Issues/Policy

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 […]

It would be uncharitable not to commend the national assembly for taking on the worsening security situation in the country in an open debate in the chambers. I offer you four good reasons why the […]

In December, President Muhammadu Buhari had announced that Nigeria would begin to issue visa-on-arrival to every person that carries an African passport. The president told attendees of the Aswan Forum for Sustainable Peace and Development […]

I will start this intervention with a story of a conversation in 1984. I was then working as a sub-editor for Nigeria’s The Guardian newspaper. One of the reporters had just returned from a trip […]

Our Ministers have been giving their performance reports for the last quarter, and it was the turn of Mr Babatunde Raji Fashola last week, at the Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting. The day a Minister […]

All over the country, the nuisance of Okada and Keke’s riders has become a major subject of discourse. Being the commercial nerve center of the country, it is not surprising that the activities of Okada […]

Good Afternoon, Trust this meets you well. This is to bring to your attention the hardship and severe pains that has been instilled on the occupants of 13, Bankole Street, off Baileys Street, Abule-Ijesha, Kayode […]

The scale of bandit enterprise is much more petrifying with the incursive attacks of criminal gangs in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) – the province from where President Muhammadu Buhari presides over the country. Also, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has written an article published by US based Christianity Today in which he praises executed Lawan Andimi, the pastor and chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria in Michika LGA Adamawa and […]

Femi Gbajabiamila, speaker of the house of representatives, says opinions are divided on the continuous stay of service chiefs in office despite rising insecurity. The speaker said this on Monday after visiting President Muhammadu Buhari […]

“I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith…” (2 Timothy 4:7) When on December 7, 2019, news broke that Reinhard Bonnke, the German-born evangelist, whose gospel crusades […]

Amotekun, that security outfit that has dominated national discourse in the last two odd weeks, though officially launched by six governors of the Southwest in the ancient and symbolic city of Ibadan, is the natural […]

It is still relevant to avoid reading from the ‘book of lamentation’ concerning Nigeria at this time as I pledged here the other day. It is still a time to point the way forward to […]