Issues/Policy

The word “civil” in its ordinary meaning, has to do with people. It connotes a relationship between people that treat each other with dignity and honour. It involves an attitude of gentility as opposed to […]

Ecowas summit of Heads of State took place in Accra-Ghana on July 3, 2022 to deliberate on pressing security, political and economic affairs of member states. On top of the agenda was the military take […]

There have been several rhetorical questions on this page – from whether President Muhammadu Buhari would be able to make history to if there would indeed be some redemption songs for the president who has […]

Insecurity is everywhere in the land. Except for the period of the Civil War between 1967 and 1970, the country has never experienced anything close to this level of insecurity. From the North East to […]

People who complain about racism should also complain if they accept tribalism. Those who practice tribalism have no right to complain about racism. The Developed Nations no longer celebrate racism as they did some decades […]

“A state without some means of change is without the means of its conservation. Without such means, it might even risk the loss of that part of the constitution which it wished the most religiously […]

President Buhari last Wednesday was also reported to have directed the Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning, Zainab Ahmed to release the sum of N1.14billion for the purchase of 10 Land Cruiser Jeeps, to […]

This comment first published on June 12, 2018, is hereby republished for its relevance At a time when Nigerians are clamouring for proper federalism that entails devolution of powers to the states and local authorities, […]

A leader is the one who knows the way, shows the way and goes the way-John C. Maxwell. One of the objectives of good leadership is to help those who perform poorly to perform well, […]

There will always be consequences of exiting the police personnel from the contributory pension scheme. If it were to happen, then more government agencies and officials would borrow a leaf from the police and continue […]

After the announcement of the result of the 1999 presidential election I went to see Chief Olusegun Obasanjo who had just been declared the winner. His Otta farm was filled to the brim with people […]

The endless clamour for the extension of the Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) period is a metaphor for the failure of governance, which has given rise to public disillusionment. Left to some people, the exercise could […]

Young Nigerians may not understand the enormity of Chief Obafemi Awolowo, the first Premier of the defunct Western Region (now Ekiti, Edo, Delta, Lagos, Ogun, Osun, Ondo and Oyo states). The territory he superintended extended […]

Recently at a forum on the challenges of underdevelopment in Nigeria, I have canvassed that a key constraint to the development of Nigeria, is a crisis in the capacity for defining things, and crisis in […]

The crippling energy scarcity that has practically grounded Nigeria has exposed the futility of all the policy thrusts purported to have been applied since 2015 to retune the sector and boost the economy. This is […]

July is a special month in Nigeria. It is when the heavens open up to release the rain in torrents and expose the hidden shame of our cities. About 60 years ago, a young graduate […]

The flight was scheduled to leave at 2:30pm, so we sent our aides in advance to the airport at 9am! At 9:15am they had done all the necessaries but of course Air Peace personnel needed […]

It is a generally accepted fact that every election is determined by those citizens who show up to cast their votes. By implication, therefore, the ideology, conviction, aspiration of such citizens ultimately influences the direction […]

The victory of the opposition party, on the eve of next year’s general election, is an indicator of the complex nature of the electorate, greater awareness of the average Nigerian voter, and the changing dynamics […]