Issues/Policy

When Turkey decided to invade Northern Syria and Donald Trump obliged by withdrawing American soldiers from that region, my mind went to my old friends, the Kurds. In particular, I remembered the PKK and their […]

The National Assembly (NASS) has come under serious attacks over its incessant interference and the roles individual lawmakers are playing, which have allegedly worsened the precarious state of the nation’s power sector. This interference, it […]

To a considerable degree, I agree with the axiom that the difference between a leader and a politician is that ‘a politician thinks about the next election while a leader thinks about the next generation’. […]

I have been following the ongoing debate on the origin and meaning of the word Yoruba, with Mr Femi Fani Kayode arguing that Yoruba was derived from the word Yariba, which means “shady and unreliable”. […]

A member of the House of Representatives, Abdulmumin Jbrin (APC-Kano), has demanded N3 billion as compensation from an activist, Segun Awosanya (@segalink), for “libellous and defamatory” comments against the lawmaker on his Twitter handle. Mr […]

The United States-based Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights has petitioned the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention on behalf of Omoyele Sowore. Sowore is a prominent human rights defender, activist, journalist, and founder of […]

On Wednesday October 9, President Muhammmadu Buhari summoned all the Ministers that served under him when he was the military Head of State between January 1984 and August 1985. He summoned them to the State […]

Human Rights lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), has sued the Nigerian army for its “operation positive identification” exercise which was scheduled to commence across Nigeria on Friday, November 1, 2019, and lasts until December 23, 2019. […]

The creation of the Economic Advisory Council (EAC) in September generated all sorts of public reactions. One notable reaction was the view that its creation has diminished the remit of the Vice President, in as […]

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), says he is ready to face trial in Nigeria if his safety is guaranteed by the court. Kanu spoke through Ifeanyi Ejiofor, his counsel, […]

A few days after the news broke, it did. And it has written several follow-up stories on it since then. That is their typical story about Nigerian churches. That is their bread and butter. They […]

*U.S.G. has invested N305.586bn in country’s health programmes since 2015 Officials of the United States (US) Consulate in Nigeria have provided more explanation why their government does not give direct funding to agencies and governments […]

The menace of sexual harassment in higher institutions of learning has taken a worrisome trend, with lecturers now undaunted in their quest to have sex with their students. The recent exposé by the BBC, of […]

There is no doubt that there are so many dimensions to the Nigerian postcolonial predicament. And to get a handle on these dimensions and the lessons they teach requires that we also get a regular […]

It may appear curious but there is every likelihood that the general Nigeria life, like a book, is written and can be read by all discerning minds on the roads. To start with, if most […]

‘Fisayo Soyombo, & the Legal Propriety of prosecuting an undercover journalist for exposing systemic corruption through Unconventional Means (A Dialogue) ‘Fisayo Soyombo, a multiple award-winning journalist, in a three-part article, chronicles with the aid of […]

Recently, Lagos State governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu, signed the $629 million financing facility aimed at completion of the Lekki Deep Seaport project. According to the agreement, in 30 months, Nigeria’s first deep seaport will […]

Not quite long from now did Twittersphere got lit due to a constellation of fiery tweets and retweets of comments emanating from Chief Dele Momodu’s tweet; one that berated youths, whom he claimed have ‘abandoned’ […]

The immediate past Chairman, Senate Committee on Industry, Senator Sam Egwu, apparently drew the attention of many to the challenge of products standardization in Nigeria when he said, “We are not happy that the Standards […]

Dear Nigerian children. Thirty years ago – long before many of you were born – the world came together to write a document that would help to defend and protect your rights. They did this […]