Issues/Policy

With the unending volatility in the oil sector, the discourse around economic diversification in Nigeria has sought to elevate the importance of growth in the non-oil sector. Beyond the push for revenue, economy experts have […]

But for the sake of optimism, Nigeria appears doomed to oscillate between the polarities of hope and despair, a conditioning that is perhaps best illustrated by the contradictions embedded in the structural pillars of its […]

BY AYO-BANKOLE AKINTUJOYE I recently tweeted that ‘While Ambode’s performance is arguable, it is quite embarrassing that the choice about his 2nd term has been snatched completely from the hands of the electorate. While I […]

“And what is more, Chukwu Himself in all His power and majesty, did not make the Igbo by fiat. He held conversations with mankind. He talked with those archetypal men of Ndri (Ndi Eri) and […]

Until Friday, September 14, 2018, Folakemi Adeosun (nee Oguntomoju), was Nigeria’s erudite and piquant-witted minister of Finance. Mrs. Kemi Adeosun (as she is popularly known) is as mannerly, almost inimitably brilliant, talking as though she […]

This account of social and political change in Igboland is one way to understand the cultural transformation of some South-Eastern States in the last 50 years. This has been the scourge of the Igbos – […]

…There is a failure in the communication mechanism of the Independent National Electoral Commision, and while a lot of us have taken our grudge to Twitter without a good knowledge of what the laws guiding […]

A recent statement by a United States government official, blaming Nigeria’s woes on government’s wrong choices and bizarre spending pattern, is unlikely to sit well with the authorities; but the aptness of the remark cannot […]

…the September 22 exercise in Osun has proved that, once various stakeholders exercise a high sense of vigilance and the umpire evinces will and commitment, the possibility of the ruling party to deploy incumbency mindlessly […]

On Saturday, September 22, 2018, the political consciousness of the nation shifted to the gubernatorial election that was conducted in Osun, a State touted as the bedrock of the Yoruba race. On that day, the […]

Nigeria’s health minister, Prof Isaac Adewole, recently drew the flak from Nigerians when he seemingly underplayed the intractable challenges that the country’s health sector grapples with. Speaking at the 38th Annual General Meeting and Scientific […]

DISAGREEMENTS between the National Assembly and President Muhammadu Buhari, provoked by amendments to the Electoral Act, seem to have ended with the former’s correction of the errors and deletion of controversial provisions noticed in the […]

A two-week ultimatum by labour unions to the Federal Government to announce a new minimum wage refocused attention on workers’ pay and the precarious financial position of public and private sector employers. The threat of […]

Under military dictator Ibrahim Babangida’s convoluted political transition programme, the progressives of the Lagos State chapter of the former Social Democratic Party had fierce dispute on who would be their governorship candidate. Their leader, former […]

At the mention of the word ‘literacy,’ what comes to mind is the ability to read and write. Literacy, however, is a broader concept that encompasses more than just the acts of reading and writing […]