Issues/Policy

The decision to postpone Nigeria’s presidential election, made just hours before the polls were due to open, has raised fears about the integrity of the eventual vote. Those fears must not be realised – and […]

After ‘Genesis’ comes to an end, the journey to ‘Revelation’ takes flight. But when ‘Revelation’ comes to an end, there is no ‘Genesis’. This could be the reason we are yet to know what the […]

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has said the total number of collected Permanent Voters Card (PVCs) across Nigeria is 72,775,585. This implies that the total number of votes across the country for the presidential […]

I have been an ardent listener of your review programme on Classic FM since 2014. And although I do not agree with everything you say, I can vouch for your sincerity and balanced judgement. I […]

The political situation in Nigeria has compelled the electorate to choose between Atiku and Buhari, PDP and APC. According to Greek mythology, Odysseus and his men had to navigate the straits between Scylla and Charybdis; […]

Annulment of elections, violence before, during and after elections, banning of candidates and postponement of elections are gradually becoming part of the Nigeria culture. There is just one word to describe the situation, sad. Last […]

This Saturday February 23, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, the chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, would have an opportunity to redeem himself. On Saturday last week, while we were preparing to cast our votes […]

Any doubt about the nation being imperilled by its warped leadership recruitment has been counteracted by sundry developments in this electoral season. We are again confronted with the stark reminder that in over five decades, […]

Bill Gates and Melinda, his wife, say 2018 left them with many surprises — both good and bad, but the top of the list is that Africa is not growing along with the world. The […]

Our society, like many that have evolved, is at a critical crossroad, where the wrong path leads to the loss of our identity and values, and silences the majority, but the right path, though arduous, […]

It is no longer news that the internal crisis rocking the All Progressives Congress (APC) party boiled over on Monday, February 11th, when protests by party members of the Ogun State chapter marred the presidential […]

Just like many Nigerians, I was initially pissed off by the eleventh hour decision taken by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) to postpone the presidential and national assembly election scheduled to hold countrywide last […]

As President Muhammadu Buhari, the commander-in-chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces, moves from one state to another, campaigning for a second term despite nearly four years in office which has been widely adjudged a horrendous […]

Not until Muntader al-Zaidi’s act of suicidal daring was the world jolted to shoe-throwing as a form of Arab expression of deep social anger. Visiting President George Bush was only beginning to warm into a […]

Words have meaning and they can be used to devastating effect especially when the tone is given virility. On February 18, 2019 at the All Progressives Congress (APC) caucus meeting, President Muhammadu Buhari said; “Anybody […]

Less than six days to Nigeria’s Presidential elections, postponed from February 16, Nigerians once again are witnessing a taste of what another 4 years of power would be in Buhari’s Nigeria after the home of […]

Last Saturday (February 16th) ought to have witnessed the organization of the much-anticipated presidential election in Nigeria. But it never happened! At the wee hours of Friday night the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had […]

Will an election conducted under‎ the cumulus of suspicion, doubt and allegations against the umpire of the exercise be accepted by most Nigerians? Do Nigerians still believe in the integrity of INEC‎? Is the commission […]

The Nigeria Customs Service, says its officers involved in the incident that occurred along Ijebu Ode road on Sunday are being interrogated. Mr Joseph Attah, the Public Relations Officer of NCS made this known in […]

The political space is inundated with unfounded allegations that have no bearing to pertinent issues of economical and industrial development, endemic and perennial religious conflicts, infrastructural decay, cultural rot and ethnic inwardness. The presence of […]