Issues/Policy

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 […]

BY TEDROS ADHANOM GHEBREYESUS AND JUTTA URPILAINEN Beginning with a cluster of cases of pneumonia of unknown cause in Wuhan, China, this novel coronavirus has spread with alarming speed, shaking the foundations of health systems, economies, […]

The Northern Governors Forum took a collective decision at a meeting we had about two weeks ago that we will end the almajiri system completely, we will abolish it. And part of the steps we […]

My reaction to the appointment of Prof Ibrahim Agboola Gambari is that this is one good choice of an appointment made by President Muhammadu Buhari. I don’t care that Buhari could not still look beyond […]

History they say, can never be re-written. You either reminisce with a bold smile or be reminded and shiver like a drenched stray hen. The reactions of notable Nigerians that trail the appointment of the […]

Idon’t think anyone can doubt the commitment of Governor Nasir el-Rufai to ending the practice of almajiri system in Kaduna State. Give it to him, his actions of late have shown that he is indeed […]

Professor Gambari’s academic credentials look impeccable. His experiences as a top diplomat are also noteworthy. If he does assume duty as chief of staff, Gambari would come full circle, having served as a minister under […]

Ican’t write anything about the most popular phrase on earth, “novel Coronavirus pandemic” without sending my special greetings to those medical teams and caregivers home and abroad as well as journalists who have also been […]

A new study said smokers and former smokers, face twice the risk of contracting severe cases of the COVID-19 coronavirus than non-smokers. Those who vape are also at great risk, said researchers at University of […]

The new Chief of Staff, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari on Wednesday said that his allegiance would be to President Muhammadu Buhari, who he said he will serve to the best of his ability. Prof. Gambari was […]

By Olu Fasan Sani Abacha, Nigeria’s kleptomaniac and despotic former dictator died in office in 1998. But if anything reminds us of him, it is Shakespeare’s famous words: “The evil that men do lives after […]

BY BABAJIDE BALOGUN In about two years from now, it would be time for Nigerians to decide clearly who should move into the Presidential Villa as the next president. To say that the stakes would […]

The defects in the foundation of the Nigerian state can hardly be disputed. There would be a need for this foundation to be properly looked into so that an edifice of great promise and potential […]

The Bauchi State Governor, Bala Muhammed, recently lamented that the people of his state do not believe COVID-19 exists. Consequently, they are not taking safety measures seriously. The fact that the governor himself was the […]

Apart from accentuating the pathetically weak state of Nigeria’s health sector, the COVID-19 outbreak has also exposed the country’s perpetual neglect of its children. These two are of course, amongst several other things that need […]

Some persons will wonder why a Catholic Priest should write in positive regard of the celebration of Ramadan. The world has been challenged by religious fanaticism. Religious fanatics accept only the fundamentals of their religions. […]

I know Ibrahim Gambari quite well. I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation. He was then a senior lecturer at […]

Continued from yesterday In the 1999 Constitution produced by Justice Nikki Tobi (1940-2016), the members of the National Council of State were reduced. This was contained in Decree No. 24 of May 5, 1999, which […]