Issues/Policy

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 […]

For a company to exist as a legal entity, it must be set up by an individual, a group of individuals, or another entity. Every company needs an individual or an entity to underpin its […]

That flexing of muscles in Lagos between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, over the list of commissioner-nominees is on the surface a minor matter that could have been trashed via phone chats between […]

If you have lived in the “Garden City’’ of Port Harcourt like I I did, you would know the term “Ikwerre Landord” and what it means. With four local Governments, Emohua, Ikwerre, Obio-Akpor and Port […]

News coming out of Port Harcourt concerning the decommissioning of Daar Communications broadcast facilities is not good at all, especially following the recent apotheosis of founder and Chairman Emeritus, High Chief Raymond Aleogho Dokpesi. In […]

The wealth management industry in Nigeria is growing steadily. As at 2022, Assets Under Management grew by 25 per cent, and it shows no sign of stopping. This growth indicates an increasing awareness of the […]

In Nigeria’s governance landscape, few leaders have been as instrumental in driving progress across multiple sectors as Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State. His visionary leadership has brought transformation and positioned Imo as a beacon […]

Back in 1986, the firebrand musicologist and pan-Africanist, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti (1938-1997), composed and performed the classic Afrobeat and Jazz infused hit: Teacher Don’t Teach Me Nonsense. The polemicist, Fela, in the vocals, sung in pidgin […]

The deafening silence of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) since JP Morgan’s very shocking revelation a few weeks ago that Nigeria’s foreign exchange (FX) reserves stood at about US$3 billion as at end-December 2022 […]

The lofty objectives of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) in Nigeria, upon inception in 1973, by the military administration of General Yakubu “Jack” Gowon (Rtd), were to help foster integration, reconciliation and national unity. […]