Issues/Policy

It matters therefore that we ask the question: “Are our political leaders’ actions and expressions sufficiently capturing sentiments in their political constituencies?” The sub-themes to this question should have us wonder whether our politicos should […]

APC must..be wary of the antics of governors who want to eat their cake and also have it. Doing away with the delegate system of party primaries can only enhance people’s right and diminish the […]

Before us is a toxic broth. And we are muddling it with a more fatal mix on the political scene. Governors and legislators, along with top party members are defecting, with allegations that these politicians […]

The monsters of the mind are far worse than those that actually exist. Fear, doubt, and hate have hamstrung more people than beast ever have – Christopher Paolini After his involvement in a head on […]

The Minister of Finance, Kemi Adeosun, has been in the eye of the storm lately, with the allegation that she forged a National Youth Service Corps exemption certificate, to secure an earlier appointment, as a […]

Mum has been the word since Premium Times, an online newspaper, broke the report of the Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun’s alleged forgery of her National Youth Service Corp exemption certificate. Not that she […]

It was way back as a pastime dog breeder in Osogbo, Osun State, I discovered the pit bull is the ultimate killer dog. Strong, stumpy, fearless and conscienceless, I once witnessed my pit bull, Fletcher, […]

It will be a needless tautology to say that the attention of the whole nation has now shifted to 2019 elections. There is more keen interest in what might be the outcome of the elections […]

Like Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani, the 2010 finalist for the “Wole Soyinka Prize for Literature in Africa”, I dream of an Africa where “complaining about colonialism” would have “come to an end.” Unlike her, however, I’m […]

Lately trending on the social media was an audiovisual clip from the 2018 National Prayer Day in Kenya. Perhaps you’ve come across it. In the short clip, President Uhuru Kenyatta and his arc political rival, […]

A senior Buhari administration official who has slammed arbitrary fines on media organisations for allegedly broadcasting hate speeches has himself been caught spewing vicious propaganda on WhatsApp. Modibbo Kawu, director-general of National Broadcasting Commission who […]

Your Excellency, it is with every sense of love and patriotism that I have decided to write you again despite the frustration of knowing that you may not hearken to my sincere advice to you, […]

On June 25, 2018 Nigeria officially became the land of the poor. We now boast of the highest number of extremely poor people in the world, even more than India with a billion people. This […]

AFTER an initial demur, supposedly to take stock, Nigeria is finally on the verge of throwing her borders open in an open embrace of the African Continental Free Trade Area scheme. President Muhammadu Buhari who […]

A new national carrier is on the cusp of becoming a reality with the unveiling of its livery in far away Farnborough in London recently, during an air show. Details of its planned take-off have […]

An aspect of Nigeria’s democracy that speaks to the youth population in the country and their involvements in political processes was in focus at the Ibadan School of Government and Public Policy’s August seminar on […]

Yes, you heard right: an African nation which once owned an airline has resolved to own one again. The effort will boost national pride and jobs, the government believes. To that end, it plans to […]

What do you do when politics takes over the airwaves? This column is all about programmes, events and personalities on air after all. The 2019 elections are just a few months away. No doubt, interesting […]