Issues/Policy

The title of this piece is taken from a speech in the House of Commons in late 1936 in which Winston Churchill, the then British Prime Minister warned: “The era of procrastination, of half-measures, of […]

The general perception about sea level rise even in global context should not ne taken lightly as one of those natural occurrences or acts of God that would come and go casually. In our milieu, […]

Friday Musings with Ayo Olukotun ayo_olukotun@yahoo.com 07055841236 “Apart from oil, Nigeria has a solid mineral sector with numerous resources spread across the country REMAINING LARGELY UNTAPPED” –Australian Foreign Policy White Paper, 2018. For as long […]

Dear Aunty Temilolu, I’m the worst child on earth. My story is quite different from the ones I’ve been reading in your column in the last few weeks about girls who have challenges with their […]

As a way of boosting the nation’s fledgling automotive industry, the Federal Government has just signed a Memorandum of Understanding, MoU, with Volkswagen Group to develop an automobile hub in Nigeria. The agreement specifies that […]

The manufacturing, or what is known as the real sector, plays a key role in the economy of any nation to the point that it is accepted that for the country to achieve a sustained […]

The long wait for the complete settlement of the outstanding exit benefits of ex-PHCN staff five years after the privatisation of the power sector is becoming unbearable and increasingly frustrating. At the point of the […]

Make no mistakes about it: President Buhari knows how to use power. He has demonstrated yet again his real character. Any further analysis is a mere academic exercise. This is a world-class enemy of meritocracy. […]

Mining sector in Nigeria has been plagued with a lot of challenges, which has negated the growth, limited the potentials and viability of the industry. Addressing these key challenges would unlock the sectors prospects. Nigeria […]

It is difficult to live in our country without being confused. Things are getting messier when they should be getting clearer. President Muhammadu Buhari captured our imagination in 2015 as a man totally intolerant of […]

The Lagos taxi driver mentality finds expression in the poor quality customer service from both private and public service providers, who carry on like they are doing the consumer a favour. It finds expression in […]

Whatever happens, if the dollar crashes or dies, there will be wailing in Washington and parts of the world. But there will be jubilation in many parts including Europe, which may try to position its […]

A recent renewal of consideration of plea bargain option for awaiting trial inmates for the purpose of decongesting the prisons deserves some priority attention even at this time despite a surfeit of political stories threatening […]

Industry regulators, the Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR), and Petroleum Products Pricing Regulatory Agency (PPPRA), have deliberately withheld importation data for kerosene, as scarcity hits the market with price differentiation.Even the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation […]

THE legislative process of creating nine new tertiary institutions has reached an advanced stage with the conclusion of public hearing on bills seeking to establish them at the House of Representatives last week. The move […]

willieojo@yahoo.com Military macho men with their coercing barrels of guns once played god over Nigeria’s government business for decades. But, in 1999, the country broke free from the choke-hold of dictatorship as she became one […]

As we journey towards the 2019 general election, there is a looming danger of mob rule as characterised by emerging trend of repression of freedom of political choices that must be nipped in the bud […]

tunjioa@yahoo.com 08036683657 there are bizarre occurrences in every sector in Nigeria. Why many who should be concerned aren’t perturbed should make whoever loves this country wonder. This is because these are issues that when one […]