Issues/Policy

I’ve been a psychology professor since 2012. In the past six years, I’ve witnessed students of all ages procrastinate on papers, skip presentation days, miss assignments, and let due dates fly by. I’ve seen promising […]

It is very difficult and challenging to come to terms with unfolding development in APC. The disconcerting reality of becoming clobbered into another undemocratic political platform, which is intolerant to basic tenets of free and […]

So much for the African Development Bank (AfDB) headquartered in Abidjan, Cote d’Ivoire. The multilateral development bank has been in the news in the past three months, not so much for its development interventions, but […]

To many ears, especially in government circle, the recent warning about an imminent hunger in the near future is folklore for distant nations across seven rivers and seven deserts. Notwithstanding the continued defiance and denial […]

Ogbeni stood ramrod and made his remarks with panache. His deep voice bellowed with resonance, passion, and conviction. He was speaking from the depth of his guts and his eyes were on the prize. It […]

I’m one that believes that the best time to discuss war prevention strategies is peace time, not war time. War time is best devoted to winning the war, not thinking of how to prevent another […]

Edo State, the only APC state in the whole of South-South Nigeria, is at a precarious precipice as we move closer to the September 2020 Governorship election. The recent disqualification of Godwin Obaseki by the […]

On May 25, 2020, Derek Chauvin of the Minneapolis Department of Police in America’s State of Minnesota, knelt on the neck of African-American George Floyd, who died after nine long minutes. Despite Floyd’s repeated pleas […]

Dr Ama Onyerinma, Founder & Executive Director, Live Abundantly!®: Dear Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, It was announced that the Federal Government of Nigeria through a circular dated June 10, 2020, with reference number BW/20/CIR.LET/III/2020 intends to […]

Politics, globally, is an interesting game. It can make or break. There are those who have been very lucky in the game, just as there are many have suffered irreversible losses as a result of […]

azonwuka@yahoo.com 0809-8727-263 (sms only) It was somewhat surprising to me that last Friday was the 27th anniversary of June 12, 1993 presidential election. It seemed like only yesterday when that election took place and created […]

drtayooke@gmail.com For those interested in financial crime proceedings in this country, and I guess many of you are, it is such a relief when one sees news headlines highlighting how much properties the Economic and […]

Senate President Ahmad Lawan says the country is losing $29 billion annually because of a lack of stable power supply. The claim, which Lawan ascribed to unknown “authorities”, has not been confirmed by TheCable. Speaking […]

The last several weeks have been witnessing some strange, and, in fact, unprecedented situations in the southern part of Nigeria especially in the so-called Southeast and South South geopolitical zones. In spite of the rigidly […]

Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma’s assertion that he will surpass the erstwhile Governor Sam Mbakwe of Imo State is a tall order that requires undivided commitment and devotion to realise. A reference to Mbakwe rings […]

The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has lamented over the high rate of insecurity in the north, accusing President Muhammadu Buhari of failing to tackle the situation. In a statement on Sunday, Ango Abdullahi, convener of […]

Femi Adesina, presidential spokesman, has described the Northern Elders Forum led by Ango Abdullahi as “a mere irritant”. Reacting to the group’s criticism of President Muhammadu Buhari over the rising insecurity in the north, Adesina […]

We can proudly say that we of the Youth Democratic Front (YDF) and our broader youth coalition Congress of Progress Youth (COPY) were at the forefront of the struggle to revalidate the annulled June 12 […]

A colleague of mine asked on Facebook if rape is an African problem. The question generated an interesting discussion characteristic of social media ‘intellectuals’. Expectedly, many of the discussants only directed their indignation at the […]

Going by observation of some endemic brutal cities, Minneapolis does not seem to be one. Hence, the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis is quite abnormal. I have been to Minneapolis three times; in between […]