Issues/Policy

By 7.am, on Tuesday, June 7, a long line of  Nigerians, young and old, gathered at the front gates of the Nigeria Immigration Service, Area B command, Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos. These were prospective travellers […]

What Niger Deltans don’t want to hear is that their own leaders are largely responsible for the problems facing the region. And what the government certainly does not want to hear is that restructuring could […]

I  WOULD  not have commented on the recent appearance by a group of political adventurers in Aso Villa if not for the fact that they were described as “Igbo leaders” in some sections of the […]

Former President Goodluck Jonathan seems so unpretentious you could vow he is like your next door neighbour. No airs. No ostentatious display of wealth. No professorial jargons of an exhibitionist academic. No boasting – except […]

On the streets of Lagos, “No story,” means “Spare me the explanations for failure to carry out an assigned task.” But some stories, like history, need to be told, for the benefit of the present […]

Three times in the last one month, President Muhammadu Buhari, PMB, failed to honour scheduled official visits to three states in the country. First was the visit to Lagos, the commercial capital of Nigeria. The […]

The word Biafra has been a taboo to successive governments in Nigeria simply because Republic of Biafra was defeated by a coalition of Nigerian Armed Forces and forces deployed by Organisation of African Unity (OAU) […]

Recently, my residence was gutted by fire. Though my section of the house was not affected but the victim was still in a quagmire as to what to do, but before he could even clear […]

It should be clear that a question of religion is not the same thing as a question of secularity. The June 3 ruling by a High Court in Osogbo, Osun State, in favour of religion-related […]

We regard as unwholesome and unacceptable, strident efforts by former Kano State Governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso (who now represents Kano Central Constituency at the Senate) to take sides with a section of the ethno-regional stakeholders […]

•Why govt didn’t name and shame culprits  N126b, $9m forfeited pending trial of suspects •$321m, $6.9m expected from abroad •Interim report on financial, assets recoveries released The Federal Government’s anti-graft war is truly on. Three […]

No one should be surprised by the loud and widespread support that has attended the latest call by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar that Nigeria needs to be restructured. In his words, “our current structure […]

Yesterday, President Muhammadu Buhari was ably represented by his Vice-President, Professor Osinbajo, at an historic event that took place in my village, Bodo….the official launch of the clean-up of contaminated water and land in Ogoniland, […]