Issues/Policy

More revelations have emerged on how the reconciliation between former President Olusegun Obasanjo and his estranged Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, was brokered. The sour relationship between the former President and his deputy was resolved last […]

You may call me a Prophet of doom, I really don’t care. I have to deliver my message, since we feel leadership is a concept we should treat with levity. I have just seen into […]

Shortly after former Vice President Atiku Abubakar became the flag-bearer of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on October 6, party members and other stakeholders began to recommend running mates for him and a short list […]

‘KEEPING VIGIL OVER THIS DEMOCRACY’. The 2019 general election is barely five months away. Though the campaigns are yet to begin in earnest, key issues that should dominate the election campaigns are curiously not crawling […]

Femi Falana, human rights lawyer, says Nigeria’s out-of-school children increased because states have failed to access the N67bn Universal Basic Education (UBE) fund. In a statement on Tuesday, the senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN) said […]

A Christian must master his fears and not allow his fears to master him. Imagine this scenario. Someone under your authority is caught in an infraction. When the matter is brought to your attention, he […]

…Kachikwu would by his high intellect, sound erudition, and master-class performance on his job remain a reference point for public and private sector servants, and would be relevant to our service space and public sector […]

Across the world 10th of October was observed as Mental Health Day. It is a day that has been set apart for creating awareness on mental health issues. First celebrated in 1992 at the instance […]

The enormous powers of the office An expose on the powers and influence of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, reveals that the office is as important – if not more – […]

“Nothing was more difficult to bring about than a new order of things, because those who profit from the old order will do everything possible to prevent a new order from coming about and those […]

24-year-old Mrs Joy Terna is from Giza, the Tiv speaking area of Nasarawa State. She was four months pregnant when militant herdsmen attacked and sacked her community, killing several persons and injuring scores. In that […]

It was just recently that the Trump administration’s practice of snatching children from parents who crossed illegally into the United States raised a stench around the world. Now the battle over Senate confirmation of President […]

It’s official! We now have our two major presidential candidates. This became clear last weekend after the main parties concluded their party conventions. As you would know by now, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar emerged the PDP […]

The word corruption is such a powerful word, it can make you a villain or a hero. The villains are those accused of corruption, while the heroes as those seen to be non-corrupt, or fighting […]

The word corruption is such a powerful word, it can make you a villain or a hero. The villains are those accused of corruption, while the heroes as those seen to be non-corrupt, or fighting […]

John Awodi is a Community Health Extension Worker (CHEW) and the immunisation officer at Tungan Maje Primary Healthcare Centre in Gwagwalada Area Council of Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory. His duty involves ensuring vaccines are kept […]

EX-VP Alhaji Atiku Abubakar enjoyed a resounding victory last weekend; and his emergence as the presidential candidate of the main opposition party, PDP, has totally panicked many previously complacent members of the ruling All Progressives […]

With the primaries of the two major political parties, the All Progressives Congress, APC and the Peoples Democratic Parties, PDP, now over, the coast is now clear for real politicking. Understandably, all eyes are now […]