Issues/Policy

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 […]

This day, July 19 should go down as a special moment in the economic history of Nigeria – the day when the country’s main vehicle for economic survival, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is […]

Retired Justice of the Supreme Court, Olabode Rhodes-Vivour has expressed concern about how corruption is increasing the cost of doing business in Nigeria. According to him, corruption is a major bane of development, and it […]

It was the aim of the columnist to embark on something else today after the sum-up of the debate begun three Fridays ago. It was a thrilling and stimulating debate going by the delightful responses […]

The highly engaging discourse on the timely and thematically relevant topic titled: ‘Insecurity in Nigeria: Which Way Forward for Tourism ?’ at the recent Tourism Parliament hosted by the Ayo Omotoso-led Association of Travel and […]

The increasing awareness and desire of many Nigerians to partake in the forthcoming 2023 general elections, and by so doing, in the democratic process deserves maximum encouragement by all relevant agencies and non-governmental organisations. For […]

A powerful vision defines or redefines specific objectives and accordingly realigns ideas, people and other resources. It creates the needed momentum and will to make change happen. It inspires individuals, complementary organisations and institutions to […]

The past has an uncanny way of catching up with the present. Here is a fine example. When he overthrew President Shehu Shagari at the end of December 1983, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari laid several sins […]

The Zamfara State Government has officially directed the inhabited communities of the state to carry arms for self-defence as a result of the insurmountable bandit’s attack shattering the state, leading to the destruction of lives […]

On the sidelines of the 26th edition of the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Kigali, Rwanda, President Muhammadu Buhari and his team Thursday morning visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial, which is one […]