Issues/Policy

A human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has alleged that the Department of State Services (DSS) is plotting to file a fresh charge against Omoyele Sowore, convener of RevolutionNow Movement. Speaking during a Channels TV programme […]

azonwuka@yahoo.com 0809-8727-263 (sms only) Last week, when it was announced that the Lionheart movie had been disqualified by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, many Nigerians received the story with sadness and disappointment. […]

Kelechi Amakoh and Marina Sánchez Castelo Continued from Thursday The out-of-school children issue in Nigeria is a product of different factors, often entangling and connected to several aspects. Tax fraud is a challenge most economies […]

Using its admission policy to adjudge it, in the Nigerian context, one may not be wrong to declare that Nigeria’s premier university, The University of Ibadan, is one of the few institutions in the country […]

drtayooke@gmail.com this topic touches on a very sensitive, delicate issue of discipline in universities and other institutions of higher learning in this country. It is about the right boundary between a lecturer and their student […]

…threatens to strike out $39.7m and N3.32bn money laundering case Ade Adesomoju, Abuja Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday gave the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission until March 2020 […]

I’ve lived in different cities in the course of my time on earth – London, Crawley, The Hague, Abuja, and Lagos (which has my heart). One thing that has always struck me is how these […]

On April 12, 2017, Aliyu Umar, 27, began his day, carefully preparing a charcoal fire with which he would prepare breakfast of noodles, bread, fried eggs and tea for his early morning customers. His makeshift shop […]

It would not have been a surprise if after some roles were moved away from his schedule, the Vice President is seen slowing down and doing less. But that is not the story of Prof. […]

Since the aborted medical trip of Sheikh Zakzaky and his wife Malama Zeenah a couple of months ago, nothing has been heard of the duo. No word from the government- or any other relevant authority, […]

President Evo Morales of Bolivia has resigned following protests which trailed his reelection. Protesters had trooped to the streets asking him to step down over the alleged irregularities which marred last month’s election. In a […]

I was at a quite significant event last Thursday in Ikeja, Lagos in honour of a significant journalist, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, who we can conveniently describe as a symbol of consistency and integrity when it […]

A fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. (William Shakespeare, As you like it) In this season when the Villa has become dangerous to the men […]

I hinted at this possibility on this page last week. They had denied this plot before. Last week, I noted here that there could be some correlation between the state’s plot to muzzle the press […]

I was at a quite significant event last Thursday in Ikeja, Lagos in honour of a significant journalist, Mr. Dapo Olorunyomi, who we can conveniently describe as a symbol of consistency and integrity when it […]

I argued that there is too much emphasis on a strong economy as a basis of a clear-headed foreign policy, pointing out that although poor, Cuba cannot be overlooked in the international circuit and that […]

Dapo Olurunyomi, who turned 62 yesterday November 8, must write his own book. He is a silent onlooker in the work edited by Chido Onumah and Frederick Onumah. He must come alive in his own […]