Issues/Policy

BROTHER Seriake Dickson, Governor of Bayelsa State has made a call on President Muhammadu Buhari to set the tone for a debate on restructuring in the country. I don’t know why people like teasing the […]

YOU are entitled to your opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts—Senator Daniel Moynihan. US Senator from New York State, 1970s. TWO wrongs never make a right – whether in politics or in […]

The All Progressives Congress Deputy Governorship candidate in Lagos State, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, has disclosed that he rejected $5million alleged bribe from former President Goodluck Jonathan during the electioneering campaign in 2015. He made the […]

With the silly season merging into pre – election mode, a politician cannot be too careful in his choice of language as well as enemies. Vice – President Yemi Osinbajo taking advantage of the Christmas […]

Sloganeering and symbolism are very effective and critical tools used by marketing experts to attract and retain the attention of their targeted audience. They are conceived with a view to ingraining messages into the memories […]

Within its limited scope amidst vagaries of resistance and attempts by suspects to malign its chairman, the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIPRPP), has proven that it is capable of […]

Finally, the year every Nigerian is waiting for is here. 2019 begins tomorrow. Ordinarily, for Nigerians as is the practice in football circle, the market will be open for the signing of new players or […]

The gory pictures of General Idris Alkali in a soiled shroud as he was ferreted out of the shallow well his murderers had dumped him, and General Alex Badeh, felled by evil doers, will forever […]

…the global economy may tank next year, but a more resilient oil market may shield us from much of the impact. Which is all for the better. For, given how addicted to oil export earnings […]

President Buhari has a difficult but feasible chance of winning the 2019 elections. It would however require that he is able to quickly mends fences with supporters he has hurt or ignored and is able […]

When recently the Special Presidential Investigation Panel for the Recovery of Public Property (SPIP), headed by Okoi Obono-Obla, said it had submitted some 39 names of alleged treasury looters to the Nigerian Immigration Service to […]

There is a sense in which the recent destruction of 30 trailer loads of beer by the Kano State Hisbah Board, obviously on the prodding of the state government, reinforces the argument namely, that the […]

The expenditure framework of the 2019 budget proposal continues the tradition of getting the priorities wrong. Of the overall expenditure projection of N8.83tn, recurrent non-debt takes N4.04tn, which is 45.75%; capital expenditure is N2.031tn, which […]

The late Prof. Samuel Aluko was probably Nigeria’s best known economist, until he passed on in 2012. In addition to his prowess as a notable scholar and sage, he later served as the Chairman of […]

Jesus wept. Yes, he did – upon the death of Lazarus – to affirm his humanity, and He subsequently raised him from the dead – to confirm his divinity. From his Nazareth nativity to his […]

Nigeria, again, recently came into odious public glare as the poverty capital of the world. According to reports of a three-member expert study for the Washington-based Brookings Institution, Nigeria, this year, became the country with […]