Issues/Policy

About a decade ago, the world learnt from scientific data that humans are already at a tipping point of climate change. Part of the recommendations from scientists to mitigate the unpleasant prospect of climate change […]

As I said in a column in June 2019, security is everybody’s business. No individual, group, institution or organisation is nugatory in matters of security. All efforts are needed and all hands must be forged […]

Tayo Oke drtayooke@gmail.com In August 2019, Nigerian President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (Retd.), gave orders for the closure of the country’s land borders across West Africa to check the uncontrolled and seemingly uncontrollable activities of […]

Over the weekend, British boxer, Tyson Fury, defeated his American opponent, Deontay Wilder, in one of the biggest boxing bouts of the last 30 years. After Wilder was knocked down two times and bloodied, his […]

Abnormality tends to be a traditional way of worshipping in the realm of deceit and failure. We suddenly became a scold in the eyes of deception by the preachers of ‘O to ge’. The self-acclaimed […]

His Royal Majesty, the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III, is a statesman who is not given to garrulity or hubris. He seldom speaks publicly about the state of the nation but whenever he […]

Premium Times’ February 17 Unmasking of National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno’s secret memo, which revealed that Abba Kyari, Buhari’s Chief of Staff, exercises presidential powers on Buhari’s behalf, is only the official confirmation of what […]

The Advocacy for Alleged Witches is urging the government of Zimbabwe to take urgent steps to stop the killing of persons accused of witchcraft in the country. This appeal has become necessary following the gruesome […]

David Lyon, former Governor-Elect of Bayelsa State and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi were having a dress rehearsal on how their swearing-in ceremony will go the next day. Such organisational choreography is standard procedure in political […]

Every citadel of learning derives its claim to greatness from the reputation and accomplishments of its students and staff: the great academics and scholars to whom has been given the enormous task of instructing, guiding […]

Just recently, the global consulting giant, KPMG, published its 13th edition of the year-on-year Banking Industry Customer Experience Survey; an impressive shift from its poplar “Customer Satisfaction Survey” (CSS) The new report acknowledges that simply […]

The ever blunt plain speaking Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi recently warned that the North will destroy itself if it doesn’t change. Apparently, Sanusi was referring to the northerners who had ruled Nigeria longest since […]

BY OSSAI OSSAI His Excellency, Mr. Speaker, may recall that the House of Representatives recorded the first reading of the bill for “An Act to Establish Federal Polytechnic Kwale, Delta state, 2019 (HB. 296) on […]

Amazon, eBay and other online marketplaces have “failed to get a grip” on dangerous products, with two thirds of potentially dangerous items purchased in a test failing safety standards, consumer groups warned yesterday. Consumer groups […]

Over the weekend, the Yoruba community in the South Western part of Nigeria was treated to the shocking news of a fight that broke out between two traditional rulers at an arranged peace meeting in […]

Premium Times’ February 17 unmasking of National Security Adviser Babagana Monguno’s secret memo, which revealed that Abba Kyari, Buhari’s Chief of State, exercises presidential powers on Buhari’s behalf, is only the official confirmation of what […]

The story of this man, the late Chief Guy Garguilo (G.G, for style), an Anglo-Italian, written by Mr Gbenga Omotoso, Lagos Information Commissioner, reminds one of Archdeacon Henry Dallimore, founder of Christ’s School, Ado-Ekiti; the […]

Is it a sign of the times that Nigerians have, generally, appeared not bothered any longer by certain anomalies in the polity, such as President Muhammadu Buhari’s failure to fill vacancies in several agencies? As […]