Issues/Policy

Recently, the world marked the International Day of the Girl-Child. Who is the girl-child and why is she singled out for attention throughout the world? That is what we plan to deal with here today. […]

On the third anniversary of the #EndSARS protest this month, it is important to assess its far-reaching effects on Nigeria’s politics. What connects the protest – primarily a protest against excessive police use of force […]

With the news media raising genuine concern on the crisis looming in Nigerian public universities, caused of course, by the massive exit of several lecturers seeking greener pastures in foreign land, some urgent actions should […]

Temitope Oladipo Fayehun must be passing through hard times. A native of Ilesa in Osun State, Fayehun’s ordeal started on March 2, 2021, when he, alongside others in his vehicle, fell into the hands of […]

Some lawyers expressed worries last week that in the aftermath of the 2023 elections, political petitions have congested the courts, crowding out and slowing other matters that are equally essential in nation building, economic and […]

Continued from yesterday Palliatives for the poor can be directly served to the poor via appropriations to regular agencies and institutions that directly reach the poor. For example, the poor can be directly reached in […]

Quality control and stable markets are essential pillars of Africa’s food systems, ensuring that households can access nutrient-rich food, stabilise prices, and improve overall diets. However, with Africa’s swelling population, the current food value chain […]

As Nigeria and South Africa prepare for a presidential binational commission meeting expected to take place in South Africa next month, it is worth pondering the state of what should be Africa’s most strategic bilateral […]

How will the international community perceive Nigerians? Foreign investors would have nothing to do with us again. These bland concerns summarise the embarrassing affairs of the past few weeks on the unclarity of President Bola […]

In the last few days, the judgment delivered by the Kano state gubernatorial election petition tribunal, overturning the election of Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf of the NNPP in favour of that of APC, Nasiru Yusuf […]

It is understandable there has been so much brouhaha over whether Bola Ahmed Tinubu attended Chicago State University or not. And if he did, did he finish and did he pass? A great many had […]

I had four assignments to accomplish in Warri. I completed three and decided to leave after reaching the conviction that what I achieved was much. The state of the Koko junction and the crushing Ologbo […]

Èèyàn Ò sunwonláàye Ijo a baku la n di ere. Humans are not honoured while alive. The day one dies is when one becomes a statue. If you are here to read the rumours about […]

It was not surprising that the people of Egbaland rolled out the drums to celebrate His Majesty, Oba Aremu Gbadebo, the Alake of Egbaland, when he marked his 80th birthday on September 14. Oba Gbadebo […]

The conversation on the subject of slavery and slave trade as well as the possible compensation for the heinous crime cannot ever end. The descendants of the perpetrators will not agree and the prospective beneficiaries […]

(Published by the Sunday Tribune, September 24, 2023) When Chief Obafemi Awolowo died in 1987, amid a deluge of musical tributes in his honour, a line among those offerings stood out, evergreen. Sang by Fuji […]

Abubakar’s Special Assistant on Public Communication, Phrank Shaibu, unveils the 10 big lies that have so far characterised the Bola Tinubu administration. Shaibu said in a statement at the weekend that the repeated lies were […]

At long last, the Presidential Election Petition Court delivered its long-awaited judgments on the three petitions filed in respect of the 2023 presidential election. All over the world, many people were glued to their televisions […]

When President Bola Ahmed Tinubu (PBAT) was barely three weeks in office, this column had cause to demand that he make haste on insecurity. That call came a bit early, considering that PBAT had not […]