Ayo Olukotun(Ayo_olukotun@yahoo.com) Nothing brought into focus the people-centred dimension of a vibrant democracy more than the rage and spontaneity of the ongoing protests in Minneapolis, United States. A couple of days back, George Floyd, a […]
Ever before the first ballot in the 2019 presidential elections was cast, some members of Nigeria’s leadership elite, across the political spectrum, were already signaling their intention to run for the presidency in 2023. It […]
Continued from yesterdayHe had come to visit my father and had just left the house when he turned back to see my father. Apparently, he had heard the dissenting opinion of Justice Kayode Esho and […]
Today, Friday, May 29, 2020 transports our country and GMB’s presidency back to this same day in 2015. It was also a Friday, a Friday which ushered GMB, PMB, as I then sentimentally styled him, […]
Is Nigeria better off than it was five years ago? As President Muhammadu Buhari marks the end of his first year of the second term and fifth year in office today, Nigerians who have invested […]
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has suggested guidelines for the reopening of churches in the first week of June. There has been a ban on large gatherings and open worship announced by various state […]
The Federal Government yesterday changed the earlier plan of drastically slashing the 2020 passed budget of N10.594trillion to N9trillion by reducing it with just about N85billion through a new proposal of N10.509trillion . Consequently the […]
The African past is a competent prologue in this agenda — especially, if we make it ours — to unite under one umbrella as one indivisible force of change for the progress of the African […]
Goodbyes are often painful. But they could be comforting in times of intense grief and grieving like this. Mabayoje, when we spoke for the last time on Friday, March 13, you never said ‘I’m coming’. […]
A former Nigerian president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has urged African leaders to rally round and support Akinwunmi Adesina, the embattled president of African Development Bank (AfDB). Mr Adesina is currently battling 16 allegations of impropriety and […]
By Peter Enahoro (Peter Pan) Older heads in the Enahoro clan know enough about political state pardons not to get excited by it. It is not a pension annuity, not a war decoration or a […]
What do you think the lesson of Coronavirus is? I find myself wondering these days if we’ve reached the end of the first chapter of human history. It’s not just the pandemic — climate change, […]
The African Development Bank (AfDB) is currently gearing up for another leadership election. The current President, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, is already dealing with setbacks and a coup hell bent on removing him from office. This […]
I probably knew about Richard Akinjide, SAN, from the time I could recognize people’s faces. But I definitely knew him well vicariously. He was a contemporary of my father, Justice Bola Babalakin, at Oduduwa College, […]
The Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, is a candid reminder that God is omnipotent and that He rules in the affairs of nations. The devastation of lives by the virus in many countries with patently […]
Yesterday marked the 53rd anniversary when General Yakubu Gowon, (then a lanky lieutenant colonel), created the 12 states that replaced the original four regions of the Nigerian federation. Today we have 36 states. Only Lagos […]
In the 15 years, since I left office as the pioneer Chairman of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, I have restrained myself from joining in the numerous, and constant controversies that have followed the […]
I begin with a question. How have COVID-19 impacted women, our mothers and sisters? The answer is here provided albeit succinctly. Women have been at the receiving end of male-dominated societies for ages, except perhaps […]
The use of face masks by children is a very common sight in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent mandatory health requirement for public outings. Disturbingly though, there have been media reports on […]
Last Friday, May 22, 2020, news broke that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), had signed Executive Order 10 granting financial autonomy to the 36 state Houses of Assembly and the judiciary. What a […]
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