Issues/Policy

SENATOR Buruji Kashamu was a “significant citizen” of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo wrote in a letter of condolence to Ogun State Governor Dapo Abiodun. In the next lines Obasanjo derided Buruji, his opponent in […]

His first one year in office has rightly been adjudged one of the best among first-term governors of Nigeria. His heavy investments in healthcare, road network, provision of potable water, workers’ welfare, his incredibly simple […]

Olukorede S. Yishau’s ‘Vaults of Secrets’, a collection of short stories, is so realistic to life so much so that in explicating it, one is tempted to forget that, essentially, it is a work of […]

The death, this month, of African-American Congressman, John Lewis – the last surviving member of the youthful speakers at the iconic August 1963 March on Washington – marks the distinctive passing of a golden age […]

It has been eight months since the first reported case of a strange, viral infection emanated from Wuhan, China. A child born eight months ago would be crawling and standing by now. At around the […]

The COVID-19 has indeed become the most significant reality of the 21st century. Its incidence seemed to have swallowed every other event that had hitherto began to define human lives since this century commenced. And […]

On July 4, 1776, on the occasion of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, John Hancock is reported to have observed, “We must be unanimous; there must be no pulling different ways; we must […]

It wasn’t that long ago when much of the global elite had conclusively decided that climate change was our world’s top priority. Then came a massive sideswiping by a global pandemic, of which we have […]

Recent developments in the Nigerian political space question the understanding and commitment of the leadership to human rights and fundamental freedoms. These developments are not only in civil and political rights recognised as fundamental rights […]

First of all, let me put my cards on the table: I am a friend of the Niger Delta region. Some of my dearest buddies come from that region. Chief Edwin Clark is like a […]

Marketplace. The telltale firefly that reveals human nature. It’s the field of fortune and the mine of misfortune. Inside the marketplace are darkroom secrets that whelp wealth. The marketplace also contrasts with the muffled yelp […]

The English playwright William Shakespeare described three ways in which mortals become great. ‘Some are born great, others achieve greatness and the rest have it thrust upon them.’ Nigeria’s former President Chief Olusegun Obasanjo a.k.a […]

When I read how much was spent on making the Big Brother Naija House COVID-19 safe for the 2020 edition of the reality show, I was stunned. Yes, this money is being put up by […]

Recently, President Muhammadu Buhari (PMB) affirmed the growing importance of diaspora remittances to the growth and development of Nigeria economy based on 2019 figures released by the World Bank. In the affirmation, PMB said and […]

It has been gratifying to note that nothing has taken any steam out of the controversial story of the rechristening of the NUJ house in honour of the late Isa Ismaila Funtua. I have received […]

A new study has discovered resistant parasites to artemisinin — a major anti-malaria drug — in Rwanda, the first of such to be recorded in Africa. Common anti-malaria drugs in Nigeria made up of artemisinin […]

“Local communities are aware of the hideouts and identities of the bandits but are not ready to provide credible information to security agencies.” —Aminu Masari, Governor of Katsina State, The Guardian, Tuesday, August 4, 2020 […]