Issues/Policy

One is deeply appalled that none of Nigeria’s numerous trendy Business Schools, inclusive of the so-called prestigious Lagos Business School, has risen to the challenge of lecturing the International Oil Companies (IOCs) on the acute […]

There is a sense in which we believe that an outgoing year actually dies. It ends. It quits the stage and goes into oblivion. It can only be a reference material thenceforth. It does not […]

Na God go punish all these our leaders!!” The agitated crowed started wailing. Some minutes ago, Mr Seun arrived work limping and immediately, drew the attention of everyone as he nursed the wounds around his […]

Once a dictator, as a military Head of State, Muhammadu Buhari sought democratic power, preaching change; and we embraced him, believing that nothing could be worse than the regime of Goodluck Jonathan. But we are […]

Permit me to indulge in this end-of-the-year humbug. I have read some prophecies for the year 2020 by men who arrogate to themselves the title ‘’man of God’’. Well, since I am not born of […]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says Abubakar Malami, minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, lacks powers to order the release of any detainee out of mercy. Falana said this while responding to Malami’s […]

Bamidele Salam, a member of the house of representatives, has opposed the plan to spend N37 billion on the renovation of the National Assembly Complex. There has been a nationwide outrage since President Muhammadu Buhari […]

In Nigeria, falling for Afghanistan’s sirens simply is when our newspaper columnists and writers focus their attention on far-flung foreign features while ignoring domestic hot-button issues beckoning them. When home matters of momentous concerns come […]

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 […]