Issues/Policy

In some way, I pride myself as someone in touch with the trends and slangs on social media. But I was caught napping when I was discussing Brighton & Hove Albion FC in the Premier […]

A breaking news report on 14 July 2023 in Nigeria: “NJC RECOMMENDS INCUMBENT CJN’S SON, OLUKAYODE ARIWOOLA, JNR FOR APPOINTMENT AS FHC JUDGE”. “According to information gathered by TheNigeriaLawyer, before his appointment, Ariwoola Jnr was […]

The food security announcement made by government last week sounded too vague, too omnibus to capture the dire situation at hand in the Nigerian economy. We all know that insecurity is a major bane of […]

The Office of Adviser does not exist in a parliamentary system. It became part of the Nigerian political process with the adoption of the presidential system. It is fraught with a lot of unanswered and […]

Ever since May 2023, when the-14 member Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF) reached an agreement on strengthening the resilience of supply chains, a crucial aspect of the framework’s second pillar, an intense debate has been ignited […]

Few here, if any, would dispute this characterization of law enforcement in Nigeria. It was precisely these considerations that inspired the #EndSARS uprising across much of the country in October 2020. Since that uprising, the […]

Every year, hundreds of Sub-Saharan Africans, Middle-Easterners and Central Asians lose their lives by crossing dangerous waters into Europe on the promise of a better life while escaping climate change, poverty and conflict, some of […]

Writing the review of the biography of Senator Dr Alex Usman Kadiri, is like writing the story of all young pupils of Northern Nigeria before and after independence. Dr Alex Usman Kadiri went to school […]

Most literate Nigerians have heard or read about gas flaring but it may not mean much to them. Some of them may know that gas flaring is done in the oil producing states of the […]

My uncle recently asked me to help guide and counsel his son, who is at that discouraging state which many young Nigerians find themselves in after graduating from the university, doing the national youth service […]

Ahmed Joda’s Board understood the enormity of the responsibility placed on them and set out to build one of the most respected regulatory bodies in the world. The Board embarked on extensive consultations worldwide with […]

The intoxicated celebrant is resting his celebration begun more than a month ago with randomly selected celebratory quotes from his primary Uniben constituency. Dr. I.A.: On this special day, I wanted to take a moment […]

Pity our public officers – the president, the state governors and even the local government chairmen. They are products and victims of a pernicious social system that has hardened into a tradition, to wit, the […]

Tope, my trophy-wife friend, ended in hospital and in trouble. No, she’s not ill. Her husband, Otunba, was rushed to the hospital about 2am a few days ago, panting and gasping. He lost consciousness on […]

Prof. Temi: It is preposterous, ridiculous, and unbecoming of the Academic Staff Union of Universities to poke its combative nose into matters that do, should not concern it. What is ASUU’s business with student loans […]

It is entirely reasonable to interpose the query as to the proper rationale for private military contractors in sovereign states. That quandary is strikingly pertinent where a sovereign nation possesses, and retains the deterrent capacity […]

On May 29th, 2023, when Tinubu was inaugurated as the President of Nigeria, he spoke off script and announced the withdrawal of fuel subsidy. The following day, the price of petrol increased astronomically. Not just […]

About 25 states in Nigeria suffered a shortage fall in internally generated revenue and struggle with cash crunch in the first quarter of 2023, findings by The PUNCH have shown. Data obtained from the budget […]

Security of lives and property has been accorded priority attention by governments of different countries of the world, be it democratic or military administration. This is so because an atmosphere devoid of fear, anxiety, threat, […]