Issues/Policy

Today marks the golden jubilee of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), set up by the military regime of General Yakubu Gowon in 1973. Coming barely three years after the civil war ended, it was […]

When I opened what has turned out here to be a justifiable debate on the Adamawa gubernatorial problem, I never believed that it would be this prolonged. More than several readers, even from the diaspora, […]

According to Nigerian laws, once a candidate is declared by the electoral commission as duly elected into public office, only a court of law can declare otherwise. A candidate has been so declared. Aggrieved parties […]

Hearty congratulations to the National Youth Service Corps, on its golden jubilee anniversary. According to the information gleaned from the website of the corps, “the NYSC scheme was created in a bid to reconstruct, reconcile […]

Nigeria has been waging a war on terror for 11 odd years. The terror group started off as ragtag armed bandits that sprang up from the then-Islamic sectarian group known as boko haram in Maiduguri, […]

Adventurism in the context used here refers to the tendency of the Igbo to migrate to other lands and consciously decide to settle, build homes and develop those lands while their homeland is abandoned in […]

In its proper sense, sovereignty is the capacity of a nation State to independently run its affairs, determine its future, assert and defend its national interests in foreign and domestic settings. Plus, securing the well-being […]

International concerns about Nigeria’s high fertility rate calls for a deeper reflection on our national demography and its implications. Clearly, Nigeria’s bourgeoning young population is a potential national asset and the envy of the developed […]

Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as Amended), sections 4 (1) & (2): (1) “The legislative powers of the Federal Republic of Nigeria shall be vested in a National Assembly for the Federation […]

The 2023 elections appeared well planned, with more than adequate budgetary provisions to ensure that the Independent National electoral Commission (INEC) would deliver all promises and be firm at every point, not yielding to pressures […]

Creation and how it came into existence has, from time immemorial, been enigmatic to nearly all human beings on the face of the earth and will continue to be so for unforeseen-able future. Scientists have […]

Today I was prepared to speak some words that are words on the Adamawa abracadabra gubernatorial election. I was prepared to utter words that are words on Binani, Finitri, Hudu, INEC, APC, PDP, and the […]

A talented Nigerian musician, Adekunle Gold, in one of his popular songs entitled: Work, encouraged people to work hard. This is in harmony with what God’s word, the Bible, recommends in Ecclesiastes chapter 9, verse […]

The sack of the resources of the House of Oodua, or South-West, was accomplished by two sets of buccaneers, non-indigene military governors, who were first appointed by General Murtala Muhammed in 1975, and indigenous civilian […]

I write in response to The PUNCH editorial of April 28, 2023, with the title “The Buhari Years: An era of gross economic fiasco.” To my mind, The PUNCH does the country, as it has […]

In a continent in which politics is often associated with affluence, self-interest, and patriarchy, two young Nigerians have emerged as pillars of inspiration. At just 26 years old, Rukayat Motunrayo Shittu and Muhammad Adamu Oyanki […]

Some politicians have taken to pledging to reshape their states into some version of Dubai or Singapore. It’s, of course, a farcical goal. For one, mimicry is hardly ever impressive, being the domain of people […]

Those who fought the many battles for Nigeria’s freedom were some kind of special breed, always so well revered and even adored! The Nationalists then and now the Activists! You cannot but contend with them. […]

France, in the colonial era, had understood what Sudan represented in the occupation of Africa as a struggle between the Arab and the West. Hence to distance itself from unwholesome struggle, it tagged sub-Saharan Africa, […]

This month marks the 75th anniversary of the birth of United Nations (UN) peacekeeping. The first mission in 1948 deployed military observers to monitor the ceasefire along Israel’s border, following conflict with its neighbours at […]