Issues/Policy

Shortly before the celebration of the lunar year by the Chinese, the world was alerted to the emergence of the corona virus in the Wuhan province of China. A pastor friend of mine told me […]

I have known of no honour greater than to be invited to chair this all important event which aims to stem the tide of unbridled violence been unleashed on Northern Nigeria. At this moment of […]

The dust raised by the introduction of South West security outfit, Amotekun seemed not to have settled as some Northern elements last week came up with its own version named Shege-Ka-Fasa, while that of the […]

Escalated killings and tension have lately gone viral across the land, leaving on its trail a growing discontent and vote of no confidence in the Federal Government’s handling of insecurity. But beyond an inane expression […]

Life, the poets say, is a tragic comedy. And contemporary Nigeria certainly provides all the evidence; doesn’t it? Such evidence has of late become all too palpable. Else how is it, if one is permitted […]

If there is anything that has helped to worsen the mass poverty in Nigeria, it is the failure of governments at all levels to pay retired workers their pension and gratuity. Every year, thousands of […]

I’m very worried about the trekkers. No people deserve this agony on account of rash governance. This is a classic case of a government transferring its own burden of governance to the people. As long […]

China is currently fighting an all-out people’s war against the novel coronavirus pneumonia (NCP) outbreak. The virus is unprecedented, so are the measures China has taken. The safety and health of the people always comes […]

Daniel Toroitich Arap Moi, Kenya’s president from 1978 to 2002, died on 4 February at the age of 95. He was one of Africa’s most ruthless and uncouth autocrats. Moi was born in September 1924 […]

Economic Statecraft by Obadiah Mailafia 08170000411 (SMS only) obmailafia@gmail.com The tortoise and the palm tree are not known to be friends. Tall and elegant, palm trees can grow to a height of 200 feet (61.96 […]

The challenge of development and economic growth in Nigeria is one of ideas, policy prescriptions and implementation. It is not a challenge founded on lack of financial resources. Indeed, financial resources are products of the […]

Five monsters orbited around the dark universe of the doomed Goodluck Jonathan administration. The monsters were corruption, impotence, indifference, arrogance and wastefulness, all symbolising the five fingers of a leprous hand. From its outset in […]

Farida Waziri, former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says Olusegun Obasanjo and Shehu Musa Yar’Adua were unjustly jailed for the 1995 coup. She said while Obasanjo, who had served as head […]

Majekodunmi Fasheke, the Nigerian reggae music legend and firebrand rasta who sang protest songs, spoke against police brutality, fought for the downtrodden, promoted ethnic and religious harmony, and brought down the rain, clocked 58 on […]

Three hundred and eight million United States dollars. That is how much money Nigeria was set to receive last week in another of those Abacha loot repatriations. It is a lot of money, capable of […]

Laughter, they say, is good for the soul. Even if such clichés did not exist, someone in Nigeria would have needed to manufacture them. Speaking of which, Peter Enahoro did write the book, ‘You Gotta […]

Nmutaka Chikwendu, a resident of Lagos, on Thursday, narrated how he was arrested by the police for driving a power bike. The state government had enforced the restriction of commercial tricycles and motorcycles in 15 […]

Each time he itemizes the three focal areas of government, President Muhammadu Buhari follows the same order: we shall secure the country, because you have to first secure a country or institution before you can […]

A study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) put the number of out-of-school children in Nigeria to 13.5 million – as of 2018. An unimpressive mass of this number comes from Borno, Adamawa, Yobe, […]