Issues/Policy

Iknow him 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 the ABU. […]

The already thirteen year old trial of former governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State is to recommence for another twenty years probably. EFCC by now is looking to regather its 19 witnesses for a […]

Ibrahim Gambari is set to become President Muhammadu Buhari’s chief of staff barring any last minute glitch. He replaces Abba Kyari, the man who redefined the significance of the position in contemporary Nigeria. As usual, […]

Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) especially manufacturers and private sector operators go through a lot in Nigeria to break even in business. Even though Small and Medium Enterprises in Nigeria are believed to account for […]

When Covid19 was officially declared a pandemic by the WHO, the world system was shaken at every level, politically, economically, psychologically, religions and also the education sector was not left out of the impact of […]

“The only thing more frustrating than slanderers is those foolish enough to listen to them.” Chris Jammi It’s perplexing the length that unrepentant cynics and “haters” can go,especially those who have taken their hate to […]

Kayode Fayemi, governor of Ekiti state, says Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of Afenifere, pan-Yoruba socio-political group, left a lasting impression on him as his school principal. In a letter the governor signed in commemoration of […]

In their prickly reaction to my April 16 Washington Post #ChinaMustPay article (a response published in the Guardian Newspaper of May 3, 2020), the Government of China through their Embassy in Nigeria missed the opportunity […]

It is true that the whole world generally, and Nigeria particularly are currently at (biological) war with coronavirus. However, while we all pray and work that we survive this war, we should not lose sight […]

Governor Udom Emmanuel has done a very good job in the management of the COVID-19 pandemic in Akwa Ibom State but he is not given full marks for his exertions. By the opinion of non-partisan […]

The Board of Governors and the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank (AfDB) have given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the Bank’s President, a clean bill of health in a report dated May 5, wherein it […]

Nursing as the heart of health care system means a lot, medicine and surgery might be the brain but in medicine, it has been proven that when the heart stops working the brain brain dies […]

The death of revered retired judge of the Lagos State High Court, Hon. Justice Isiaka Ishola Oluwa on Saturday left a sour taste in my mouth and a deep pain in my heart not on […]

In their prickly reaction to my April 16 Washington Post #ChinaMustPay article (a response published in the Guardian Newspaper of May 3, 2020), the Government of China through their Embassy in Nigeria missed the opportunity […]

The Nigerian Medical Association (NMA) says the country’s low testing rate for COVID-19 is depressing. In a statement entitled: “Preparing For The Worst Case Scenario”, Francis Faduyile, NMA president, called for improvement. He said the […]

Like many other societies in the world, Africa boasts of a past that is ambivalent, a mixture of the good, the bad and the ugly. She had villains, despots, tyrants, developmental leaders and all sorts […]

Re: Open Letter To Fayemi – How Negligence, Lack of PPE and Oxygen killed my Mum at EKSUTH Dear John, Your open letter on the above stated was brought to my attention. First, I commiserate […]

It’s saddening to note that when the deadly COVID–19 virus struck Nigeria, our universities shut down alongside nursery and primary schools. No room was provided for e-learning. Nigerian students are glued to their houses waiting […]

Your Excellency, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, you would recall that when the coronavirus pandemic began to take its toll on the Nigerian economy, President Muhammadu Buhari set up the […]