Issues/Policy

Ancient Yoruba of South-Western Nigeria have an adage: esin iwaju ni ti eyin wo, ti n ’fin sa ere. A rudimentary translation is that one’s inspired by life’s best performer, not the worst. Relating this […]

The University of Pretoria’s Centre for the Advancement of Scholarship; the Sweden-based Nordic Africa Institute; and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, recently convened a high-level policy dialogue in Addis Ababa on “Pax Africana and Africa’s Post-Cold […]

According to Wikipedia, ‘democracy’ is a Greek word that combines ‘demos’ (people) and ‘kratos’ (rule), meaning a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (‘direct democracy’) or […]

“Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.” William Shakespeare, 1564-1616 Hit the ground running was the advice given by most of our erudite young columnists as soon as Tinubu was declared winner of the […]

NIGER Republic is Nigeria’s next-door neighbour. She is not the best neighbour Nigeria would desire but, as a sovereign nation, we have no control over her. Her economic statistics, population demographics, poverty and security threats […]

There is hunger in the land. Real hunger. There is food and food everywhere. But majority of our citizens cannot afford to feed three times daily. Inflation is eroding the purchasing power of the naira. […]

The inordinate lust for wealth, fame and power, which is driving the youth crazy nowadays, has reached an alarming stage that silence has become complicity. That the get-rich-quick syndrome is corrupting the youth and dealing […]

The decision to do away with the controversial subsidy on Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) was swift and effective, but for two months the dust raised has refused to settle. The government and citizens are yet […]

And so as more customs, traditions and vices got driven by the úlàmáhù into secrecy, to the fringes or out of town, suburbs became goto havens for adherents and patrons for what refused to die […]

Nothing in Nigeria’s politics is more honourable than political office holders quest to scheme for selfish interest. Gone are the days when Nigerian politicians were known for their optimism and zeal for selfless service to […]

I hear the groans as the current economic difficulties try to crush those of us outside the loop of our national politics where the rivers of money flow without ceasing. I hear the reportorial greeting: […]

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 […]