Issues/Policy

Professor Pius Adesanmi’s final social media post is one for the ages. It was a quote from Psalm 139 verses 9 to 10 (the English Standard Version): “If I take the wings of the morning […]

…isn’t the conversation about women about a different sort of power? The rights of the girl child, for instance? And her power over her own body — so that she’s not forced into early marriage, […]

The Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo, GCON, declared in Ilorin recently that the Federal Government will float People’s Money bank in the country this year. He added that the bank when established will have branches […]

Finding out about Dr. Pius Adesanmi’s Death was devastating. I was dumbstruck and thought it must have been a mistake. When a great man, a good friend dies, there are no words that can fill […]

The reason for this necessary intervention is that our children no longer read. Everyone says this. Even fathers and mothers who never put a book in their children’s hands complain that their children don’t read. […]

Lagos is a great city. Hot, roiling, edgy, bitter and sometimes cruel, the city’s great source of energy, the oil that fuels the dynamo of Lagos, is its great diversity. It is a city, depending […]

Since I have been old enough to follow presidential elections in Nigeria, I have to admit that I have never experienced the kind of gloomy mood that hit some sections of the country after the […]

Hyper partisanship in politics undermines the development of democracy. Election campaign funding in the third world countries is a strong issue. Campaign funding in democracy is like blood to the heart, if we don’t get […]

As the world celebrates International Women’s Day, it is also a good time to remind women that the man who truly loves you will value the qualities of your heart and soul and would also […]

On February 23, 2019, Nigeria witnessed another broader electoral cycle with the conduct of the presidential and National Assembly elections by the Independent National Electoral Commission. It was, however, believed that the euphoria that usually […]

The presidential elections have brought forth a spate of creative responses from imaginative Nigerians. Two are of particular resonance in the creative nature of Nigerians to their politics. The first is a folkloric narrative which […]

In an ancient political plot captured by Shakespeare in his classic, ‘Julius Caesar’, a minor character, Artemidorus, prepares what he calls a caveat for Caesar. He reads the warning aloud that he (Caesar) may escape […]

The much maligned 2019 federal elections has come and gone. Like so many pundits were cocksure even before the first ballot was cast, President Muhammadu Buhari was by it returned to a second tenure of […]

The big states, like Lagos, Kano, and Rivers, get some attention, though. And deservedly so. But because state politics tend to be in the firm grip of so-called ‘godfathers’, most people do not even bother […]

…governments should…target subsidies better for fuels that are currently deemed necessary for sustainable energy access in a manner that ensures that more resources are available to efficiently help achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 7 […]

It is high time the government stopped seeing slum dwellers as an eyesore that must be uprooted for a vision of a mega urban city that the majority of the current residents cannot afford to […]

…I will urge Nigerians to get rid of our miracle mentality. New parties have only recently come on board. They have been involved in just one general elections. Neither the parties, nor Nigerians in general […]

…successful elections in Nigeria can provide a more solid footing for building political harmony and stability. It is true that the elections have been very divisive due to the extremely negative campaigns that were conducted. […]

…though the child that was born on February 23rd is indeed a child of many fathers, while the result of the paternity test might not be out, an off-hand inquisition leads to an inference of […]

Dear Esteemed Fellow Nigerians, On Saturday March 9, 2019, we will once again exercise our civic rights and responsibilities as citizens to elect our governors and members of the State Houses of Assembly. Despite some […]