Issues/Policy

lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 (SMS only) It looks like the fury of those who detest the literal kneeling on the neck of George Floyd by officer Derek Chauvin, and the metaphorical kneeling of whites on the neck […]

Ordinarily, when the commander-in-chief gives marching order to his security chiefs, you expect something drastic to happen. And this is what Nigeria is to expect in the next few days, weeks and possibly months in […]

In Nigeria, the Senate President is the head of the National Assembly and assisted by the Deputy Senate President. The Senate President and his Deputy also work with the Principal Officers in the house including […]

It is no surprise that within a short period in the office, Nami has been able to get the FIRS back on the trajectory of growth. Since his assumption of office late last year, the […]

The test of our mettle to fight affluenza with the same energy as we will seek a vaccine for COVID-19 is a matter of survival. The voting public, rediscovering birdsong and flowing streams in urban […]

Allowing government officials to have near-total discretion over unmonitored funds creates an atmosphere ripe for undetected abuse. And only legislative reform at the state level will prevent the corrupt misuse of civil asset forfeiture funds. […]

If we must address the problem of rape in Nigeria, we must adopt a holistic approach which should include paying attention to the way and manner women are portrayed in the media through pop culture. […]

The Black Lives Matter has helped draw the attention of the world to police brutality and racial injustice against African Americans. They have used the canon of life to highlight the place and predicament of […]

This year, there was some feeling of nostalgia about May 29 as Nigeria’s Democracy Day. When a few persons called me to ask if there were special plans for Democracy Day on May 29, I […]

A Ghanaian monarch says the Nigerian high commission in the country was aiding a businessman to forcibly take over the plot of land belonging to his people. Joy News, a Ghanaian platform, quoted Nii Okwei Kinka […]

If there is anything like being immunized for the rainy day, that was exactly what happened to me last year when I went through a period of depression. In hindsight, I can now say that, […]

The Minister of Finance, Budget, and National Planning, Mrs Zainab Ahmed, has canvassed the need for the mobilization of local savings to help reflate Nigeria’s economy post-COVID-19. Ahmed, who spoke during the inauguration of the […]

Despite the extension of the deadline for insurance industry recapitalisation to September 2021, brokers/marketers are sceptical about some operators’ ability to scale through the hurdles. Recall that industry regulator, the National Insurance Commission (NAICOM), had […]

Statues of dead white men continue to be toppled across the Western world by a multi-racial carnival of determined activists. This follows “Black Lives Matter”-led global protests against the gruesome “lynching” of George Floyd by […]

One of the many fascinating elements of a federal system which endears itself to the proponents of that governance ideal is the idea that its government is limited by a fundamental law which prescribes the […]

On June 17, the Peoples Republic of China and African leaders met via a teleconference to discuss ways and strategies against the ravaging COVID-19, in furtherance of their joint efforts against the pandemic. The meeting, […]

One of the greatest ills that have plagued the public enterprise of governance in Nigeria has been the lack of a culture that aligns public institutions and government with the entrepreneurial spirit of business managers, […]