Issues/Policy

drtayooke@gmail.com The word, “palliative”, a nice medical terminology for the care of patients and their families with life-threatening illnesses has been in vogue of late. It has become rather overused in the last couple of […]

On Wednesday May 6, 2020, Sadiya Umar Farouq, the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development gave a briefing at the daily media interaction of the Presidential Task Force. During her briefing […]

The singular reason for every action and inaction of God is that His name may be glorified. Amos asks a compelling question: “If a trumpet is blown in a city, will not the people be […]

There is no evidence that President Buhari’s antipathy towards the free market and multilateral development institutions has changed. There is also no evidence that Professor Ibrahim Gambari, unlike the late Mr. Abba Kyari, shares these […]

In the 1960s, when Professor Ibrahim Agboola Gambari was an A Level student at the King’s College, Lagos, the Yoruba students always had a good laugh anytime his surname was publicly announced. They could not […]

As the world is fighting the deadly corona pandemic, every country is putting its very best to tackle the widespread of the disease as well as providing the livelihood support to ease the tension among […]

Our History is made up of three chapters. Chapter 1 is entitled “What was done that should not have been done”; Chapter 2 is entitled “What was not done that should have been done”; and […]

As I promised, this intervention is on the expediency of looking at how the Oronsaye Report can be reset to restructure the public service that is not in a position to serve public interest at […]

Chukwuneta Oby It’s difficult to read the news these days without one story or the other about the Almajirai jumping at you. When they are not being rejected by one state and ‘shipped’ back to […]

After receiving from a nephew a number of WhatsApp forwards that question the reality of coronavirus, I sent him a pointed warning: “I hope you’re not personally buying into this crazy idea that coronavirus is […]

Continued from Thursday Femi Falana It is pertinent to note that the aforementioned Justices of the Court of Appeal carried out the extrajudicial duties assigned to them by state governors pursuant to the fiats received […]

(First published August 01, 2015) By a winning communication strategy for Nigeria leader Muhammadu Buhari, I do not mean one that will project his government and its policies in a dynamic, productive way. Every leader […]

With the demise of Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide (1931-2020) all Ministers, except Alhaji Ganiyu Folorunsho Abdul Razak (93), Chief Mbazulike Amaechi (91) and Chief Jacob Cheogbu Obande (98) who served in the first Republic […]

Many of our governors today seem to cherish the idea or thought of building their reputation on creating fear in every part of the body of the governed. They want us to impute their ‘successes’ […]

The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) says China blocked the World Health Organisation (WHO) from sounding the alarm on COVID-19 in January. According to Newsweek, the intelligence agency said China was stockpiling medical supplies from […]

The Buhari administration indicated the other day that it would embark on the implementation of the recommendations in the report of the Presidential Committee on Restructuring and Rationalisation of Federal Government Parastatals, Commissions and Agencies. […]

Nigerians have in recent days been inundated by the heartrending spectacles of human cargoes of mainly dishevelled lads surreptitiously packed like sardines in articulated vehicles and lorries from the North headed for the southern parts […]

“Another thing an Oba needs (to survive and succeed) is a stubborn and unwavering refusal to compromise the truth or the integrity of the Obaship institution, whatever the occasion” – Oba (Dr) Sikiru Adetona cited […]

’Tunji Ajibade(tunjioa@yahoo.com 08036683657) The Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, Dr Chikwe Ihekweazu, was on Channels TV recently. He responded to questions on the myriad of challenges Nigeria had combating COVID-19. It’s […]