Issues/Policy

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 […]

The rate at which rape is becoming rampant in the society is quite alarming and the most dreadful part of it is the fact that people do not get raped in confined places outside their […]

Another titan has gone down. The Newswatch family last week lost one of its illustrious directors. Alhaji Abdulaziz Ude, one of the founding directors of Newswatch, has bowed to the inevitable end of all mortals. […]

There are strong indications that the National Water Resources Bill 2020 will soon be reintroduced at the National Assembly. If passed into law, communities and people living along water fronts in the country, particularly Niger […]

It seems that the people who run the organisation called Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have never heard the Chinese saying that runs thus: “If you ride a tiger you cannot dismount.” The reason you […]

Last week Thursday President Muhammadu Buhari visited Owerri, one of the most troubled cities in Southeastern Nigeria, to commission projects which the incumbent government had embarked upon and ostensibly completed. His host, the Supreme Court-appointed […]

Believe it or not, Edo State is currently under the yoke of dictatorship, for many months running. Prior to his election for his second term in office, His Excellency, Governor Godwin Obaseki had dissolved his […]

This piece emanates from a conversation between the founder and executive chairman, the World Economic Forum, Dr Klaus Schwab and the president of the European Central Bank, Christine Lagarde. The discussion centred on four foremost […]

Many cynical reactions and some outright condemnations greeted the announcement recently of the approval by the Nigerian Navy to establish a naval base in Kano State, Northern Nigeria. According to a statement dated 1st September […]