Issues/Policy

As though the humiliation of Nigerians by the absent leadership they have been forced to contend with under President Muhammadu Buhari since the country recorded its index case of the Covid-19 global pandemic wasn’t enough, […]

When Nigeria returned to democracy after a sixteen year hiatus following the collapse of the Second Republic, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo decided to model it after the American style democracy with the creation of the office […]

We will need to do more by way of reforms if our economy is to live up to our sundry aspirations for it. For instance, we do not even know how many businesses have been […]

Sir: I write to express my displeasure and deep disappointment on the seemingly quiet disposition of well-meaning Abians as it concerns the present plight of the senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu. He is […]

Shakespeare’s Othello is a sad metaphor on race and colour. The portrait by the bard of the Moor in the 17th Century play plumbed the depth of race and etches a typical Shakespearean tragedy from […]

The world is still grappling with the Covid-19, the greatest killer pandemic disease seen in modern times. It is a challenge that continues to test the integrity of the medical facilities of nations, the competence […]

The challenge of leadership can be defined as the challenge of development. No nation, society or group of people develops beyond the competence, character and foresight of its leadership. There is a certain degree of […]

The world is full of wealth that is liquid and gaseous in nature. This wealth may be the form that breaks under the weight of a pandemic; it is temporary and can disappear in difficult […]

Barely days to the end of a four-week lockdown declared by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to stem the spread of the coronavirus disease in Nigeria, I’ve seen a few number of “pots […]

Tick-tock, tick-tock, both hands of the clock tiptoed to 12midnight. It was December 31. Hunger and anger waved at the year 1983 which said its goodbyes and trudged towards the calendar door. Economically, 1983 was […]

It is widely accepted that the only thing that is permanent in life is change; however, change is usually faced with a lot of resistance, as people would want to do things the old ways. […]

And the other side of the question is also valid-COVID: where are we taking COVID-19? Whichever one of these two questions we answer first we will need to put our mind to rest and tell […]

This much we can say about the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.): He is an enigma. People who are taciturn are invariably enigmatic. Add to that a Chief of Staff who was just as […]

“If you see your brother standing by the road With a heavy load from the seeds he’s sowed And if you see your sister falling by the way Just stop and say, you’re going the […]

The COVID-19 pandemic is exposing a lot of things—some long-held perceptions and myths, perhaps even ‘truths’ (about people and countries) are being put to the test. It’s safe to say some of these myths are […]

When an influential public figure dies, he ought to be laid to rest, and allowed to rest. The trouble, as Mallam Abba Kyari’s family must have found out in the past week, is that when […]

BY EMEKA OBI Earlier this week, I had a conversation with a friend of mine and I relayed to him that my attention is presently on a project I hope to tidy up before the […]

While I appreciate and congratulate Government and the NCDC for taking us this far, I think we should swallow our pride now and engage Ghana/South Africa on how to make our testing more efficient. That […]

Perhaps the biggest COVID-19 debate in Nigeria today is: should the lockdown be lifted? Residents of Lagos state and the federal capital territory (FCT) have been under a lockdown since March 30. The aim is […]