Issues/Policy

Our food is what is responsible for the efficient functioning of our physiological and mental faculties. Of course, we don’t live to eat but eat to live. As someone said, we are what we eat […]

Given all the killings, terrorism, violence and insecurity happening in Nigeria, and add to it systemic corruption, I have taken it upon myself, as my patriotic duty, to guide citizens, particularly young people, so that […]

Ultimately, the solution to our angst lies inwards. We must get our acts right, here at home… Until we get our acts right to the point where our people have more hope in this country […]

What we need to do therefore is to invest in Nigerians and then use our foreign policy to promote the Nigerian. Foreigners already know that Nigerians are energetic, enterprising and resourceful. Let us build on […]

The eyes see what they want to see. And the mind believes what the eyes see. In the Washington Post’s essay entitled, ‘Psychology explains why people are so easily duped’, Eryn Newman, a postdoctoral scholar […]

Atiku Abubakar is in the tribunals! Why should this be a song? He and his supporters, after receiving heavy trouncing at the last presidential election, turned going to a tribunal to a song, a dance; […]

Calls for the rebirth of the defunct Republic of Biafra have been increasingly heard on the streets of Nigeria in recent times. Following the reunification of Nigeria and Biafra in 1970, the world looked forward […]

Never get yourself involved in *ethnic hatred or religious bias*. I’m a Christian from Niger Delta, but most of the things I’ve ever achieved occurred through the help of non-Christians and non-Niger Deltans. 1. I […]

In general, public policy is pursued and implemented by institutions like government ministries and agencies. In the United States, the Council of Economic Advisers is an agency within the Executive Office of the President charged […]

Nigeria professes to be a representative democracy. As we write, some figures put our population at 200 million. So, we pride ourselves as being among the largest democracies in the world. Since the different arms […]

There are some events in a lifetime, which neither time nor event can obliterate from one’s memory. One of such occurred from July to November 1999 in the life of Wale Omole, a Professor and […]

So many issues are loading for commentators. Trees are fast falling on trees. But our elders say we should get cracking by removing trees from the top for ease of clearing such a burden. For […]

I thank the management of the Pace-Setters College Abuja for the opportunity to interact with the graduating students and other students of this College. It is in conversations between generations like this that the young […]

Twenty-five years after Rwanda lost over a million lives in genocide, the East African country is on a fast track to the top, rising above its challenges and rebuilding both its economy and its pride […]