around […]

The Bini word “Nosagie” (“Osagie” for short) translates roughly as “the one sent by God”. For incumbent Edo governor, the invocation of “Godwin” undoubtedly served as a talisman in his electoral conquest of 2016. For […]

Corruption As An Enterprise In Nigeria – Both the American Heritage Dictionary (1981) and the Webster’s Comprehensive Dictionary (2010) described corruption as an act of being corrupt. Corruption derives it’s meaning from the Latin word […]

Except perhaps South Africa, credible statistics on the extent of the COVID-19 infection in African countries are lacking. Hypotheses on the rapid degradation of the virus in tropical settings have yet to be proven as […]

In my high school days in Nigeria, I was a geeked tub-thumper of Irish statesman and philosopher, Edmond Burke. I still am. Among the horde of Burke’s gingering and spiriting philosophical sayings, one stands out […]

Recently, some leaders visited the Governor of Kaduna State, Malam Nasir El-Rufai. The visit was part of the effort to stem violence in a part of the state. I took note that Rev. Yakubu Pam, […]

Widespread international condemnation has greeted the seizure of power by soldiers in Mali, one of the world’s poorest countries. The United Nations, the African Union, the Economic Community of West African States, the United States, […]

In 2010, former US Ambassador to Nigeria, Princeton N. Lyman, delivered a brutally frank appraisal of the state of the Nigerian nation at the Achebe Colloquium at Brown University, USA. He spoke against the backdrop […]

With the hue and cry of religious bodies/leaders over the provisions of the new Companies and Allied Matters Act(CAMA) 2020 as to removal and suspension of trustees of churches, mosques, charitable bodies and non-governmental organisations, […]

I welcome the House of Representatives decision to probe the $400 million Chinese loan. But the probe appears to primarily focus on the sovereign clause in the loan agreement. Indeed, this was what triggered the […]

Necessity is the mother of invention. This is a well-known English saying that has become globally popular since it entered global consciousness and lexicon aeons ago. No matter what we may think or say about […]

O you who believe! Protect yourselves and your families from a fire which shall be fueled by people and stones… (Quran 66: 6) They are youths whose souls appeared to have been sold to Mephistopheles. […]

The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd)’s regime appears more determined than ever to rely on repression as a means of responding to dissent and public criticism. Its record of failure to uphold human rights […]

About two weeks ago, we saw a video online about a mother of two who was allegedly abandoned by her husband due to her blue eyes. Her two children have similar blue eyes. In the […]

gregodogwu@yahoo.com 08063601665 The environment is always looked down upon by many citizens as a not-too-profitable area. But the truth is that the environmental sector is pivotal to national development because it has a cross-cutting impact on […]

nadedokun@gmail.com Regardless of who is right or wrong, the current power tussle at the University of Lagos is disgraceful and indicative of the widespread erosion of values in the country. For starters, while no university […]

Public Service is a thankless job. Consequently, the Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs should be comforted by the truism in the aforesaid statement by staying focused, and undeterred, in spite of persistent calls, […]

“For the whole universe is interconnected. If something is distorted, the other things connected with it suffer” – Walda Heywat. “A community without honour is not better than a gang of thieves” – Yoruba maxim. […]