Issues/Policy

If you are a state governor in Nigeria and you are not already working round the clock, night and day, you are playing with fire. Red-hot, napalm fire! Here is your reality. Bonny Light (Nigeria’s […]

To mitigate the stony resolve of Shylock, the shylock (what else?) of William Shakespeare’s “Merchant of Venice,” to extract a pound of flesh from debtor Antonio, pretend lawyer Portia, pleaded earnestly, “The quality of mercy […]

No doubt, COVID-19 is a global problem that will have a global effect. African countries may, however, end up being disproportionately affected by the deadly virus given that most of these countries entered the pandemic […]

The above question was posed to me on Monday, April 20, 2020 by the anchor of ‘Politics Today’ on Channels Television, Seun Okinbaloye. Well, I answered in the negative and I would advance my reasons […]

These are the days of great unravelling. A new empire is rising as the old fumbles its way down a dark, uncertain alley. Elements of the much-celebrated global village have become separated by overnight executive […]

I do not gloat when someone dies, even if they were the most reprehensible in my world during their lifetime. I remember clearly the stunned face of the Nigerian compatriotic who broke the news of […]

Sometime in 1999, as both the 20th century and the second millennium were drawing to a close, the Pluto Press, London, released a book with the title: “The Lugano Report” and subtitle, “On preserving capitalism […]

The beauty of due diligence is that it can be employed from a distance and without the slightest contact with the target organisation. So, it is relevant to bring it to the attention of management […]

Sitting however directly behind me was a man who coughed ceaselessly and seemingly recklessly as I never missed the impact on me each time he coughed. I couldn’t wait for the ceremony to be over. […]

THE Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) in its reaction to President Muhammadu Buhari’s second address to the nation on Monday 13 April, 2020 on the state of the nation vis-à-vis Coronavirus pandemic, knocked most of the […]

Several complimentary commentaries have been shared with regard to the recently deceased Chief of Staff to the president, Abba Kyari. These included glowing tributes from a current minister who was singlehandedly appointed by Kyari, not […]

If the funds do indeed go missing, it would be definitive proof of what we already know. Given Nigeria’s history, that’s the easy part. The difficult part is what will the people do about it? […]

In the wake of Mr. Kyari’s demise, there have been tributes and recriminations offered by both friends and foes, respectively. Both blocs are extreme in their eulogies and flaks. And because two extremes do not […]

As tributes continue to pour in for late Abba Kyari, chief of staff to Muhammadu Buhari, the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has described him as a “colossus”. Ademola Olajire, NFF’s director of communications, in a […]

At independence, Nigeria held great optimism, political commentaries across the globe testified to inevitable emergence of strong nation to lead Africa out the dungeon occasioned by colonialism. It was an easy prediction.  All indicators of […]

The rising sun suddenly set without giving out a sign, the moon refused to show up throughout the night. The sky is dark and heavily pregnant. The cloud roars up the whirlwind, striking with a […]

On the death of Abba i have read a lot. I thought i wont make more comments but what i am seeing is nauseating. On social media in the last few years i read a […]

At the end of the year, many media outfits love to predict how the incoming new year will be like. The likes of the Economist, Time etc devote a substantial part of their reportage to […]

The headlines of newspapers and television news and social media are currently dominated by COVID-19, the terrible scourge which has left powerful nations squirming in great discomfort. Scientists assure us that the pandemic started in […]