Issues/Policy

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance; that imitation is suicide; that he must take himself for better for worse as his portion; that […]

It has, therefore, come to my notice that the Nigeria Incentive-Based Risk Sharing System for Agricultural Lending (NIRSAL), an institution that is playing a key role in the transformation of Nigerian agriculture has been the […]

While it is true that some African leaders like the great late Nelson Mandela have provided exemplary leadership in Africa and hence become eternal role models for the younger generations in Africa and other parts […]

Football is the greatest instrument that unites Nigeria. Whenever the national team, the Super Eagles, is on song all Nigerians become united in an astonishing togetherness. There was the Nigeria-Biafra war of 1967-70 that could […]

The outbreak of coronavirus pandemic has turned the envy of most Nigerians in the diaspora to pity and of course, the beginning of wisdom for those who still harbour a dream to seek the Golden […]

The economy must be structured in a way that it must help the society and the human resource therein to develop themselves, and, in turn, they should help in developing, further, the economy. It is […]

We will win our freedom because the sacred heritage of our nation and eternal will of God are embodied in our echoing demands. — Martin Luther King, Jr. This instalment is nuanced to pay tribute […]

In mid-April during the lockdown, a female tenant, Rose (not her real name) was physically brutalised by her landlord in Lagos. The neighbours who live in Akowonjo where the attack happened are calling it “see […]

Data made available by the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) shows that electricity distribution companies distributed 22,825 meters to consumers in the fourth quarter of 2019. On a quarter on quarter basis, this is 72.76% […]

Just before the House of Representatives went on the break enforced by the fury of the novel Corona Virus Disease AKA COVID-19, I was looking in the direction of the National Assembly’s lower chamber to […]

At the climax of dramatic events that have flipped the year 2020 on its head, the inhumane killing of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer has resurrected a new wave of anti-black racism protests […]

The one-year review of O to Ge Revolution in Kwara State by this reporter received compliments and condemnation. While condemnations by court jesters and those who don’t know the reporter are inconsequential, the vituperation of the deputy-governor […]

People pouring into the streets, in city after city. White, black, brown. All united. Determined to make their voices heard. Undeterred in the face of authoritarianism. Despite the cruelty and indifference of America’s governing classes. […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission has confirmed that the All Progressives Congress in Edo will select its candidate for the September governorship election through direct primary. Mr Festus Okoye, the National Commissioner and Chairman, Information […]

The Lagos state house of assembly has cleared Mudashiru Obasa, the speaker, of corruption allegations levelled against him. Obasa had been accused of embezzling public funds and abusing his office. SaharaReporters had carried out a […]

President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria just wrote an article for Newsweek magazine. I didn’t know they still publish… anyway, you need to rush and read it before it is taken down. I’m telling you, it […]

At exactly 9:35pm, on Sunday, May 24, I got a call from Osogbo. Deolu Adeyemo, the State Correspondent of New Telegraph was on the line. “Good evening,” Deolu greeted and even before I responded went […]

According to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), the governorship election in Ondo State will hold in October 10, this year. Shortly after this announcement, INEC Chairman, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, also released the timetable and […]

For the bold, brilliant and beautiful fashionista Erelu Bisi Adeleye-Fayemi, every June 11 is her day of celebration, for that is the day she was born. As she clocks 57 this year, and amidst the […]