Issues/Policy

President Muhammadu Buhari’s demand the other day on Europe and America to help recharge Lake Chad is curious and uncalled. The nation should be tired of this request on the West for this technical and […]

“You won’t be allowed to board the airplane,” the check-in officer said matter-of-factly, hands spread apart, his facial expression revealing no mischievous intent. Although this reporter knew it was a lie told for the sole […]

In its political fight for 2019, the PDP is not relying on the big issues of the day – security, corruption and jobs but on small, distractive matters that take little or no account of […]

Physical, psychological, emotional, and verbal abuse is not tough love, it is a debasement of a growing human being. Raising children can be exhausting, but we cannot resort to brute and emotional cruelty to do […]

Beyond the warning alerts given by SON on the cancer-causing school uniforms made by China-based companies, there should be some draconian measures the government must take to ensure all-round safety of its citizens. One of […]

What is in a governor’s puny sense of self-esteem? It is in acquiring all the resources and influence to be enjoyed for a lifetime within the maximum period of eight years. He never cares about […]

Of two evils, choose neither —Charles Haddon Spurgeon (English Baptist preacher) 1834-1892 Now, it is certain that of the nearly 100 political parties asking Nigerians to vote for them in 2019, two are in the […]

The administrative capacity of Mallam El-Rufai has never been in doubt. In Kano, Governor Abdullahi Ganduje has a Ph.D in Public Administration, his erstwhile Deputy Hafiz Abubakar is a professor of Biochemistry, while his new […]

Gbau gbau langbo aomobi ibon tindun Gbau gbau langbo aomobi ibon tindun K’olori dorie mu o, ka kiye s’ara Oro Nigeria yio kom bawa d’ogun -I.K Dairo 1967 The first generation of Nigeria musicians were […]

It’s a surprise that the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, is still standing. His appointment had been barely announced when some folks with very long memory of their […]

FOR A MAN WHO WOULD NEITHER TOOT HIS OWN HORN NOR PAY A TRUMPETER TO SING HIS PRAISES, IT IS NOT SO SURPRISING THAT JOHN OBARO, NIGERIA’S FINTECH TYCOON, RECENTLY REACHED THE DIAMOND AGE OF […]

In a bid to garner public support ahead of the 2019 general elections, some opposition elements have descended to the level of peddling lies against President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. While it appears that the reason […]

History holds three approaches. The good and fascinating approach. The bad and cruel approach and Infact the most irrational- conjectural approach. The topic of the essay looks gloomy because, the event of Olusegun Obasanjo as […]

In September 2015, the global community agreed at a United Nations general meeting to set up the 2030 global agenda as a call to action to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure that all […]

The National industrial court has ordered the organised labour not to go ahead with the nationwide strike scheduled for November 6. At its sitting on Friday, Sanusi Kado, a judge, ruled that the planned strike […]

Over 1.1 million Nigerians have slipped into extreme poverty in just four months, TheCable can report. This has brought the number of Nigerians living in extreme poverty — or below $1.90 a day — to […]

…we must be guided by the rule of law to reverse the fast deteriorating security situation posed by the current Shi’ite uprising. The continuous detention of Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, the leader of the Islamic Movement in […]

It is indeed a welcome development that both chambers of Nigeria’s National Assembly acted swiftly and in due consideration for the overriding interest of democracy by embarking on the review of the electoral bill for […]