Issues/Policy

But you are always going to be as strong as your weakest link. Ambode is less read than Babatunde Fashola. In the long chain of Tinubu boys, he is one of the least sophisticated. It […]

By Kazeem Ugbodaga In the last few months, the Lagos mega city has been taken over by refuse. Heaps of refuse dorn every nooks and crannies of the state, with a looming epidemic staring residents […]

The Lagos State Government has been in the proverbial eye of storm ever since it commenced distribution of demand notices for the payment of the Land Use Charge for 2018. Many property owners expressed surprise […]

Our nation harbours many oddities, and strangely so. In return, we get odd outcomes. I don’t mean this in any amusing sense of it. At this time when there’s a need to be concerned about […]

“The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge,” – Stephen Hawking (January 8, 1942 – March 14, 2018) Now I know why our ancestors, in every culture, noted in […]

The exit of Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson from office in January at the end of her second term as Liberian president left Ameenah Gurib-Fakim as the last African woman president standing. In a world where women have […]

When former Nigerian President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan affirmed a few years back that “corruption is not stealing”, he was crucified and vilified. Perhaps, among other things, that statement cost him the presidency. Also, once upon […]

Professor Wole Soyinka has said the hate bill under consideration in the National Assembly is aimed at ending criticisms of government officials by the people. Speaking at the ‘Ripples Nigeria Dialogue’ event in Lagos, Soyinka […]

By Mustapha Ogunsakin Nigeria’s Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Chief Audu Ogbeh, must by now have understood what it means to fight the rice mafia in Nigeria. For about a week now, he has […]

Less than three years in opposition, Ike Ekweremadu who is the highest ranking PDP member today is already baiting the military and reminding them that they can still take over power. Can you believe this? […]

In the current edition of The News magazine, Senator Shehu Sani made a disclosure which has serious implications for public accountability in Nigeria. Without mincing words the Senator blew the lid off federal legislators’ salary […]

‘It is dangerous to abandon one’s self to the luxury of grief’- Henri Fredric Amiel The first antithesis is that Buharism is not an ideology. Ideology connotes commitment to a cause; the principle behind the […]

…the Fund prescribes medication for the same ills that successive governments have pledged themselves to fix over the last five decades. The danger in the Fund’s baseline outlook for the economy, is that as advanced […]

As he journeyed he came near Damascus, suddenly a light shone around him from heaven. Then he fell to the ground, and heard a voice. (Acts 9:3-4). My wife was coming back from a trip […]