The concept of the audacity of hope emanated from the keynote address of Barack Obama at the 2004 Democratic National Congress when he was an Illinois Senator and presidential aspirant. The address which he delivered […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a heavy toll and none more than on our most vulnerable – our children, who have not only suffered the difficulties related to the lockdowns but also physical and mental […]
Goliath and Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, is the highest-ranking military officer in the Nigerian Armed Forces. His duties include formulating operational policies and programmes for the Army, Navy and Air Force with […]
Man is by default selfish and as such he does not reserve a second thought on the consequences of his actions in terms of the effects on his neighbours. By nature, man is wired to […]
While many in Nigeria are of the opinion that ethnic nationalities have the ultimate legal right to break away from the country drawing on comparisons from other countries, this is not entirely accurate. In fact, […]
In retrospect, it is widely attested that an active pension ecosystem effectively congregating players – a regulator, administrators, custodians, public and private sector employers and working-class persons across several age groups – is well established […]
On March 30 2021, 26 heads of states under the auspices of the World Health Organisation (WHO) and the European Council made a call for a pandemic treaty. Among other things, the proposed treaty would […]
An earlier version of this article appeared in The Guardian newspaper of March 2, 2004 under the title “The State of Emergency Conjecture”. It was during the presidency of Olusegun Obasanjo. Chris Ngige was the […]
Among the fundamental problems facing education globally is the question of whether education should be free or commercialized; in other words, education as a commodity or public good. Policy-makers in the education sector in Nigeria […]
By Samuel Akpan Faruk Yahaya, chief of army staff (COAS), says it is not easy to tackle security challenges in the country. Yahaya spoke on Sunday while inaugurating some facilities at the Training and Doctrine […]
If the authorities in Lagos and Abuja continue to listen to their lawyers who would not teach us the significance of the spirit of the law on the Lagos #EndSARS panel report, they should reflect […]
The smallest bone in the human body is in the structure of the ear. It may be small but it may not be ignored. The big countries of the world have ignored the small nations […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has wrought a heavy toll and none more than on our most vulnerable – our children, who have not only suffered the difficulties related to the lockdowns but also physical and mental […]
Somewhere in Lagos is a den of iniquity. Like all things Nigerian, rot set in after an early promise. The founding mission has been thrown to the dogs. A conspicuous eyesore now lives amid homes […]
In Nigeria’s politics, the north holds the trump card – an inconvenient reality. By the inexorable contrivance of the divine, the northern region is a chief decider of the nation’s leadership. Since the country’s independence […]
Nine years after Oladapo Joseph died as a senior officer in the Nigerian Army, his widow, Bolajoko, continues to suffer amid official neglect. The couple tied the nuptial knot at Ilorin, capital of Kwara State, […]
In an earlier write up (November 1st and 4th, Punch Newspaper), I gave reasons infrastructure spending was not working for the Nigerian economy. In this article, I turn the searchlight on the much-acclaimed improvements in […]
Nigeria is currently ranked as one of the world’s leading destinations for electronic waste due to waste management issues. The average Nigerian generates about 0.65kg of waste daily and, apart from local dump sites present […]
Anambra governorship election has come and gone. As expected, a winner and losers emerged. Prof Charles Soludo of the All Progressives Grand Alliance polled a total of 112,229 votes to emerge a winner. Other frontline […]
Pardon me if my epistlolaries on Okunland, my part of Nigeria which is part of present day Kogi State, have become recurring subjects in my recent public offerings. It may interest readers to note that […]
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