Issues/Policy

lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 Many Southern and Middle Belt Nigerians seem to have rejected the RUGA or cattle ranching plan of the Federal Government, partly because of fear that it may be used to import alien Fulani […]

I attended the birthday party of the matriarch of a Nigerian friend’s family in Edmonton a few weeks ago. It was mama’s 82nd birthday. Her children and grandchildren decided to give her a truly memorable […]

The recent harassment or detention of human rights activist, Dr. Chido Onumah, by state agents is not only a sign that Nigeria is drifting towards full-blown dictatorship, the incident also goes to expose the hypocrisy […]

This week, in continuation of my discussion of the issue of poverty in the country, I will highlight how philanthropy can aid development. Philanthropy as a Tool for Development in Nigeria Nigeria is at the […]

The University of Lagos has suspended Samuel Oladipo, a lecturer in the department of economics, over the sex-for-grades scandal rocking the institution. Oladipo was seen in the second stream of a documentary on sexual assault […]

Margaret Amoakohene, chairperson of the anti-sexual harassment committee of the University of Ghana (UG), says there is no evidence that two of its lecturers seen in the sex-for-grades video documentary slept with their alleged victims. […]

Still reluctant to ever knock the doors of any lawyer or the court, Olanrewaju Balogun’s desire was a reign of peace at Lafiaji, the town in in Eti-Osa local government area of Lagos state where […]

In recent times, two individuals dominated public discourse pertaining to the war by other means against Boko Haram: Lt. General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff and Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State. They advocated […]

Academic institutions in West Africa have increasingly been facing allegations of sexual harassment by lecturers. This type of abuse is said to be endemic, but it’s almost never proven. After gathering dozens of testimonies, BBC […]

The Code of Conduct Bureau (CCB) says the level of compliance with the declaration of assets by public office holders in the country is not encouraging at all. Mohammed Isah, chairman of the bureau, disclosed […]

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Soni Daniel, Northern Region Editor News of the arrest and handing over of Abdurasheed Maina, Chairman of the controversial Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, by the Department of State Services must have been received with […]

Intending immigrants to the United States will not be granted visas if they cannot show that they can afford to pay their medical bills. President Donald Trump signed the proclamation on Friday. The proclamation, which […]

Ten years ago, news surfaced on the internet that a Nigerian engineer had won a $500 million contract to construct a monorail in Iraq.  Fast forward to 2019: the news is back again — the […]

On Tuesday, Peter Obi, former governor of Anambra state, addressed thousands of Nigerians at The Platform, an annual conference organised by Covenant Christian Centre in Lagos. The vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) […]

BY ZAID JURJI AND RAPHAEL NWOZOR The Nigerian government has declared a state of emergency in the Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) sector. This action was spurred by the alarming findings revealed in the sector. […]

The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) diverted funds marked for a community project was used to buy equipment for a private security firm in Delta. This was contained in the Fiscal Allocation and Statutory Disbursement […]

The present intervention owes its title to Niyi Osundare’s If Only the Road Could Talk, a collection of sublime poems engendered by his minstrelsy peregrination. Osundare, the master poet and philosopher, rethinks and reworks metaphors […]