Issues/Policy

I will start with a confession. I was responsible for the publication of the “The Secret Letters of Donald J. Trump age 72 1/6” by Rudolf t. g. Hess. It is the same way that […]

The sudden death of Dr. Pius Adesanmi once again brings into the fore the age-old question: Why do good people die young? When good people die young, we feel devastated because we have lost something […]

Two prominent Nigerians, Fela Anikulapo and Gani Fawehinmi, bestrode the Nigerian space like colossi, they indeed left their marks on the sand of time. Fela Anikulapo was the founder of Afrobeat music, from Nigeria/Africa to […]

This tragedy is global and the issue now is not who to blame, but to understand why and how the crash occurred and how to get past what at first glance, seems a failed wrestle […]

As far as disasters go, last week was not a happy one even for the shell-shocked people of our dear rumbling country. It is true that our ears, and may be our hearts too, are […]

A sharply divided country can never run less acrimonious democracy. Hence disaggregate the election process. Dr. Dele Ashiru on 93.7/STV, What a 2019 nightmarish March 9 elections. Beyond the acrimonious results produced by the March […]

The 2019 elections have come and gone. But they are not forgotten. While those who have been declared winners are rejoicing, and those who have been declared losers nurse their wounds, many Nigerians will not […]

An annual investment of N50 billion over the next five years is needed to scale up plant health infrastructure to meet the demand for food and export in the country, the Nigerian Agricultural Quarantine Service […]

On February 18th, 2019 at about 6pm in Ottawa, I had a loaded conversation with Pius. Half in Yoruba and half in English, he said, “Bayo, mi o ro wipe mo ma make up to […]

Perhaps ‘tis kinder that vultures toil To cleanse torch-bearers for the soil Than eagles bare their living bone Chained to an eternity of stone . . . Kinder that, lured by cleansing rites He fell, […]

The much-anticipated general elections in Nigeria had come and gone with controversies still trailing them. To the surprise of a few amongst us perhaps the presidential, legislative and gubernatorial polls produced violence, death, injuries and […]

Recently, the news broke that the Nigerian civil service, under the leadership of Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is partnering with the Rwandan Civil Service. The essence of the […]

Who is a leader that makes a difference? A leader that makes a difference is someone who is a servant first. One who loves to serve his people. Robert K Greenleaf captures such a leader […]

I never met Pius Adesanmi, the remarkable Nigerian icon who died in the Ethiopia Airlines Boeing 737 Max crash last weekend. But we were part of an NVS editorial board for a while, and I […]

‘But before the expiration of the honeymoon, let me state that I am fully persuaded that the president should use the one-year in office appraisal and celebration time to overhaul his (presidential) bureaucracy. I mean […]

In this era of globalization, there has been a significant increase in people from different backgrounds, cultures, and faiths coming together to make the world a much more diverse place than it was 50 years […]

As I was saying, this is not a time for Nigeria’s leader to be careless with time management as he did in his first term when he wasted six months before he could form his […]

In the case of Independent National Electoral Commission v. Balarabe Musa (2003) 10 WRN 1, the Supreme Court upheld the fundamental right of Nigerian citizens to form or belong to political parties of their choice […]

Let us perform an experiment. Let us make a Super Law that says if you are an elected public officer at any level of government, you must enrol all your children in public schools. You […]