Issues/Policy

Like you, we also have questions: now that Nigeria is relaxing the lockdown, was it effective in the first place? Should the government have lifted the lockdowns? Have we flattened the curve? Is anything getting […]

The COVID-19 has continued its contagious stride across the world. Statistics of the dead and of the incapacitated are not declining. So far, about 374,000 people have died from the ubiquitous pestilence while 6.3 million […]

Apparently, the issues thrown up by the death of Malam Abba Kyari, President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff, would linger on in the public domain for a long time yet. As their flames appeared to […]

Like a bolt out of the blue, it came visiting and mankind was clearly not prepared for it and was brought to its knees. For eight weeks the world was literally brought to a standstill. […]

Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in December 2019, there has been a spike of domestic and gender-based violence worldwide. Countries with higher GDPs such as Sweden or lower GDPs as Sudan, are not spared the raging havoc left […]

The gruesome rape and violence that led to the death of Uwavera Omozuwa, student of University of Benin, at a Redeemed Church Parish is an elevated act of horrible evil. The agony of her last […]

Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, China’s top legislative and political advisory body held its annual sessions between 21 and 27 May 2020. It was a key annual event where representatives of the 1.4 billion Chinese people […]

They were bombarded with obscenities as the six fierce-looking Chinese law enforcement officers held their cuffed hands, ignoring their pleas and dragging them to nowhere. This captures the travail presently confronting the many Nigerians living […]

LOOKING at the draft constitution, power is vested in four clear institutions and this was deliberate, having regard to our experience of the last 17 to 20 years. The first institution is the People of […]

Professor Benedict Bengioushuye Ayade, better known simply as Ben Ayade is a multi-disciplinary academic. He has a string of five degrees in various fields: a bachelors degree, a masters degree in Microbiology and a Ph.D […]

Since the Index case of coronavirus was reported in Nigeria on 27 February 2020, government and health sector stakeholders have not rested. They have been trying to provide facilities for the isolation and treatment of […]

The reported lamentation of the leaders of Pan Niger Delta Forum (PANDEF), over the blatant lopsided appointments into top management positions of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), deserves attention from the Federal Government with […]

President Trump’s mantra should not be Making America Great Again but rather Bringing America Down (BAD), to the detriment of the country and the world. His handling of the COVID-19 has been abysmal, his assault […]

On April 21, 2020, and for a couple of days thereafter, my article, “Re-introducing the Lugano Report”, appeared in the media and on discussion platforms. The content of the piece is what the title indicates: […]

The traditional leadership and redeemer posture of Nigeria in Africa has, in recent years, been put into question. Issues like corruption and infrastructural decay have held the country down from playing a leadership role in […]

The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has kicked off the implementation of the State Community Policing initiative aimed at reducing crime in communities and deepening trust between the public and law enforcement agencies. The FCT […]

Take a hard look at America right about now. What do you see? Here’s what I see. A dystopia. Riots across the country. Cities on fire. A hundred thousand dead and counting. A President who […]

In July 2011, this writer was one of the starry-eyed guests invited to witness the birthday fanfare organised for Otunba Gani Adams, now Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland. The 40th birthday was superbly twinned with […]

The loss of a sibling is a natural occurrence. Just like giving birth. But as we know sibling loss is usually a painful experience. It is a minus in the family, a minus in relationships. […]

And that was how we woke up to another sad tale! It has been a long week, in all seriousness. While still battling the ungodly Coronavirus pandemic, we have been further hit with a good […]