Issues/Policy

Recently, I was at a recording for a TV programme. The first part of the show was an interview with the anchor about my book ‘Loud Whispers’, and we also talked about current issues affecting […]

Parents of children found in shackles at an Arabic boarding school in Rigasa of Igabi Local Council of Kaduna State have called for their release from police custody.The Kaduna State Police Command on Thursday raided […]

It is in our enlightened self-interest to promote the values of the welfare state. It is one sure way of stemming the tide of banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery, insurgency, advance fee fraud or 419 and […]

Ifeel the need to begin with some clarifications on the title that has been constructed for this piece: “Revolutions that ‘fired’ young Leftists.” This need will be more than adequately met if a specific meaning […]

You can accuse Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, of being “down-to-earth” considering his pint-size. You can also accuse him of intellectual exuberance but you cannot tack corruption to him. It will not stick. Over the years, […]

Nigeria’s social media space had trending on Monday, the news that Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State enrolled his child in Capital School, Malali, Kaduna. A school established in 1952. The move has been lauded […]

“If you choose to fail us, we will never forgive you” – Greta Thunberg, 16-year-old Swedish activist, talking to the United Nations General Assembly As the world nears the implementation stage of the second phase […]

Over the weekend, supporters of former President Goodluck Jonathan came up with a funny idea while mocking the travails of SaharaReporters publisher, Omoyele Sowore, who is presently in the Department of State Services’ gulag for, […]

No self-respecting and patriotic Nigerian would be happy at the present blighted image of the country all over the world. Some of us who are on the University of Ibadan Staff Club Whatsapp platform was […]

Given the pervasive environment of poverty without cause in Nigeria, political discussions are necessarily dreary or un-interesting in the absence of sincere interrogation of the root cause of the failure to establish the incidents of […]

I feel the need, to begin with, some clarifications on the title that has been constructed for this piece: “Revolutions that ‘fired’ young Leftists”. This need will be more than adequately met if a specific […]

There have been of recent ill-informed and pejorative comments about the openly expressed frustration by the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, over the non-compliance with the summons that he issued to the […]

Politicians often flirt with words as they promise to improve the lives of the people during election campaigns. But that becomes a distant prospect once they assume office as they launch out immediately on what […]

Omoyele Sowore planned a nationwide demonstration against the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. He captioned it “RevolutionNow.” Every right-thinking Nigerian knows Nigeria needs a revolution of sorts. Things cannot just continue the way they have […]

A few weeks ago a young lady, 26, called Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola who is also known as DJ Cuppy, took the uninsurable risk of travelling to Borno, the heartland of bloodshed. Borno is a no-go […]

Nearly 180 days after the presidential elections, which took place in February 2019 the Presidential Election Tribunal finally gave its verdict on the contested polls between the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress (APC) and […]

In an interview with the Catholic newspaper Cruxnow Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah, of Catholic Diocese in Sokoto speaks on Boko Haram war, anti-corruption war, the Muslim-Christian schism, mentioning for instance that out of the 23 […]

PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari Monday in New York announced robust plans and initiatives by his administration to reverse the negative effects of climate change in Nigeria. The plans were revealed in his address to the United […]

Says I shall meet you in court A political activist and former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has called on the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS) to […]

Once again, Bill Gates, the world’s, hitherto, richest man who has spent millions of dollars on Nigeria’s failing healthcare delivery system has taken the rulers of Africa’s largest economy to the cleaners. The American philanthropist […]