Issues/Policy

Our people say if a person doesn’t know where he is going, at least he should know where he is coming from. Most are not sure where we are headed at this point, but we […]

In Nigeria, it was the politics, violence and strife that killed the historical kindness of Nigerians, and turned Nigerian society into an angry and impatient place that is unforgiving of the perceived weakness of even […]

Lekan Sote, lekansote@yahoo.com 08050220816 This word is for the arrogant people of South-West Nigeria, who (justifiably) bemoan the loss of past glories wrought by their fathers, former Premier Obafemi Awolowo and others, in the education […]

The Electricity Distribution Companies are looking forward to financial support from the government. They are privatised companies and they have been so for some time now. This means that they have refused to grow! Many […]

Imagine the year 2001, when the GSM was first introduced in Nigeria. Imagine again that we were told then that since we were just getting the GSM licences and trying to use the GSM phones, […]

My journey to being a Chevening scholar Pursing a master’s degree after my undergraduate programme was a no-brainer. My parents had their M.Ed. shortly after graduation. In my childhood and teenage years, they had constantly […]

Iwill begin this treatise with the words of the current Chief Justice of Nigeria, Tanko Muhammad: “The rule of law must be obeyed in all our dealings and we must impress it on the government […]

The Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria (FMBN) has again sacked Murtala Ibrahim, an auditor with the bank who blew the lid on official corruption three years ago. The dismissal, communicated to Mr Ibrahim on September […]

The Queen’s College Old Girls Association (QCOGA) says the recent outbreak in the school is not water-related. Some students in the school had been admitted at the sickbay following a fresh outbreak of an infection. […]

Sochi, the Black Sea resort in the Russian Federation, has hosted many international events. Sochi 2019 refers to the first Russia-Africa Summit to be held on 23-24 October 2019 in that city. My article titled […]

The judiciary has come a long way in trying to use the law to guide society and make the people be law-abiding as well as foster peace among citizens in the country. However, to judge […]

A recent article in The Guardian of the UK, titled “Why it’s time to stop worrying about the decline of the English language,” critically outlines the issues regarding the possibility of a breakdown in communication […]

Nigeria is dead! Let those words sink in. Two hundred million people are without regular and steady power. No treated water. No roads. Hunger is prevalent. Food is expensive. Salaries are not being paid as […]

The woeful state of affairs in Nigeria is a logical consequence of truncated national aspirations and lost opportunities to build a strong vibrant nation from independence. The country derailed six years after independence in 1966. […]

In August 2018, one month after I ‘moved’ into a rented apartment, Ikeja Electric sent me a power consumption bill in excess of N22,000. This was daylight robbery; I knew there was no chance I’d […]

This week’s topic is indeed the conclusion of the whole matter I began three weeks ago on a thematic area: ‘Why Buhari is a man of the decade (1&2)’. It has been part of my […]

Nigeria like most developing countries of the world is faced with problems of youth and graduate unemployment, high rate of poverty and low economic growth and development. The high rate of unemployment among the youth […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that South Africa is addressing xenophobia. Speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Saturday, Obasanjo said he believes the South African government is putting adequate measures […]