Issues/Policy

There are more Nigerians than other nationals on death row in Malaysia, Amnesty International said in a new report Monday. Of the 568 foreign nationals on death row for various offences in Malaysia, 119 are […]

Nigerian government, between 1999 and 2010, reportedly spent over N4.7 trillion on power, but the country is still in darkness. Eight years later, Jonathan and Buhari administrations invested another N1.164 trillion into through capital releases, […]

Investigative journalist ‘FISAYO SOYOMBO spent two weeks in detention — five days in a Police cell and eight as an inmate in Ikoyi Prison — to track corruption in Nigeria’s criminal justice system, beginning from the moment of […]

The 119 Nigerians on death row in Malaysia may be saved from the executioner if the country’s legislature passed a bill to abolish the death penalty as being proposed by the country’s law minister Liew […]

It was a sore point he touched. President Muhammadu Buhari who is not known for diplomatese said it as it is. In his address to the newly inaugurated Economic Advisory Council he dismissed the data […]

The appointment at the Federal University of Agriculture, Abeokuta will provide him a unique opportunity to contribute to the diffusion of creativity, the linkages of sciences, technology and culture, and the training of future leaders […]

The great teachers!! We are the great teachers!! This slogan caught my attention recently, while inside a BRT bus. A group of ladies perhaps in their late 30s or mid 40s shouted this slogan again […]

The first time of hearing of qualified people leaving South Africa for greener pastures was when I was leaving Nigeria for South Africa. There was reason for leaving South Africa then especially if you were […]

Loneliness is an experience that has been around since the beginning of time but we all learn to cope. Loneliness is personal and can occur when people are surrounded by others even when this individual […]

Over breakfast and the obligatory cups of coffee somewhere in New York late September, a bright and enterprising Nigerian lady was, as it were, preaching to the converted on the urgency and benefits of private […]

Just like any other family in today’s world, internet has now become a necessity to keep in touch with the ever changing world we live in. From news, entertainment and even school work, internet, quality […]

Nigeria’s borders with neighbouring countries have been shut since August with President Muhammadu Buhari saying the action was taken to curb smuggling. There have been various reactions to the action. In this interview with TheCable, […]

Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) — Lagos traffic is so snarled and gridlocked that a recent trip from the airport to Ajah, on Lagos Island — a journey shorter than 50 kilometers — took me eight hours. […]

Sisi and Widodo are perfecting ways to criminalise not just the actions, but also thoughts of their political opponents, so as to make any challenge against them impossible. Interestingly, they do this under the canopy […]

…if students are not allowed to study in an atmosphere devoid of fear, their productivity will be subpar… If students are unable to express themselves because lecturers are harsh, mean, fraudulent, lecherous, manipulating and self-seeking, […]

Great footage is the key to any good documentary. It is impossible to make historical films without it. Wole Soyinka’s article, “The Crimes of Buhari”, published before the 2015 presidential elections, is a gold mine […]

Elizabeth Badejo eb_africadreamwedding@yahoo.com 07088694961 Marriage like every new experience can be exciting but worrying when you think of the commitments that come with it. For better or worse, for richer, for poorer certainly means that […]

THERE is hardly any sign that the repulsive sex-for-marks culture in Nigeria’s tertiary education system will abate anytime soon. Rather, another scandal has just become public knowledge at the University of Lagos, Akoka, courtesy of […]

Last week, Babatunde Fashola, minister of works and housing, told reporters after a meeting of the executive council of the federation that on the say-so of the council toll gates would be back on federal […]

Sexual exploitation and harassment of students by teachers and administrators are reflections of corrupt education systems. Sexual exploitation and harassment are not peculiar to systems of education in Nigeria. They are a global issue affecting […]