Issues/Policy

Boyfriend turned cannibal Owolabi Adeeko has told Police interrogators in Ogun state how he killed girlfriend 22 year-old Favour Daley-Oladele, final year Theatre Arts student of the Lagos State University. More chillingly he has described […]

It was a bleak day in the town of Chamchamal in Iraqi Kurdistan. Droplets splattered from dark, dense clouds rumbling overhead. The same heaviness filled the home of Mahmoud Mohammad, a Kurdish Peshmerga soldier killed […]

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says it stands by its position that Christians are being persecuted in Nigeria. CAN said this in reaction to the statement by Sa’ad Abubakar, sultan of Sokoto, that the […]

One of the most chilling claims I have ever heard in my life was allegedly made by the chief security officer to a Nigerian military ruler years ago. Nicely confronted by journalists over his suffocating […]

Dr. Abubakar Olusola Saraki the medical doctor turned politician was a Philanthropist who took advantage of the widespread poverty in his native state of Kwara to build his political empire and feather his nest. After […]

If the year 1999 still resonates with you, it’s probably your birth year or you are a fan of the late rock star Prince. Or maybe you are one of the billions of people around […]

I sit here with a clear conscience,” Major-General Muhammadu Buhari last week appealed to Mary Beth Leonard, the new ambassador of the United States to Nigeria. “I took an oath and I am honouring the […]

Teachers should remain observant of the various ways that their own biases could affect their pedagogical methods in their teaching of both genders. They must equally contend with other influences apart from themselves. A lot […]

Except for South African countries, where there is relatively high state capacity, my framework would not recommend an investment in the African utilities sector; not in the traditional way, at least. Innovative solutions like off-grid, […]

A New York apartment hurriedly purchased by a shoddy company registered in the American state of Delaware is raising fresh questions over the circumstances leading to the conferment of diplomatic status on Nigeria’s former petroleum […]

I never thought President Muhammadu Buhari cared about posterity or how he would be evaluated when he leaves office because his actions now betray any reflection on the future. I also never thought he was […]

’Tunji Ajibade(tunjioa@yahoo.com) Ethnic defenders are free to express their views on national issues. However, when persons of Yoruba origin cast other ethnic groups as devils, they don’t represent my view, and I believe, that of […]

At times, life is hard, as hard as crucible steel. It has its bleak and painful moments. Like the ever-flowing waters of the river, life has its moments of drought and its moments of floods. […]

Mr. Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, was recently quoted as saying that only a magician could fix the power problem in the country. He probably meant it as a cynical joke. But as […]

Reflecting on the mind-boggling anxiety of our security agencies over the activities of would-be revolutionaries in our midst is fast becoming an instinctive habit in Nigeria. Of course, the degree of indulgence and consequent proceedings […]

Depression may start in the brains of children as young as seven – and warning signs could predict future emotional problems, a study suggests. For many people with depression, symptoms such as anxiety and lack […]

Let me start by saying that the governors who signed the outrageous pension laws after the expiration of their tenures represent the most irresponsible, callous and shameless scams in Nigeria as we know it and […]

Fola Ojo (willieojo@yahoo.com) She defied the bitingly cold weather of the US Midwest Coast as she came visiting from Nigeria for Christmas. After the Sunday worship service, she waited to talk. It was a lengthy […]

gregodogwu@yahoo.com 08063601665 “I am disappointed with the result of COP 25. The international community lost an important opportunity to show increased ambition on mitigation, adaptation and finance to tackle the climate crisis” – Antonio Guterres, […]