Issues/Policy
Awo Forever By Obadiah Mailafia
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Issues/Policy
ExxonMobil Shows Outright Contempt For Nigeria’s SupremeCourt By Femi Aribisala
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 […]
Issues/Policy
The Scary Bigger Picture Of The Demolition of Ayefele’s Music House By Osayimwen Osahon George
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Kofi Annan’s Unmet Wishes By Bunmi Makinwa
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 […]
Issues/Policy
The Passing of Kofi Annan | Tribune
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Context, Stakes and Promises of Nationhood By Abdulwarees Solanke
The context of Nigeria’s nationhood is a familiar one because we know we are a product British imperialism. But the stakes to forge a true nation have always been high; the contest for leadership selection […]
Government
Caveat Emptor: Tafawa Balewa Square Belongs To Lagos State By Rasheed Ojikutu
This won’t be the first time that the current state of the Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos would be a subject of interest on this page. The ugliness on its face, the abandonment of its […]
Issues/Policy
A Brand Called Ray Ekpu By By Nsikak Ekanem
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 […]
Issues/Policy
Nigeria’s Problem Not Restructuring – Osinbajo By Johnbosco Agbakwuru
ABUJA – VICE President Yemi Osinbajo has said that the problem of Nigeria was not geographical restructuring rather prudent management of national resources and providing for the people properly. Osinbajo also said prudent management of […]
Government
Buhari Under Fire For Comment On Rule of Law, National Security | PremiumTimes
Lawyers on Monday condemned in strong terms the comments made by President Muhammadu Buhari that the rule of law will take second stage on issues involving alleged threat to national security. In various interviews with […]
Issues/Policy
To Samir Amin, A Personal Tribute By Edwin Madunagu
The year 1982 began with a revolutionary upheaval in Ghana: a group of young and radical military officers—some retired, others still in service—appeared to have seized power! It soon became clear, however, that what took […]
Issues/Policy
Rule of Law: The President Got It Wrong By Reuben Abati
It is unfortunate that the most important statement made so far at the on-going Annual Conference of the Nigeria Bar Association, an outright derogation of the supremacy of the rule of law, has not yet […]
Issues/Policy
Enough of Rhetoric on Commercialisation of Research Findings | Punch
In an apparent acknowledgement of the centrality of science and technology to the true greatness of a nation, the Federal Government is seeking ways to encourage scientific innovations in the country. This was the clear […]
Issues/Policy
Rivers State’s Unremitting Politics of Violence | Punch
A state constituency election to fill a vacant seat in the Rivers State House of Assembly on August 18 was aborted due to a riot of gunshots by suspected thugs, snatching of ballot boxes and […]
Issues/Policy
On The Gale of Defections By Adewale Kupoluyi
Anytime I get to read about how our politician cross-carpet from one party to another, I feel greatly troubled and unhappy for two reasons. First, it shows the level of indiscipline in the polity. Secondly, […]
Issues/Policy
Controversy Over Adeosun’s NYSC Certificate | Punch
The controversy over the National Youth Service Corps discharge certificate of the Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, has drawn widespread public attention for several weeks now, and it does not seem to be going away. The […]
Issues/Policy
So, Who Determines What is National Interest? By Azuka Onwuka
President Muhammadu Buhari was quoted in the media on Monday as saying that the rule of law must play second fiddle to national security and national interest. He made the assertion in his speech at […]
Issues/Policy
Who Are The Sponsors of Herdsmen’s Killings in Nigeria? By Niyi Akinnaso
Why does the ownership of the estimated 19.5 million cows in Nigeria remain shrouded in secrecy? Surely, the herdsmen we see carrying AK-47 rifles and following the cows through the roadways, villages, and farmlands are […]
Government
Somethings Are Better off Unchanged; Ambode and The Metamorphosis of Lawma By Kareem Itunu Azeez.
On July 2015, after Oresanya spoke with PM news about his deployment as he puts it, by the government after 10 years of service to the Lagos State Waste Management Authority, it was seen by […]
Issues/Policy
What Does Segun Oni Really Want? By Segun Dipe
“Ethics is knowing the difference between what you have a right to do and what is right to do.” –Potter Stewart. There is no gain saying that the legal ember stoked by Engineer Olusegun Oni […]