Issues/Policy

Recent tragic incidence of building collapse at Ita Faji, Lagos Island, has once again brought to fore the need to sensitize Nigerians on the essence of blood of donation. One of the major highlights of […]

Nigeria has been rated by the World Culture Score Index as one of the countries in the world with the lowest reading culture, while available statistics from National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal […]

When Pompeo and his American bosses asked Lebanon to eliminate the Hezbollah, they were essentially calling for a new civil war and genocide in that country… who does Pompeo want to take out Hezbollah: the […]

SECTION 179(2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended provides, “A candidate for an election to the office of a governor of a state shall be deemed to have been […]

Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) says it is taking all necessary legal steps to ensure that no illegal or fraudulent execution is carried out over its court case with Innoson Motors. The News Agency of Nigeria […]

“A serious government will fix the power problem in 6 months”- Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN The problem of power supply has been one of Nigeria’s severe challenges. With the return of democratic governance in 1999, […]

With his “leadership” shinning brilliantly in “the sun” to the admiration of all and sundry, including the two newspapers earlier mentioned, there is little doubt that by the time Prof. Oloyede is done with JAMB, […]

As the battle for 2019 mandate retention shifts from the elections collation centres to the courts for final determination, it is a time to migrate from politricks to governance and economics at this time. I […]

With the exception of Rivers state — where former friends are at war — governorship elections have been concluded across Nigeria on the not-so-unfamiliar note: the good, the bad and the ugly. As typical of […]

The value that emerged from rigging and cynical “development” can only push the people further away from democratic politics. If the peoples’ votes do not count, then the values that would triumph in future would […]

…it can be argued that maintaining an expensive naira by the MPC through till the elections, bearing in mind the usual increase in liquidity that often leads up to elections, was a quite reasonable decision, […]

In 1999, the Independent National electoral Commission, under Justice Ephraim Akpata, spent over 32billion naira to conduct the 1999 general elections. At that time there was no National Assembly. The approving authority then was the […]

“A serious government will fix the power problem in 6 months”- Babatunde Raji Fashola SAN The problem of power supply has been one of Nigeria’s severe challenges. With the return of democratic governance in 1999, […]

There are many things that confront us in our world today. Although, there so many good things happening around us, the frequent reports of bad news in the media drown the few good news we […]

Several years ago, Dr Yemi Ogunbiyi, currently Chairman of the Obafemi Awolowo University Council, brought our minds to the phenomenon of a growing number of knowledgeable elderly citizens prematurely retired from their jobs with virtually […]

The headline poses an intriguing question. A politician does not retire from politics. He merely changes political positions to continually reposition himself for relevance. However, with no condition being permanent, as the lorry owner in […]

Trump an equal opportunity racist, has once again demonstrated his draconian vise on individual rights and global democracy. The world has barely had time to exhale after the gruesome mass murder at a U.S. synagogue […]