Issues/Policy

I read with sufficient vexation a statement credited to the presidential candidate of the PDP Atiku Abubakar who gave a baseless excuse in support of his decision to boycott the BON/NEDG presidential “debate”, claiming that […]

Dear Sir, How delighted I am to write you today cannot be expressed in words totally. I write with the hope that this meets you well and communicates the plight of the average Nigerian student. […]

Fellow Nigerians, greetings from Washington. After being banned from entering the U.S. for 12 years, I finally made a “triumphant” entry and shamed the “e-rats” and APC trolls. I even slept at the Trump Hotel, […]

Dear Sir/ Madam, I was arrested at some minutes before 8 am today at some distance from under bridge at CMS bus stop for not using the pedestrian bridge. The Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Corp […]

Imo, like every other state of the Federal Republic of Nigeria has just three senatorial districts of unequal delimitations namely; Imo West (Orlu Senatorial zone), Imo East (Owerri senatorial zone) and Imo North (Okigwe Senatorial […]

The thickest cloud hanging over the candidacy of the presidential nominee of the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP) and former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, had been that he could not set his foot in the American soil […]

On that faithful day, September 18, 2018, I had a fairly long phone discourse with ordinary Ahmed Musa, the popular Presenter on Brekete Family Human Rights Radio. I wanted to hear straight from him about […]

The United Nations said on Friday it was “extremely alarmed” by the forced return by Cameroon of thousands of refugees to north-east Nigeria, where Boko Haram Islamists pose a continuing threat to civilians. “This action […]

It matters, therefore, that invited to adjudge the suitability of different individuals for the office of president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, we should place great store on their respective understanding of the problems […]

It would therefore be more practical to consider a different approach and re-design of the privatisation model for Yola DisCo to achieve a successful re-privatisation. Breaking up Yola DisCo into several DisCos along state boundaries, […]

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 […]