Issues/Policy

Unbroken peaceful reign, prolonged political stability, sustainable mutual co-existence and consistent socio-economic policies are part of the assurances domestic and international investors need to be sure their hard-earned funds and investments will not only be […]

Politics is taking a lot of our attention away from some of the quite entertaining aspects of our lives. Maybe football aficionados were glued to their television sets to see if the Super Falcons, Nigeria’s […]

The Managing Director, Eko Electricity Distribution Company Plc, Mr Adeoye Fadeyibi recently advocated a new regime of electricity tariff in the country. The Chief Executive Officer of one of the eleven DISCOs that emerged following […]

The months before general elections are always hectic for politicians, their staffers and other associated groups or individuals. However, nobody in this class bears more pressure than current political office holders, especially when there is […]

The question of media independence is an age-old one. Discourses around it sail through all notions and theories of communication and may continually be so. The reason being that independence is more like an ideal, […]

Some Lagosians ignorantly see public facilities as state properties belonging to people in government only; as such they fail to take care of these public facilities. Put simply, public facilities are facilities provided by the […]

Restructuring is a constitution review strategy aimed at bringing government as closely as possible to the people at the grass roots. Lest we forget, the restructuring we are talking about is the one anchored on […]

As head of EFCC between 2003 and early 2008, Mallam Ribadu put the organisation on the global anti-corruption map and left no one in doubt that he not only knows his onions when it comes […]

No sector is immune to corruption in Nigeria. The financial sector mirrors the larger society and given the ability of actors there to cook the books, its situation calls for more introspection. The banking sector […]

Are the authorities and our president therefore helpless in the face of the clonists threatening to crowd us out? Not at all. If they admit it is a metaphorical referendum on their work in office […]

…if I were John Momoh and the management of Channels TV, an apology should be publicly tendered to Onoshe Nwabuikwu. It is the proper thing to do. I am truly mystified by the recent fierce […]

We must stop whipping up sentiment. The legal profession is a noble one. It does not encourage conduct that aids or abets wrong. The charge I read does not attempt to regulate the fees charge… […]

The principal issue that…arises is: Should the man not take a walk from his headship of the bar and attend to his trial? And how much reputational harm are we willing to inflict on such […]

Nigeria has become a theatre of research possibilities. Daily the nation drifts from the mini theatre of the serious to the auditorium of jesters and comedians. This period clearly reminded many of the very successful […]

There is a grand conspiracy. A plot hatched in the pits of despair and agony. There are three conspirators involved in this plot – the Nigerian people, top business executives and the international community. In […]

ABUJA – PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, Monday, attributed his election victory in 2015 against former President Goodluck Jonathan to the revolt by Nigerians over glaring endemic corruption. President Buhari stated this while declaring open, the Corruption […]

drtayooke@gmail.com The just concluded G20 meeting held in Buenos Aires, Argentina, November 30 – December 1, 2018 was, in some sense, a victory for the brash, in-your-face approach to diplomacy by the US President, Donald […]

In April 2018, the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team during a ministerial press briefing delivered by the Attorney-General and Commissioner of Justice, Adeniji Kazeem, stated that the Team received 138 cases of […]

azonwuka@yahoo.com 0809-8727-263 (sms only) In the 1970s and 1980s, Nnewi in Anambra State was doing well in some areas, especially commerce and industry, but it was poor on sports. It had no stadium, no serious […]