Issues/Policy

Shortly after the first set of results in the presidential election emerged and it turned out that Vice President Yemi Osinbajo had received a shellacking at his polling unit at the Victoria Garden City, a […]

Make no mistake about it, when the 1,632,293 voters armed with their Permanent Voter Cards head to the 4,523 polling units, 4,752 voting points, 305 wards of the 654 autonomous communities located in the 27 […]

Nigeria’s presidential election had come and gone but the weak economic players who in the aggregate, strive to keep the economy going outside the outliers – the oligarchs and oil money swindlers – remain greatly […]

Unless the citizens resolve to prosecute an urgent rescue agenda, the nation’s hard-won democracy would collapse at the hands of President Muhammadu Buhari. And above the rubble would be autocracy and anarchy. These are not […]

The only reason why this flagrant rape on rights happen is that perpetrators and political oligarchs who sponsor them are ultra confident they and their thugs would not be arrested, prosecuted or thrown into prison. […]

If there is anything the results of the Ondo central senatorial district election depict, it is the power of the people over the popularity of the candidate. Truly, the power of the people is much […]

…in my view, BOS has, through various public engagements in the last few months, undoubtedly demonstrated a sharper grasp of relevant issues in public governance, bringing to bear his rich experience in the private sector. […]

Rapprochement is the word – reestablishment of a happy relationship or rearrangement. A peace treaty between warring parties is a kind of rapprochement. That is the real perspective to the mission of Dr. Ifeanyi Ubah […]

In 1942, a group of young progressive intellectuals from the north congregated in Bauchi, among whom were Saadu Zungur, Malam Aminu Kano, Dr. R. K.B. Dikko, Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa and Malam Yahaya Gusau, all […]

No one should be intimidated in the name of elections, writes Anthony A. Kila There are moments and events in history where being aloof or confused is not only wrong but ultimately dangerous. The current […]

Four years ago, it was business as usual — drive to the port to clear your goods, and maybe tip the security agencies if you so wish. But in 2016, this routine changed, the decision […]

“No one is more hated than he who speaks the truth” – Plato If only our political leaders put the overall interest of our dear nation, Nigeria, above their greed-driven, self-serving whims and caprices; if […]

The outcome of the recently conducted Presidential election confirmed the prediction of many that it would be a two-horse race between the candidates of the ruling All Progressives Congress, and the Peoples Democratic Party, the […]

A former Speaker of America’s House of Representatives, late Tip O’Neill, once said that all politics is local. This is reflected in what sociologists call gemeinschaft, “social relations between individuals, based on close personal and […]

Politics is full of surprises and one of such is how politicians emerge as winners despite low performance. Election myth as some political analyst refers to it becomes a reality in the eyes of victors […]

National debt Public borrowing is done in public interest; the masses are deeply concerned on the intermittent deficit budget as a huge percentage of the budget goes to the repayment of the debt and recurrent […]

By any standard and generally speaking, Olisa Agbakoba is a good man: He has a known profession wherein he has excelled and continues to lead, he stands for his well-articulated ideas at any time and […]

The 2019 presidential election has come and gone. Expectedly, a winner and losers emerged. However, the ultimate winners are all Nigerians and the nation’s democracy notwithstanding the political party that won. Political parties will someday […]

The Arabic word, “Haram” simply translates to forbidden or frowned upon/against by the tenets of Islam. Just as in Arabic, the word “haram” also found its way into the Hausa language, having the same connotation […]