Issues/Policy

Journalism is a tough job. And journalists are under a lot of pressure to churn out news stories. Features stories however are not like news stories. News stories must be sent on the go without […]

If I have gold medal, I will, unreservedly, award it to Allen Onyema, Nigeria’s burgeoning world-class business tycoon, bestriding Africa’s aviation industry through his airline Air Peace, for his unprecedented patriotism in boosting Nigeria’s image […]

The attention of the Federal Ministry of Works and Housing has been drawn to a front page publication of The Guardian newspaper on 3rd September 2019 with the above headline. In view of the obvious […]

Like most Nigerians, I have never met Allen Onyema, the Chairman of Air Peace Airline, before. I may not even be able to pick him out in a crowd. All I know is that he […]

It is perhaps no longer news that a once upon moral, cultural and spiritual society of ours has so degenerated in values to the extent that some perverted people now openly advertise their erogenous zones […]

South African President Cyril Ramaphosa was heckled during the recent funeral service of Zimbabwe’s erstwhile leader Robert Mugabe. It was easy to guess why. When he stood to speak, Ramaphosa apologised for weeks of violence […]

In the wake of the latest dastardly xenophobic attacks in South Africa, the first batch of Nigerian evacuees arrived Lagos on September 11, 2019, That is, a week or so after native South Africans burnt […]

FORMER Governor of Anambra State, Dr Chukwuemeka Ezeife, weekend, said that the elderly people in South East may embrace the Nnamdi Kanu-led Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB if the other parts of Nigeria conspire and […]

The first part of this series ended abruptly last week on account of space constraints. Pardon me if the last paragraph is repeated fully. Otherwise what follows might not make sense. FIRST, the farm workers […]

Dear Puluma, I actually called you by your local nickname to register an impression. A reminder of some sort. More like telling you it’s from one of your followers, one who must have shared some […]

Mohamed Rachid Rida, a Syrian Arab reformator said, “To revolt on behalf of an ignorant people, is like to set yourself on fire in order to light the way for a blind man!” When Mohamed […]

Stakeholders in the economy have expressed worry about the disparity between huge government earnings and growing poverty in the country. This followed the report by the Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) showing that N28.58 […]

Forgiveness to the injured does belong; for they ne’er pardon who have done the wrong.” John Dryden, 1631-1700. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS. The first part of this two-part series ended rather abruptly. But, I hope […]

Again, the paternity of the Nigerian state came up for consideration last week. Who exactly owns Nigeria? Is it the exclusive preserve of politicians, their kith and kin, their hangers-on or Nigerians? Put differently, because […]

President Buhari shares paternity with Paul Biya of Cameroon in leadership style. Both men are joined by the umbilicus of repression and abrasion. In 2010, Bertrand Teyou, an author, was sentenced to two years imprisonment […]

Austin Braimoh, a commissioner of the police service commission (PSC), has accused the Nigeria police force (NPF) of padding the recruitment list of 10,000 constables with unqualified candidates. The PSC had placed the recruitment of […]

We are often told that life is so stern that it hardly gives anyone a second chance at doing the same thing over again. But how do you explain the fact that Buhari is presently […]

One thing we cannot run away from is that there is a gathering storm, primarily fueled by bad governance and lack of accountability. It is also appalling that students, despite the enormity of powers at […]

I propose that African governments focus their efforts to mitigate the impacts of climate change on proactive interventions to minimise the conflicts associated with resource competition. I suggest institutional interventions at the resource scarcity stage. […]