Issues/Policy

The internet has made it easy for people to connect by eliminating the effect of distance. It helps people in a long-distance relationship stay in touch; it also enhances business transaction both local and internationally. […]

July 17 of every year is marked as International Criminal Justice Day world over. It is day and a call to reflect on ongoing efforts to seek justice for serious crimes worldwide. This year has […]

The honourable(?) Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Godswill Akpabio, is a big man full of himself. Having failed to play a godfather to his successor in Uyo, incumbent Governor Udom Emmanuel, Akpabio struck ‘gold’ in […]

Tolulope Arotile, Nigeria’s first-ever female combat helicopter pilot, was killed Tuesday. According to Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Ibikunle Daramola, the 24-year old Arotile died as a result of head injuries sustained from a road traffic […]

A Nigerian who brought another round of embarrassment to the nation was arrested lately in Dubai. Big Sister, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Director-General of the Diaspora Commission, thereafter says Ramoni Olorunwa Abbas’ (aka Hushpuppi) behaviour isn’t […]

Continued from yesterday The lawmakers unanimously agreed that granting Governor Abiodun’s request would allow the government to meet the shortfall in the price of crude oil at the international market. Swift reforms initiated to boost […]

The asymmetrical power relations that engender a sense of insecurity, inferiority, supremacy or rivalry between individuals and groups have always shaped human social existence and experiences. These experiences are variegated, shaped and disseminated in diverse […]

Nigeria’s political actors’ proverbial vacuity typifies, in the main, the irony humorously expressed in the epigram “Jack is dull or uninspiring. He is not bright, but he is best suited for public office”. Dull, inane, […]

On Thursday, July 2, 2020, I was a guest of the Nigerian Television Authority Yoruba programme called, “Ojumo ‘Re”. The topic of discussion that day was “The role of godfathers in Nigerian politics”. That got […]

The National Emergency Management Agency, last week, warned that 102 Local Government Areas in 28 states in the country fall within highly probable flood risk areas this year. It also noted that 275 LGAs in […]

If we were to be honest with ourselves, it is hard to be incorrupt in Nigeria. I imagine this would cause a lot of anger in many honest compatriots and it is understandable. However, this […]

Ibrahim Magu was a powerful man. If you look at the list of his clients you will surmise too that he must have powerful enemies. But Muhammadu Buhari, the President of the Republic was once […]

The oil industry is the benchmark by which the Nigerian economy rises or falls. But the cliché of this predicament is that it has been a wasting asset. Its value determines the fate of industries […]

The immediate past administration of Senator Ibikunle Amosun in Ogun State boasted sometime in March 2019 that it would not abandon any of the on-going projects in the state. The then governor said that he […]

So one renegade reporter began spewing some lies about the Vice President last week but what Nigerians know about the impeccable integrity and unquestionable character of Prof. Yemi Osinbajo is not a new subject of […]

Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo says the fight against corruption will become more difficult to the extent that many people will be discouraged to stand against it. Osinbajo spoke during the 20th-anniversary regional webinar organised by the […]

A recent advertisement placed in some national dailies by the Management of the University of Ibadan (UI), signed by the Registrar, Mrs Olubunmi Omobolanle Faluyi entitled “Appointment of Vice Chancellor” clearly indicated that the five-year […]

Fahim Saleh, the CEO of Lagos-based Gokada, was found dead in New York on Tuesday, his body dismembered with an electric saw by his killer. According to Police, his body was cut up and sorted […]

The arrest and detention of Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the now sacked chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of massive corruption shows that nobody in Nigeria can do the EFCC job […]