Issues/Policy

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has called on Nigerians to join hands against insecurity and insensitivity in the country. Obasanjo said this at the 80th anniversary of Ango Abdullahi, former vice-chancellor, Ahmadu Bello University (ABU). NAN […]

Many Nigerians within the country and beyond have been reacting to Senator Godswill Akpabio’s recent statement that it was a mistake on his part to have imposed Governor Udom Emmanuel on the people of Akwa […]

The good old days generally,among all tribes in Nigeria, seems to be falling daily, to various unacceptable vices, politically,morally, and socially. This article is focused on the Yoruba premise, the once great Yoruba coast, who […]

The problem in Nigeria is thus one of starting kids in formal education too early and pressuring them to move through the educational system rapidly by skipping grades and advancing to harder material before they’re […]

I have waited in expectation of something new from the power minister, Babatunde Fashola since he arrived office late 2015. My idea of ‘new’ is simple: I’m convinced the so-called privatisation of the power sector […]

Essentially, the UN Pact is a palliative measure to give the developed countries breathing space to think and strategise on the migrants’ challenge, while appearing to be concerned about the human rights of migrants. But, […]

Some days to the Easter celebration… I received a call from an unknown number. When I picked up, the person (a man) at the other end was busy telling whoever he thought he was speaking […]

It turns out that a couple of those who did choose to take a ride with her sometimes did so for mischievous reasons. One was “laughing and touching my lap” during a trip, she vouchsafes. […]

Between January 2017 and December 2018, it was disclosed that Nigeria wasted over N3.2tn /$10bn on PMS subsidies and ghost PMS consumption. These are subsidies acknowledged by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation. This $10bn wasted […]

I have waited in expectation of something new from the power minister, Babatunde Fashola since he arrived office late 2015. My idea of ‘new’ is simple: I’m convinced the so-called privatisation of the power sector […]

What could have been a major diplomatic face-off between Nigeria and the United States of America as well as the United Nations was averted last Friday evening when the Nigerian Army hurriedly rescinded its earlier […]

The Nigerian Middle class is a brittle collectivity of people; brittle because it is insecureand unmoored to any abiding institutions and because its members suffer from status anxiety. The fear of falling back down the […]

In the past, I used to ask myself, “What has Nigeria done for me?” But these days, there is usually guilt when that thought intrudes. There is now the thought of, “What have I done […]