Issues/Policy

Some diabolical male chauvinists out there are making bad noises that because this year’s Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday women should not be romanced. These evil men go further in their crazy desecration of […]

As the world hurtles into the digital age, the banking and financial technology (fintech) industry has undergone a radical transformation, reshaping the way we manage and interact with our finances. This evolution has not only […]

In recent days, there has been a plethora of media attacks on the person of the Executive Vice President, Upstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), OritsemeyiwaEyesan. However, those who have worked […]

The king of England has cancer; may the cancer be short-lived and may the King live long on the throne of his forbears which he mounted at 75. When the king catches cancer, or when […]

I had planned to write on leadership lessons from the late General Murtala Muhammed who was assassinated 48 years ago. Tuesday this week is the anniversary of that sad memory. I had wanted to remind […]

The death of Olujimi Solanke on Monday, February 5, 2024 at the age of 81, is no doubt, painful to the people of Ipara Remo, Ogun State in particular, and the generality of Nigerians, who […]

We are in the golden age of Nigeria’s cultural and creative dominion of Africa. From Cape Town to Cairo, and Blantyre to Bamako, everyone is dancing to Nigeria’s afro beats, watching our film stars on […]

Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart […]

The new war on kidnapping and criminality has to be fought on the frontier of knowledge. The new bands of criminals are vicious and lack any semblance of humanity or mercy. They are worse than […]

This piece is devoted to the memory of a great African revolutionary, Major Boakye Djan. He was one of the key leaders of the Ghanaian June 4, 1979 Revolution. Major Djan passed on August 30, […]

Dear Health Minister, wetin you dey find for Sokoto, dey inside your Şòkòtò. This can be summarised thus…minimal effort, maximum returns. If like me, you follow Nigeria’s incumbent Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]

Last week, mayhem returned to same Plateau, leading to imposition of another 24-hour curfew in Mangu Local Government. From reports, instead of the usual mid-night terrorist onslaught on communities, like the Christmas Eve simultaneous killings […]

Those faulting the decision to invite competent private companies to operate and maintain the would-be repaired NNPC-refineries have not diligently studied the recurring challenges in Nigeria’s Downstream petroleum sub sector. I so aver with a […]

My sense of patriotism would not allow me to call Nigeria a failed nation. Yet, everything points in that direction. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State warned as far back as March 2022 that a […]

His stance was completely demonstrated for all to see when he refused to be bullied by the then Government of President Goodluck Jonathan. During the Privatisation of the Electricity sector, he stood between the government […]

Although globally, the governments of most nations do not toy with the promotion and protection of human rights of their citizens and therefore make it obligatory on all persons and authorities to follow the constitutional […]

Charles Darwin, the famous biologist once said that it is neither the strongest of the species nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change that survives and […]

First national Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Chief Bisi Akande, appears to have forgotten that corruption has crippled the country. And that the reason they came on board as a political party in […]

The confrontation between the duly elected Governor of Lagos State, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu and an errant soldier, who breached the traffic regulations of Lagos State, has generated a lot of reactions in the public space. […]

Many worshippers and pilgrims seek after pastors and prophets these days in the name of miracle almost completely oblivious of Christ. Though miracle is a vital aspect of the ministry of Christ and his most […]