Issues/Policy

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, […]

NIGERIA will be 60 years old this year. Her feet have got burned in history strolling down very rough pathways and rugged terrains of the hot Nigerian desert. She’s had to endure real pain and […]

Days back, representatives of the wife of the President, Aisha Buhari, were in Kano State. Their task was to distribute household items to certain segment of society as a form of assistance. I took note […]

In a country where Nigerians are invariably losing their lives, livelihood and right to free speech, many government officials earn their pay propagating duplicitous commercial messages intended to deflect this truth. One of such officials […]

heads of parliament are puppets of the president. Nigeria tops the list. While her legislature is failing in oversight and overlooking misconducts, that of the United States (US) prosecuted President Donald Trump and almost removed […]

Nigerians have been diehard fans of many of the English football clubs since Pay TV Operator, DSTV liberalized the market and made it possible for the English Premier League to be beamed into the homes […]

Late last week it was reported in some newspapers that GMB, our president of presidents, expressed shock at the current security situation in our country. Whether I should regard his shock as an undiluted one […]

Every inch of Bashorun Olayinka Simoyan’s selfless life, he lived for the people and country. Therefore, it was not a surprise for the flood of tributes that greeted his call to glory at 85, on […]

Border closure against importation and smuggling of agro-allied products is an indication of absolute lack of confidence in the Nigeria Customs Service, stakeholders have said, commending the action as disincentive to smuggling and a boost […]