Issues/Policy

Lekan Sote (lekansote@yahoo.com) The most public aspects of this King Babu are his absent-mindedness toward his responsibilities, and his fastidious attendance to details about things that affect his person, his family, political friends, and his […]

I am now convinced beyond all doubts, reasonable, unreasonable, unreasoned, reasoned, reasonless, name it, that something is wrong with us, Africans! Recently, there we were, vituperating about a video of two French physicians bantering about […]

As governments and activists across the world respond to the increase in gender-based violence during the COVID19 pandemic, Nigeria’s response raises questions about how well (lack of) data influences advocacy and policy. In an ideal […]

I have been meaning to write about Prof. Sanya Onabamiro (1913-1985), described as a Nigerian Copepodologist and Statesman in a 2013 article in the “Journal of Crustacean Biology” by David M. Damkaer on this enigmatic […]

azonwuka@yahoo.com0809-8727-263 (sms only) Phrasal verbs can be confusing. Many writers, including some Nigerian newspapers, do not know when to separate words like these or write them together. It is usually embarrassing to see a top […]

Tayo Oke (drtayooke@gmail.com) The announcement of Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as the Chief of Staff to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), a couple of weeks ago generated a lot of heated discussions in […]

Let me tell you a short story: In the early 2000s, there used to be a lot of accidents in the Ojoo end of the Lagos-Ibadan-Oyo expressway. Virtually every weekend, accidents occurred in this particular […]

There is some truth in conforming with the norm. Many idiomatic expressions connote the conventional as the normal. Statements like, “Don’t be an oddball,” “If you can’t beat them join them” are clear indications of […]

It’s often said that a lie told so many times, if unchallenged, may – in course of time – begin to pass for the truth. One of such is the terrible lie, institutionally purveyed since […]

To the above poser, politicians who are using falsified figures to milk Nigeria will answer in the affirmative. But the contrary is the case if authentic census figures could be obtained. Nigeria population is not […]

There is an urgent need for Africa to develop new forms of resilience. In a world in which multilateralism is sorely tested, Africa must stop expecting solutions from others. Africa should no longer be satisfied […]

How did we, within a space of about thirty or so years, degenerate from a people of high moral values to that of unimaginable moral decadence? Who would have imagined that a woman in the […]

…The praise for Africa may be premature. It is not justified by the attitude of many of the leaders and the behaviour of the people. Could the real story in Africa be – that not […]

The Nigerian government may have deliberately ignored the violation of its lockdown order by the Dangote Group in Lagos at the site of what the latter plans to be Africa’s biggest oil refinery. This is […]

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria has condemned the arbitrary arrest and unjust detention of a journalist, Rotimi Jolayemi, also known as Oba Akewi on the orders of the Minister of Information, Alhaji Lai […]

The British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under fire over the last few days. Condemnation in the British mass and social media spaces have been far ranging, including from Bishops of the Church of […]

The COVID-19 pandemic that is currently ravaging the entire global landscape in 2020 provides a unique opportunity to evaluate our common humanity. The virus that has hit the cosmos like a raging tsunami is a […]