Issues/Policy

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(ayo_olukotun@yahoo.com) Considerable public attention, hoopla and hype have attended the prospective choice of ministers for the second term of President Muhammadu Buhari, due to begin on May 29. Indications were given by the Presidency that, […]

08036683657 Many of us use popular expressions and harbour beliefs that we take as the absolute truth. A little scratch below the surface will reveal something different though. Some popular assertions actually make one wonder […]

I remember with nostalgia how participants at a focused group discussion held recently in Lagos, bemoaned infestation of our nation by social problems perpetrated consciously and unconsciously by her own people. Warning that under this […]

The American founding fathers gathered in Connecticut some time in 1787 in order to fashion a constitution that would herald a new union. One very contentious issue they were confronted with was how to reconcile […]

Electoral integrity refers to a situation where the choice by the voters were made freely and in contexts where nothing interfered with their ability to freely make their choices. When done with high electoral integrity, […]

Amongst the dust hazy skies and rolling green hills of Northern Nigeria lies a dark secret. This secret is shrouded in a lifetime’s worth of silence, that, thanks to social media may finally be coming […]

I really wonder for how long we have to deal with dishonest leaders. Leaders who lie without remorse, who cheat the people, deceive the people and relentlessly play on their intelligence. When Alhaji Abubakar Atiku […]

Nigerians dig their own boreholes. Almost every house in Nigeria has its own private source of water. You are your own water corporation. Some people in this generation have never seen pipe-borne water. You hire […]

A fortnight ago, the Nigerian Senate rejected a bill sponsored by Senator Ben Murray-Bruce seeking to phase out petrol vehicles by 2035. On the surface, it would be easy to dismiss the bill with scorn, […]

Just like leaders of this country watched Boko Haram grow from a non-violent organisation aimed at purifying Islam in northern Nigeria into a full-blown non-discriminatory terrorist organisation, they are paying lip service to the growing […]

The impression that Igbo, Hausas, Yorubas and other minor ethnic groups hate each other has been quashed by the social media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, Mrs Lauretta Onochie on Wednesday. Onochie who disclosed this […]

Sri Lanka has banned all kinds of clothing that cover the face and prevent identification, such as niqabs and burqas, officials said on Sunday, a week after the Easter bombings that left over 250 people […]

Dear Mummy Aishat Omolara Raji, I received one of the saddest telephone calls on the morning of Sunday April 28 that you had passed away. It was difficult to comprehend, my wife could not believe […]

Wednesday, April 29, 2019 In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds. Peace and blessing be upon whom Allah sent as […]

The gold-inspired violence in Zamfara and the northwest is a multi-layered problem that combines issues of the economy, insecurity, border-control, regional hegemony and politics. Any government response must factor in each of these issues for […]

Somehow, I had come to develop a profound interest in Ekiti and this dates back to my early university days at the University of Lagos. Then, my sister was living in Ado Ekiti. On my […]