Issues/Policy

A recent fuel tanker explosion in Lagos that roasted 12 persons alive and burnt 54 vehicles has nudged the state government into recalibrating the extant framework for traffic management of vehicles laden with fuel and […]

Two things mark the average Nigerian’s reaction to almost all the recurrent but avoidable misfortunes that hit the country. The first is the blaming of everyone but himself. And the second, a resort to the […]

The decline of moral values and the development of malpractices (corruption) in Nigeria are linked to the present dysfunctional state of the Nigerian civil service. Strange at it may sound, but this is true, considering […]

Money is the medium of exchange and store of value. People describe it variously as bank notes, currency notes or simply “money”. But for the purpose of this piece, the description as “money” is chosen […]

Last week was particularly bloody in Nigeria. The scale of multifarious tragedies that hit the nation rubbed all of us raw and with a visceral force. From Plateau to Cross River, Ebonyi, and Lagos states, […]

Over 200 persons have been reportedly killed and over 50 houses razed down in renewed attacks in 11 villages in three local government areas of Plateau State, namely: Barkin Ladi, Riyom and Jos South, attributed […]

As the administration of the President Muhammadu Buhari lurches into the twilight amid the fast-vanishing possibility of securing a second mandate, it flails in all directions in search of survival. It is striving currently to […]

In yet another pointer that the President is oblivious of the harsh political realities in Nigeria, Mr. Muhammadu Buhari recently declared that patriots who are calling for a restructuring of the country are ‘parochial and […]

This piece recognises Lagos State and its special position in the scheme of the federation. It recognises, equally, that divine arrangements are wholly devoid of ignorance and encapsulated in infinite intelligence by which there are […]

The National Association of Chamber of Commerce, Industries, and Manufacturers’ call for the Central Bank of Nigeria to reduce interest rate from the floor of 14 per cent in order to attract Foreign Direct Investment […]

The fact that the constant air pollution incidents in Lagos have not been documented to have caused serious or major casualties is no reason for the authorities to neglect a potential disaster of incredible magnitude. […]

NIGERIA continues swimming in the pond of damning statistics as each new worldwide rating is released. The latest is that Nigeria, currently with an estimated population of 198 million, has overtaken India (1.3 billion people) […]

…if Buhari has done his “best” with regard to security as Nigeria’s commander-in-chief, and we still record huge and widespread death counts as a result of incessant herdsmen attacks, then he has failed as the […]

With successive governments and leaders, who are emboldened by their allegiance to primordial associations, it won’t be a bad idea to begin to think of outsourcing the governance of the Nigerian state to people who […]

If the current violence is allowed to fester, soon the word “genocide” will not be so far-fetched. With the resources of the Fulani nation across Africa, Nigeria may soon find itself in the throes of […]

Unorthodox as it may seem, the recent cultural parade initiated by the Benin monarch, Oba Ewuare II, involving the invocation of ancestral curses could, therefore, be termed the cultural equivalent of fatwa against all those […]

While we remain open-minded on whatever the content of this diplomatic visit is, we must state clearly that the unity of the African continent must be towards using the resources of the continent to better […]

I saw that bullet wound in his right arm: The bullet actually put a hole in his arm. It was deep, disgusting and breathtaking. I also saw the blood-stained cotton pads on his hospital bed […]

BY ANAYO UDE The media has been awash with reports on the recent comments of the Governor of Sokoto state, Rt. Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, CFR, on the wanton killings around the country. In the […]