Issues/Policy

In the race towards success, the balance of grace and effort is easily missed by many in their haste and impatience. One of the ramifications is the clipping of the wings with which humans are […]

When people quit offices, it’s apposite that they reflect on their encounters, experiences of their tenures; the gains and pains, challenges and solutions that worked and those that failed while they held sway. It is […]

The national population and housing census, so central to planning in modern societies, is one of the most politically volatile aspects of the Nigerian nationhood. I can safely predict that no matter the outcome of […]

It has been widely reported of the bill seeking to curb brain drain by mandating Nigerian medical doctors to practice for, at least, five years in the country before going abroad. The bill is said […]

I need to tell you about John (not real name). He is a Cameroonian immigrant who came to the US on a student’s visa. To earn some money and support himself through school, he waited […]

President Muhammadu Buhari signed 16 amendments to the 1999 Constitution into law on March 18. Perhaps the most significant of these was the amendment that has removed electric power generation, transmission, and distribution from the […]

I was listening to a podcast sometime ago and the host was talking about when he randomly asked a taxi driver what the most difficult part of his job was. The taxi driver replied; ‘Many […]

Nigeria is currently plagued by a myriad of debilitating problems – insecurity, hunger and poverty, rights of minorities, economic mismanagement and exploitation, corruption, myopic leadership, and a weak governance structure. Some of these directly threaten […]

Let me begin this piece with the obvious. These are trying times for our country. Tensions are rising and heating up the polity. Transitional general elections such as the current general elections usually throw up […]

Age certainly plays a role in the type of decision that a man makes. All judgments or ventures have a direct or indirect impact. For example, it is a general understanding in financial management that […]

INTRODUCTION In an article titled, “Presidency: Supreme Court has resolved FCT 25% quandary: (https:// the eagleonline.com.ng), my younger friend, Dr Kayode Ajulo, specifically mentioned my name (amongst other senior lawyers), whom he respectfully referred to […]

The concern of the law of torts is civil wrongs. Torts law is interpersonal, intermediating in wrongs between juridical persons, whether natural or corporate entities typically, but not always, excluding contractual disputes. Conceptually, the foundation […]

There is on-going, an uneasy fearful sensation regarding a noticeable change in the demographics and in the property ownership profile of Lagos. Many reasoned and unscientific or irrational excuses are being conversely bandied as reasons […]

Since the return of democratic governance to Nigeria in 1999, the country has witnessed a succession of attempts by the political class to chip away the very fabric that holds the Nigerian society together. Like […]

“Go to Court”, three words sentence, advisory as it innocuously appears or if you like a command usually given by rogue politicians to their victims of rigging, and generally majority of politicians in Nigeria are […]

When the People’s Democratic Party was in power for 16 years, from 1999 to 2015, many Nigerians, especially members of the opposition, complained of the party’s haughtiness, highhandedness and fixation with victory. PDP was accused […]

It is just as well that less than 24 hours after President Muhammadu Buhari denied that he instructed the Attorney-General of the Federal and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, and the Governor of the Central […]

On Sunday, the US Treasury, Federal Reserve and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) jointly announced a package of actions to stop the turmoil from Silicon Valley Bank’s insolvency and Signature Bank’s near collapse. As details […]

Forget that he could not pronounce Eko e dide! Loosely transplanted to mean: Lagos get up. This summarises the incongruence in the philosophy underpinning his political sojourn. It is axiomatic to say: Lagos no dey […]

Madiba Nelson Mandela and Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s views on Ubuntu are useful for the clarification on the term. Of course, such attempt to explain the concept of Ubuntu further should raise questions on the relevance […]