Issues/Policy

Nothing can be more illustrative of our society revulsion than the state of complete despondency characterized by the epidemic of commercial sexual exploitation of our young girls. This viscous decadence brings into reflection Amma Darko’s […]

Lekan Sote The drama of the disrobing of the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, by his political godfather, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, Jagaban of Borgu, and the frenzy of the direct and indirect primaries of political […]

Recently, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister, Geoffrey Onyeama, engaged in an unusual vilification of the government of Switzerland for their role in money laundering and asset recovery processes. In a speech delivered at the opening of the […]

First was the salvo of warnings from the external front. A few weeks ago, the Economist Intelligence Unit, the research arm of The Economist magazine and the HSBC, a multinational banking and financial services company, […]

Like Phoenix in the storybook, Governor Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos seems on the rebound after political cruxifixion at the APC Golgotha. In his post-defeat broadcast last Wednesday, grace and sobriety had replaced the bile and […]

A judge of the Ikeja Division of the Lagos State High Court on Wednesday struck out the fraud case instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against Innocent Chukwuma, the founder of Innoson […]

The presidential race is here and the marathoners are lining up with the eagerness of a boxing challenger. The gong has not gone yet but any moment from now the referee will give the signal […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo is certainly not a fan of Atiku Abubakar, his former vice-president, who is now the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party. His various testimonials about his former deputy are trending […]

FRESH news that cargoes of Nigerian crude oil are on the high seas, seeking buyers, is a prophecy foretold coming to pass. Oil, as a major revenue earner, many have long warned, has a dim […]

Whether Atiku visits the U.S. or not, it is clear he has never had a better chance to be president than now; and that, if the 2019 presidential election manages to be anything close to […]

Chief William Eku, Victoria Island, Lagos State, +2348184654: Abimbola Adelakun’s article titled, Adeleke and the modern Nigerian tragedy was very wonderful. In that article, the writer raised two very important issues. 1) Only the people […]

censoj@gmail.com; 08127235995 The National Assembly has been on an elongated vacation which started a few days before their normal mid-year break on July 24, 2018 and got extended for the legislators to attend to their […]

Economic Renaissance by Henry Boyo lesleba@lesleba.com 08052201997 President Muhammed Buhari inaugurated a 30-member tripartite committee on Monday, November 27, 2017, to negotiate a new National Minimum Wage. The committee comprises six serving state governors and […]

It is no longer news that the scheme to dethrone Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode has been going according to plan for those who have been plotting his ouster. Last week, he was finally denied […]

Last Sunday, September 30, this year, marked exactly the 35th year that the first civilian governor of the old Oyo State, (present Oyo and Osun States) the late Chief ’Bola Ige, Senior Advocate of Nigerian […]

It is curious that 2019 election politics has taken the steam out of the initial enthusiasm to commission a new multilateral facility at the Seme Border Post. A date is yet to be set for […]