Issues/Policy

We have no way of knowing whether or not Mr Novak Djokovic, Serbia’s global tennis talisman would have won the Australian Open this year. If he did he would have brought his grand slam collection […]

Mandatory COVID vaccination, if I may reiterate for the umpteenth time, is illegal. Mandatory COVID restrictions are also illegal. Consequently, Nigeria should lift its COVID mandates and restrictions in order to ameliorate the economic hardships […]

These reports usually offer an overall, judgment about whether an election was free and fair, which is not necessarily immune to politicization because of the stakes that may be involved. In-person observation can be a […]

If you are paying close attention, the concept of a legislative arm of government ought to give you great concern. In everything but name and form, it has essentially collapsed. In the latest indication, the […]

If you are a moral absolutist, you will have no problem taking a stand on half of the issues in this essay. But the others might still make you ponder awhile. As a lead in, […]

The guarantee of the right to life is the most fundamental of the fundamental human rights. It is the fulcrum upon which other human rights revolve. The first and most basic duty of the state […]

The pride of lions lounge under the baobab. Some look at the sky belly-up in gratitude to nature. Some crouch on their warm, filled bellies, swishing their tails to the music of the wind and […]

The title of this piece is a reminder of the classic novel, published in 1977, by the English author, Jeffery Archer “Shall We Tell The President”? The Theme is about the plot to kill the […]

The credibility and consequently the acceptability of elections in Nigeria have been very contentious and litigious because of inability to secure such election both in terms of pre-election, Election Day and post-election processes. Such failures […]

Sometime in 2001, a group of American bankers from US EXIMBank came to make a presentation to the senior management staff of the bank I was working for at that time on Marina, Lagos. They […]

With a fortnight gone from this year 2022, it’s time to ruminate on Nigeria’s expectations from its’ power sector. Insecurity in Nigeria is still very high. Life expectancy remains as low as 55 years and […]

General Olusegun Obasanjo who has been a long-standing Chief of Owu Kingdom in Ogun State needs no introduction. He is too well known to us here to be introduced. In fact, the retired army general […]

When, a few weeks ago, on December 2, 2021, I wrote on the state of our tertiary institutions, “Tertiary education and the future of Nigeria: Another perspective (https://www.sunnewsonline.com/tertiary-education-and-the-future-of-nigeria-another-perspective)”, particularly the universities, pursuant to the convocation […]

The PIA and MTNDP documents reveal how beholden our policymakers are to crude oil and gas and primary agriculture. Have they not read such authoritative books as that written by our very own Professor Kingsley […]

The 2021 Africa Cup of Nations games kicked off last Sunday, January 9, 2022, in Cameroon, amidst high expectations for the Nigerian national team, the Super Eagles, which last won the prestigious competition in 2013 […]

Last week, former governor of Lagos State, Senator Bola Tinubu, paid a visit to the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and held a press conference afterwards in which he disclosed that he informed the […]

I have read certain sections of JL Austin’s work, How to Do things with Words. I did not read that book because I qualify to be described as a bibliophile; I read that book because […]

In 1966, a similar futile plea was made for the release of Major Isaac Jasper Adaka-Boro (1938-1968). Also in 1995, another futile global plea was made for the release Chief Kenure Beeson Saro-Wiwa (1941-1995). Chief […]

John Egbeazien Oshodi On Monday, January 17, Americans observed a national holiday in honour of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., one of the highest civic and honourable leaders in the United States’ history. In March […]