Issues/Policy

There have been walls created by nature and some created by man. We do not speak therefore of walls like the Great Wall of China that was created for security. The Great Wall of China […]

The theme of our panel discussion this evening is Teetering on the Brink: Religious Extremism in Nigeria. That this is an important and timely subject goes without saying, and it stands to reason that the […]

President Muhammadu Buhari has returned to Nigeria from his four-day visit to the Russian Republic extremely happy with the success of the trip, whose outcome is the best response to a few skeptical audiences back […]

…such outcomes may be one of the many consequences of the unremitting adverse propaganda against Western education by some sections of the society, who could have used their podia for a positively impacting publicity. Earlier […]

There he was, his walker behind him, his walking stick on the ground in front of him. Let me mention the characters in this narrative: there is gran-daddy whom you already know who lives in […]

“Land locked and resource challenged, yet, we are a state of the big ideas; we are also blessed with a highly educated human resource and a leader with a clear vision of transforming the state […]

‘The greatest leader is not necessarily the one who does the greatest things. He is the one that gets the people to do the greatest things’ Ronald Reagan It is in the light of the […]

When the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, met with online publishers last week, he made a declaration that at once elicits cheer and dread. It should elicit cheer from everyone who is witness […]

It has been two really busy legislative weeks for both senators and members of the House of Representatives. This is as a result of budget defence sessions held by lawmakers for Ministries, Departments and Agencies […]

Sometime in 2018, there was a case of violence in DutsePe, a satellite town in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A suspected cult member had just killed a resident and the palace of the community […]

The 14th Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II recently told a moving story of how a mother watched her sick child die while waiting to ask the Emir for financial assistance, because she could not […]

Exactly 20 years after Nigeria supposedly got rid of men in camouflage, the country’s democracy is experiencing a nosedive in ways that words alone cannot adequately capture. Ironically, members of the judiciary appear to be […]

Political leaders tend to copy the dribblers; dribbling their nations. But quite often, these end up dribbling themselves and even playing themselves out of power. One of the largest religions in the world is football. […]

There is a difference between an electoral democracy and a liberal democracy. The latter is ideal but the former is what is prevalent. Following from this, it could be argued that Africa cannot yet boast […]

I think there’s too much government money going after rice and many stragglers have latched on to skim cheap money. Perhaps the investment and attention on rice could be better diverted to technology for innovation […]

His name could have been given fortuitously almost three decades ago. But beyond chance, Victor Amienwanlan, 28, has had to fight to claim his place in this world. I first met him at one of […]

You be thief (I no be thief) You be rogue (I no be rogue) You dey steal (I no dey steal) You be robber (I no be robber) You be armed robber (No be armed […]

Prophet Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere is testimony that size cannot obstruct one’s determination to excel in a chosen career. The petit fellow, who has seized minds in Onitsha, can easily be lost in a crowd of three. […]

A curious debate is going on about the group name of the Yoruba nation, the name ‘Yoruba’. All sorts of strange and fanciful things are being said about this name. Also, many people are calling […]

More than two weeks after a downpour in Lagos, Esther Abu and her children are still counting their losses as they watch their belongings floating in a stagnant pool. In five years that Abu has lived […]