Issues/Policy

It is said: “It is better to give than to receive.” But I think, some giving(s) do not come from the quarters of charity, sacrifice, wisdom or chivalry, but from a place of deep insecurity […]

Earlier this week, the grey book while pouring into the English Mic acknowledged a truth which misplaced-reverence prevents many young Nigerians from speaking. “…my generation has failed Nigerians”- Wole Soyinka This failure reflects in the […]

In a response to an enquiry by the Punch Newspaper on the controversial ‘’private visit’’ of President Muhammadu Buhari to the United Kingdom and the President’s refusal to transmit a letter to the National Assembly […]

No doubt, the much-awaited 2019 poll has come and gone. But the ripple effect lingers on. To any keen observer, the election threw up a number of critical issues that deserve in-depth prognosis while waiting […]

I am incurably attached to Ibadan. I was born and bred in that city and I’m always so nostalgic about that city of brown roofs. Apart from the hospitality of the people, one reason I’m […]

The vexed issue of restructuring was on the front burner at the just concluded national retreat held by Afenifere Renewal Group (ARG) in Ekiti State. In an address to the Group, Governor Kayode Fayemi of […]

The take off point for this article is on the call by Professor Itse Sagay, Presidential Adviser on Action against Corruption (PACAC), on the North to desist from its negative stance against the trending calls […]

It is exactly one year today since the cold hands of death took away our brother, friend, and colleague, Malam Imam Dalhatu Imam. Imam’s sudden death on Friday April 27, 2018 is still not only […]

The antibiotic, Flagyl, is perhaps one of the best known medicines in Nigeria. People use it for all sorts of things: when they have diarrhea, they use Flagyl. When they have features of indigestion, they […]

By Muyiwa Adetiba Economic migration did not just start today or yesterday. The holy book gave an account of how the Israelites got to Egypt. It was an economic migration. They were free born people, […]

(CNN)The day after Ethiopia’s minister of transportation released a preliminary crash report on Ethiopian Airlines flight 302, four Boeing employees called an Federal Aviation Administration whistleblower hotline that allows employees and the public to report […]

OHANAEZE(the people and their leaders) is marching on, as we work to occupy our pride of place in Nigeria. OHANAEZE NDIGBO LAGOS STATE is a unit of the larger family, OHANAEZE NDIGBO WORLDWIDE. Ohanaeze Ndigbo […]

All through history, most importantly from the agricultural revolution to the modern age, there has been the proliferation of economic parasites who are known as the ruling class. These elites have over several epochs made […]

Who owns Nigeria? On the 24th of November, 2018, I was invited as a keynote speaker to discuss with fellow youths on a topic titled “Nigeria and Nigerians: The Way Forward. That’s the genesis of […]

Who is the Nigerian government actually working for? Anyone who has followed the campaign for the passage into law of the Digital Rights and Freedoms (DRF) Bill, 2016, and also followed the campaign that led […]

Fola Ojo; willieojo@yahoo.com No breathing being has ever mused it into my hearing. I have yet to meet the man or woman whose life goal is to live and die in subjugation and thralldom. No […]

…in the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Rivers State, we stayed focused on conducting a transparent, free, fair and credible election. As I kept promising, on behalf of my team, we were bound by the […]

Friday Musings with Ayo Olukotun ayo_olukotun@yahoo.com 07055841236 “The overall point is that any federal system that fails to continuously restructure and respond to changing dynamics is not likely to work well or survive” — Professor […]