Issues/Policy

Dear President Muhammadu Buhari, Following your recent appearance on Kadaria Ahmed’s widely-televised programme, “The Candidates”, I write to raise some issues regarding your response to several questions on the viral video clips allegedly showing Governor […]

The presidential candidates of the alternate political parties…must be wondering why their performances have assumed lesser significance to the absence of ‘Butiku’, as coined by Ezekwesili. The answer is simple: 2019 is still about PDP […]

The place of advocacy by the Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) has been thrown into the front burner of discourse again as Nigeria prepares for the general elections in February and March, this year. The importance […]

On the 4th of October 2017, Nigerians woke up to a very shocking letter from the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu. The letter, addressed to President Muhammadu Buhari read in part: […]

Without making a lot of fuss, President Muhammadu Buhari is gradually worming his way to the heart of Nigerians by presenting his second term agenda to them through subtle but effective campaigns. Curious observers would […]

Debate is a vital, far-reaching and inexpensive means of campaigning and earning the voters admiration before election. It is identical to an interview session wherein the employer (electorates) assess the job seekers (contestants) suitability for […]

Perhaps, the appropriate title should read like, ‘Aquaman, Pappy Water and other Marine Spirits’. Aquaman, the movie currently minting money for DC Comics (already grossed over $1bn) is a story about a superhero by the […]

About three weeks ago, a friend and former colleague who relocated to Nigeria long ago asked me how the 2019 electioneering is playing in the US. My response may well be summed up by the […]

If you are reading this, you are most likely also a reader who has this month seen in circulation a 39-year old editorial authored by The Guardian (Nigeria). Entitled “The Arrogance of Power,” it comes […]

Chief Sehinde Arogbofa is the Secretary-General of the pan-Yoruba socio-cultural organisation, Afenifere. He speaks with PETER DADA on the state of the nation and the forthcoming general elections, among other issues Why has Afenifere come […]

What can we compare to success?? Success is the long -lasting melting chocolate on the palate of a sweet tooth, good food that fills the stomach, the feel you get from a refreshing sleep for […]

There are over four million deaf people in the South African population of fifty million. For the first time in 2018, South African Sign Language was included as a subject in the National Senior certificate […]

Even in their desperation to pull through next month’s election at all cost, it is still relevant for the watchdogs to blow their whistles for the authorities in the nation’s capital who seem to be […]

IN a situation of partisan frenzy in Nigeria, it is normal for political parties and their operators to perceive some actions of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) as promotional of the interest of the […]

Anywhere in the world, freelance journalism is an extreme career choice. The job requires withstanding pitch rejections, ignored queries, stolen story ideas, and delayed payments. It means reconciling oneself with the economic precarity that comes […]

I will like to extend my belated congratulations to Adamawa State Teachers, Local Council staff and Primary Health workers for receiving their salaries in December 2018 two and half years late. I am also in […]