Issues/Policy

The unexpected spectacle which greeted the whole world last week in which the former President, Olusegun Obasanjo and the former Vice-President, Atiku Abubakar, now a putative president-to-be, were pictured in an open reconciliatory embrace, appropriately […]

If PDP’s Atiku Abubakar wins next year’s presidential election, it will be due largely to the efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign team. Apparently jittery because of Atiku Abubakar’s emergence as the PDP’s candidate, the […]

If you have any idea of how people really live in Ghana, Cameroon, Libya, Botswana, and other parts of the Third World, you’d be rioting in the streets calling for a better life. In fact, […]

Let us begin by deliberating on the choice and import of the word “still” in the above title. A temporal, somewhat contrastive adverb, the word carries connotations of the relationship between time past and time […]

…APC will have to really dig deep into its creative reserve for a coherent message to counter the Atiku’s gospel of restructuring, which undeniably resonates well with the largely progressive values of the zone, beyond […]

For the Buhari administration, the anti-corruption fight is no longer a potent political tool, and for the average Nigerian, the political class is one and the same. This perception, wrong or right, is one reason […]

…if Ganduje insists on his innocence, the people deserve a more robust response and denial than the flimsy ‘cloning’ excuse that remains the only official response from the governor’s representatives. A shameful video surfaced online […]

Cristiano Ronaldo is probably the most famous athlete in the world. He is a superstar soccer player for both Juventus and the Portugal national team. He’s the face of EA Sports’ FIFA 19 (as he […]

Let us begin by deliberating on the choice and import of the word “still” in the above title. A temporal, somewhat contrastive adverb, the word carries connotations of the relationship between time past and time […]

The success of the PDP in the last few months does not necessarily owe itself to any ingenuous strategy on the part of the leaders of the party, however, but more to the many unforced […]

In early 1979, the British Labour Government lost a motion of vote of no confidence at the House of Commons forcing it to call an election. The election saw the Margaret Thatcher-led Conservative Party securing […]

It’s no longer news that Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is the certified flag-bearer for the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the coming gubernatorial election in Lagos State. And to further assuage thoughts on any irreconcilable differences […]

I have gotten to the point where any kind of mention of Nigeria, politics, or elections immediately gives me acid re-flux, migraine and rage, all at once. I gave up writing commentaries for a while […]

There are just a few people in this country wey no know sey I pitch my tent for the underdogs. It is common Knowledge, my guy. Who no know about some of my fights for […]

It is important to correct the erroneous impression that may be created in some quarters that the alleged opposition to Peter Obi’s pick as Atiku Abubakar’s Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) vice presidential running mate in […]

The genius in adapting a written work—in most popular forms, a novel—to screen is the unquestionable ability to bring the same creative intentions and emotional pulls to fore in the minds of viewers as contained […]

When the organised labour suspended its strike action over declaration of negotiation of minimum wage on Sunday, 30th September 2018, it was believed that a new minimum wage would soon be announced. But another announcement […]

drtayooke@gmail.com On March 29, 2019, the United Kingdom will cease to be a member of the most successful trade bloc in the world namely; the European Union. It will no longer be a voice to […]