Issues/Policy

The last seven weeks must go down as Nigeria’s season of dilemma with the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. In a way, the ugly season of sudden death and griping fear known to have emanated from far […]

In the last few weeks, there have been reported cases of ‘mysterious’ deaths of high calibre persons in the highly populous and commercial city of Kano. Although officially Kano has recorded and confirmed about 693 […]

Prof. Sola Fajana is the former vice chancellor, Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Osun State. In this interview with UJUNWA ATUEYI, Fajana, a professor of labour economics and human resource management decried the age-long neglect […]

While the internal business environment is within the control of business owners, the same cannot be said of the external business environment. The single most important influence in today’s external business environment are disruptions due […]

Gladys Uwaleke Students with disabilities require special education tailored to meet their unique needs. In Nigeria, it is mostly obtained in school-bound settings which have now been greatly affected by the outbreak of coronavirus otherwise […]

“The President has approved that this administration should implement the Oransanye report. It has reviewed the whole of the size of government and has made very significant recommendations in terms of reducing the number of […]

So much hysteria is strewn in the way of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless telecommunications technology. One way to understand the difference between the present, and 5G technology, is to remember, “New Improved,” the […]

If the Abacha repressive regime were a soccer team, Professor Ibrahim Gambari would be one of the “1st eleven players” or at least a quarter back on the reserve bench in the government squad. Though […]

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 […]