Issues/Policy

…with Trump, no one individual, group or country is safe. Only Trump is safe with Trump. He lacks the paradoxical blend of boldness and restraint required of a leader. Calling President Buhari “lifeless” is disrespectful, […]

As a matter of responsibility, President Buhari should be on the side of the rule of law and the constitution, because they are parts of the oaths of office he swore to preserve. Failing to […]

What is happening on the political scene in Nigeria today is the clear beginnings of a tsunami. For one, there are giant waves unseen on the surface and among our people right now. Nigerians are […]

Apparently, in a desperation to hook their unsuspecting loved ones, many would hide biological secrets… Or sex up their physiological endowments the way our lawmakers pad national budgets, until the wedding night when the dark […]

Almost everywhere one turns to in Nigeria today, there is strife, hunger, and mindless bloodshed that leaves people feeling helpless and vulnerable in their own ancestral homes. In 1847, the Commonwealth of Liberia was declared […]

Lola Owoade spends about N1,500 monthly on sachet water. This is because she is not sure if the water in her residence is safe for drinking. Mrs Owoade’s house has a borehole. On Arab Road […]

Today, the political track in Nigeria is being filled and charged with aspirants of all shades, sizes and colours wishing or seeking to represent the people by using the fast approaching 2019 general elections as […]

In the way it has conducted the transition in these elections, the A.B. Mahmoud administration assures for itself a prize in the column between infamy and ignominy. It leaves a toxic legacy from which whoever […]

Mr President Sir, This memo is necessitated by issues of urgent national importance not unconnected with your statement at the Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association where you told a gathering of eminent judges […]

I AM an Awoist — but an Awoist without illusions. I first met my hero when I was an undergraduate at Ahmadu Bello University Zaria in the seventies. He was Chancellor of the University. I […]

IF you were to visit the Lagos headquarters of ExxonMobil (Nigeria) in Victoria Island, Lagos today, you would immediately notice that something strange is going on. You will find a number of people camped outside […]

The partial demolition of the magnificent Music House of the wheelchair-bound singer, Yinka Ayefele by the administration of Governor Abiola Ajimobi confirms my fears about the health of democracy in Nigeria. It’s becoming apparent that […]

Kofi Annan, who passed away on August 18 at the age of 80, can be situated within the select group of aspirational Africans of his time. Within their generation, the group was imbued with huge […]

SHORTLY after he became the seventh Secretary General of the United Nations in January 1997, Ghanaian Kofi Atta Annan, who drew his last breath in a Swiss hospital on Saturday August 18, addressed members of […]

Without billboards or banners, or anything of such things, a seven letter byline – Ray Ekpu – has for the past 45 years in a life of 70 years, so far, remains a brand in […]