Issues/Policy

It was argued in certain quarters that the emergence of the Fourth Republic was coincidental. The reason for this postulation was hinged on the betrayal of trust by the then military government, who, after series […]

Nigeria’s 2019 elections, particularly the recent governorship contests in Kogi and Bayelsa states, have forcefully brought back a prediction which the late Tai Solarin made about 40 years ago in the aftermath of the 1979 […]

At a Buckingham Palace reception on Tuesday, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, French President Emmanuel Macron, and British Prime Minister Boris Johnson were recorded sharing a few candid thoughts as the latest NATO summit neared […]

There is a common trait that characterizes the Ogoni people in Nigeria – they are a very determined people and can be committed to what they choose to do. And so, when in 1993, led […]

The Department of State Services (DSS) has released Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement, who has been in detention since August 3. A DSS source disclosed this to TheCable on Thursday night. Marshall Abubakar, one […]

Barely six months after it introduced new online visa payment for all categories of foreigners entering Nigeria, there are indications that the Nigeria Immigration Service may once again change the visa regulation for travellers, particularly […]

It is no longer news that Nigeria’s debit profile has skyrocketed to 25 trillion Naira in the recent time. This does not include President Buhari’s $29.96 billion external borrowing agenda sent to the National Assembly […]

I have no hesitation in admitting that I have a personal, formative interest in the health of the Nigerian judiciary, deeper perhaps than the average Nigerian. At a critical junction in the life of this […]

The Process and Industry Development Limited (P &ID) saga is still remains unresolved and one would have thought that the government would be extra-ordinarily sensitive to ensuring that it does not find itself remotely close […]

Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), says the government cannot afford to keep extending the phasing out of the Almajiri system of education in Nigeria. Speaking at the launch of the revised national security strategy […]

It is estimated that no fewer than 25 million people are living with disabilities in Nigeria. This includes millions of children who daily face discrimination and in some cases abuse due to their disability. Earlier […]

To many Nigerians would have failed to notice the highly significant event that happened in Ogun State shortly after the current state governor, Dapo Abiodun, assumed office. On the Lagos/Ibadan expressway, some pastors of the […]

What does one do when institutions entrusted with our very lives betray that trust in one’s most vulnerable moment? Few months ago in Lagos, a young lady, Ruth, was run into by a speeding car. […]

The 70s must have been the golden era of Nigeria’s public service. That was the era when the Permanent Secretaries most of whom were trained abroad or at the University of Ibadan drew up transformational […]

The crisis rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) over who should occupy which position in the running of the commission is fired by the selfish interest of each of the gladiators and not for […]

Ace Nigerian comedian, Basketmouth some days ago faced backlash after he was unveiled along some other Nigerian celebrities as an advocate for the European Union in Nigeria’s campaign against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence. Many social […]

It is a truth universally acknowledged that a young person offered a chunk of public money to get married may find themselves looking more fondly on the prospect of wedlock. Hungary is having a wedding […]

THE YEAR 2020 will mark the beginning of the decade of the yold, or the “young old”, as the Japanese call people aged between 65 and 75. The height of the baby boom, the period […]

Britain’s immigration stance sometimes echoes the late film director Stanley Kubrick: “I don’t always know what I want, but I do know what I don’t want.” Britain does not want illegal immigrants. Yet nor does […]