Issues/Policy

The brutal murder of Dr Chike Akunyili by the so-called “unknown gunmen” — I call them “the Boko Haram of the south-east” — has torn my heart to pieces. I was an associate member of […]

A former Minister of Aviation and a vociferous critic of the regime of Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), Femi Fani-Kayode’s recent defection to the All Progressives Party shouldn’t come as a surprise to any Nigerian […]

This era is quite appropriate for a reflection on labour leadership under COVID-19. The latter has thrown up a lot of transformation processes in all spheres of human endeavour. I have observed elsewhere that COVID-19 […]

There are several contending views on why Nigeria is seen as a failed state, lagging behind Afghanistan. While many people highlight leadership as the main issue, others aver that it is corruption together with ethnicity […]

In the modern world of smart technology, with robots deploying artificial intelligence to take the job of humans, there is no end to all the smarts you can get… smart phones being the most popular […]

The actions of Chief Nyesom Wike (57), governor of Rivers state; and Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (56), governor of Lagos, have made us to take another look on the issue of taxation in Nigeria. Specifically the […]

The video, which has gone viral, tells the story. It surfaced on Thursday, September 23. When I watched it, my stomach churned. And I was diminished as a human being. It tells the story of […]

The report filtered through the airwaves few days ago, leaving a media storm in its wake as the development elicited diverse reactions across the emotional spectrum from various quarters. Chief Femi Fani-Kayode had done the […]

On August 16, 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari shocked his many detractors when, in a historic move, he signed into law the Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) – now the Petroleum Industry Act (PIA). Perhaps, in the […]

It is important to examine the critical submissions of the governor of one of our A-list states amid the din over the control of VAT remittances between the states and the federal government. Governor Ifeanyi […]

Sometime in 1976 or 77, Professor John Hunwick and myself were invited to the United Arab Emirates to advise the country on the topic of Afro-Arab Relations. Although Prof. Hunwick got me to do Arabic […]

Let’s borrow from the brilliance of the composers of the song: USA for Africa: ‘We are the World’ as I would like to enjoin some prominent but noisy governors to borrow some brilliance from the […]

Growing up as a child was really hectic in terms of schooling and holiday. My school closed by 2pm; but my parent organised an after-school lesson, which started by 3pm and ended by 6pm. As […]

A mild drama over disclosure of corporate deficit and returns ensued early this month between the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Senate Joint Committee on Finance, National Planning, Petroleum Upstream, Downstream and Gas. As […]

I have received not a few messages from men about how unreasonable their wives become after the marriage crumbles. In fact, one of such messages reads “When I began to see another woman (after I […]

In the last 20 of my over 30 years of sojourn in the United States, I’ve always made it a duty of sort to visit my hometown of Imesi-Ile, and my birthplace in Ibadan, at […]

The transfiguration of my big brother, Captain Idahosa Wells Okunbo, in the morning of Sunday, August 8, 2021 was triumphalist. Having reconciled with his creator, the Lord Jesus Christ, in the twilight of his earthly […]

It is not your typical beer parlour brawl but believe me, it is still about beer. Every time you pay for goods or are paid for services, you pay extra money to the federal government. […]

The expectation of the drafters of our Constitution is that every State will have a full blown cabinet, comprising Commissioners and Special Advisers, who would develop policies around their specific ministries based on their expertise […]