Issues/Policy

The Supreme Court has been adding a lot of spice to our politics in recent times, but I did not see the Bayelsa bombshell coming. Less than 24 hours to the swearing-in of APC’s David […]

One of the major lessons life has taught me is that human beings can be so complex, unpredictable and at times, vicious. One needs the grace of God to be able to survive and succeed […]

Anyone familiar with the health system in Nigeria seeing the handling of the corona virus in China and its oversea colonies of Great Britain and North America will sigh for us. A hospital for a […]

My concern today centres on the consequences of ‘the writing on the wall’ that our leader, Muhammadu Buhari may not bother to read at this time. He doesn’t seem to like anyone raising any alarms […]

The Niger Delta militants had a clear cause which was the fulcrum of their struggles. Their region produced the wealth of the nation but the structural lopsidedness and sinister nature of the Nigerian state made […]

One of the biggest errors about why good governance has become almost impossible in Africa is the belief that the office of President is largely responsible for our travails as a people. This is in […]

The idea of a university germinated from the concept that knowledge can be domesticated and nurtured. Nigerian leaders from the time of independence have placed hope in the ability of our universities to change our […]

Like when a refulgent light slams into a stygian darkness, ripping darkness apart and destroying shadows, truth tears into lies and lays away the darkness in which people and societies sit, helping them to recover. […]

The ban on commercial motorbikes (okada) and tricycles (keke) on selected roads and areas of Lagos is a necessary measure, even if it is inconvenient at the moment. It is a task that has to […]

The United States has a total debt profile of $19.8tn. The same US has pension funds assets of over $24tn. Nigeria has a current total debt profile of $81bn and pension assets of just $22bn. […]

We have gathered around the remains of Michael in supplication but also as solemn witnesses to the penetrating darkness that hovers over our country. I have the rare honour of being considered the principal mourner […]

The Lagos government says it has placed hotels and resort centres in the state on surveillance as part of its measures to prevent coronavirus. Akin Abayomi, commissioner of health, disclosed this while dismissing the rumour […]

The Lagos State Government announced that from Saturday, February 1, 2020, commercial bikes, otherwise known as okada, and tricycles, also known as Keke Marwa, would be banned from operating on bridges, expressways and some inner-city […]

Tayo Oke(drtayooke@gmail.com) In an off-the-cuff remark regarding the Nicaraguan dictator, Anastasio Somoza (1937-1947, 1950-1956), the United States President, Franklin D Roosevelt (1933-1945), said something about Somoza, who had lived in the US before returning to […]

Peter Joshua, the director of finance and administration at Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), has admitted that the agency did nor remit N501.2 million into the federation account in 2014. At an investigative hearing […]

Last Thursday, the Independent National Electoral Commission wielded the big stick by deregistering 74 political parties in one fell swoop. This is unprecedented and not a few Nigerians are happy with INEC’s decision with many […]

The United States has a total debt profile of $19.8tn. The same US has pension funds assets of over $24tn. Nigeria has a current total debt profile of $81bn and pension assets of just $22bn. […]

Have you met the Governor of Cross River State, Professor (Senator) Ben Ayade? I have and nothing has made me more confident about the future of Nigeria like my encounter with the helmsman of the […]