Issues/Policy

My wife and I are very fond of this young white boy in our neighbourhood. He was born about two years after we moved to the city 20 years ago. We have been neighbours for […]

When a toddler crie for food and you decide to crack palm-kernels for him, you know he will ask you; where are the teeth to crush them. -Gaius Ariole The expedient and imperative for Nigeria, […]

It is instructive that there are arguably more incidents of violence against women than men in Anambra State which may occur in the homes, churches, offices, markets, motor parks, and even in commercial buses. Society […]

A new bill to replace the Banks and Other Financial Institutions Act (BOFIA) of 2004 has reportedly passed second reading, meaning that it could soon become law. And such a likelihood is giving the top […]

The recent standoff between the two Asian nuclear powers, India and China, spawned 20 dead Indian soldiers alongside a shackled prime minister in Delhi seeking to save face. As a retaliatory measure, seemingly nothing short […]

After going through the major news headline on the front page of most newspapers today, I had only one conclusion, that the President is unaware of the scale, consistency and ferocity of the killings happening […]

Today, I had the second DSS encounter as we gathered for the #RevolutionNow protests in Abeokuta, Kuto roundabout. I was arrested at around 11:55 am and immediately whisked to the state Headquarters of the agency. […]

There are two contrasting perspectives on “defunding” police. One perspective—espoused by some activists on the political left — holds that policing is fatally broken, cannot be fixed through any reforms and ought to be cancelled […]

Even though this current news cycle is already saturated with the whirlwind of corruption allegations against Buhari administration officials, it has continued to deliver on its promise to be stranger than fiction. Every passing day, […]

“Donald Trump is the most anti-science and anti-environment president we’ve ever had.” – Douglas Brinkley, presidential historian, Rice University. What a careful observation of the Nigerian social media space would reveal is that there is […]

As a lawyer, the unfolding scenario post last week’s election of the Nigerian Bar Association leaves one totally abashed. That is, of course, not to suggest that the NBA is populated by super humans who […]

I was once invited to the African Centre in London to give a talk on the concept of rotational presidency in Nigeria. It was a well-advertised lecture, so quite a number of Nigerians were aware […]

The man dies in all who keep silent in the face of tyranny. In any people that submit willingly to the ‘daily humiliation of fear,’ the man dies. – Wole Soyinka The Assistant Chief has […]

The pump price of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS), which is expected to be modulated monthly by the Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has become uncertain as some marketers yesterday directed their members to sell […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) says the list of contract beneficiaries released by Godswill Akpabio, minister of Niger Delta affairs, is authentic. Akpabio had named some federal lawmakers and former governors as beneficiaries of […]

Stella is not a Nigerian. She is from Cameroun. This was the first reaction I got on social media when the “ satanic” video of this irrepressible medical doctor, Stella Immanuel, went viral on social […]

At one time or another, nations and individuals confront crisis points – moments of existential challenge that also open up new possibilities. African countries, at just such a crisis point as a result of the […]