Issues/Policy

Never has our institution, FUNAAB, been led by a recalcitrant head whose sworn mission, it clearly seems, is to go beyond all boundaries of professionalism and due process in proving his misplaced maladministration to the […]

Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial capital, again recorded another deadly explosion on Sunday morning, leaving behind devastation and chaos in its wake for all those directly affected. The incident, which happened around the Abule Ado area of […]

The last Monday sack of Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, erstwhile Emir of Kano, by the Kano State governor, Umar Ganduje, sent shock waves round the whole of Nigeria and I dare say to every nook of […]

A German Philosopher, Arthur Schopenhauer once said that suffering by nature, or chance never seems so painful as suffering inflicted by the arbitrary will of another. If you were a Nigerian, currently experiencing the poor […]

When the ancient gate to the palace opened that fateful evening of Monday, March 9, 2020, the convoy of pickup vans, buses, and cars that drove out bore the somber looks reminiscent of a funeral […]

One case that lingers in the memory from those days of growing up in Akure had to do with a death in a crowd. Who killed the man that died during one of those demonstrations […]

His conflict resolution skills rid the Niger Delta of the habitual tension caused by militants in 2017. His sense of diplomacy settled what was to become a rift between the FG and the S/West State […]

Former MD/CEO, Pfizer/Neimeth, Mazi Sam Ohuabunwa, spoke to Southeast Bureau, CHIEF LAWRENCE NJOKU, on various topical issues. • It Does Not Require Microscope To See That This Government Is Unfair To Southeast How would you […]

We are on the march again looking for Mr. President even when we should be seeking ways to shoot the trouble our poor judgment created last time we recruited one. I still believe that there […]

These are depressing times – stemming from different factors of course – for a large sector of the nation. Insecurity, economy in a coma, a leadership in name only, having vanished into ether, permanently AWOL […]

His conflict resolution skills rid the Niger Delta of the habitual tension caused by militants in 2017. His sense of diplomacy settled what was to become a rift between the FG and the S/West State […]

In 1947 when the British Raj left India after being there for well over three centuries, the newly created independent state of India opted to do away with the traditional institutions that had been part […]

The story is told of how a British missionary, Pa Elton, laboured for 25 years doing good works in Nigeria––building schools and hospitals––until God convicted him in the place of quiet meditation and prayer with […]

There are clear thinkers, muddled thinkers and people that fall in between. Clear thinks -are the ones that can cull everything down into the right points-are very hard to find. But if you get yourself […]

Recent events at one of the foremost Universities in Nigeria, The University of Lagos has prompted a close and second look at the write up of one of the foremost British Journalists and Author, Alfred […]

There is no better way of introducing Odia Ofeimun than pointedly stressing that “Odia Ofeimun is Odia Ofeimun!” Enough said. Poet, publisher, editor, activist, polemicist, mentor, politician, columnist, factory worker, writer, dance-drama exponent, public intellectual, […]

At the moment, a drive through the streets and highways of Lagos will reveal that roads have either been repaired or are being fixed across many locations. The current effort has impressively reduced the number […]

On Monday, Nigerians, who are already used to and have become accustomed to weird and strange news on a daily basis, woke up to the yet ugly news of the dethronement and banishment to Loko, […]

Journalism covers the gamut of activities involved in writing news and commentaries for newspapers, magazines, web news platforms, blogs, news broadcasts , etc. Citizens who have smartphones and data access, Facebook, Twitter access and also […]

Shock and criticism greeted the dethronement of the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II on Monday. The announcement of his removal swept through the entire nation like wild fire. He was clearly a victim of […]