Issues/Policy

Officials of the present administration do not seem to have any other platitude to offer Nigerians than appeal to them to just “endure.” When they mount any available pulpit to comment on the ongoing economic […]

Dear aspiring creative writer, how are you doing? Welcome to this week’s article on creative writing tips. Last week, among other things, we examined how to read slowly with the intention of identifying how the […]

RECENTLY, faced with escalating violence across Nigeria, the president, Bola Tinubu, reportedly agreed with state governors to establish state police. The news excited those calling for state police in Nigeria. But the agitation for state […]

Perhaps, the greatest tragedy that has befallen Nigeria is the fact that we have in power, predominantly men and women without character and honour; people whose positions on critical national issues are determined by self-interest […]

If the situation were not as serious as we have it at the moment, one would have been content to sit back to enjoy the self-serving remonstrations of an elite class for whom everything begins […]

First, Gani Adams’ so-called letter to South West governors, for a mandate to “flush out” Fulani kidnappers in the region, was met with a yawn it eminently deserved. Atavistic fears — or resent — hardly […]

Some diabolical male chauvinists out there are making bad noises that because this year’s Valentine’s Day falls on Ash Wednesday women should not be romanced. These evil men go further in their crazy desecration of […]

As the world hurtles into the digital age, the banking and financial technology (fintech) industry has undergone a radical transformation, reshaping the way we manage and interact with our finances. This evolution has not only […]

In recent days, there has been a plethora of media attacks on the person of the Executive Vice President, Upstream operations of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC), OritsemeyiwaEyesan. However, those who have worked […]

The king of England has cancer; may the cancer be short-lived and may the King live long on the throne of his forbears which he mounted at 75. When the king catches cancer, or when […]

I had planned to write on leadership lessons from the late General Murtala Muhammed who was assassinated 48 years ago. Tuesday this week is the anniversary of that sad memory. I had wanted to remind […]

The death of Olujimi Solanke on Monday, February 5, 2024 at the age of 81, is no doubt, painful to the people of Ipara Remo, Ogun State in particular, and the generality of Nigerians, who […]

We are in the golden age of Nigeria’s cultural and creative dominion of Africa. From Cape Town to Cairo, and Blantyre to Bamako, everyone is dancing to Nigeria’s afro beats, watching our film stars on […]

Every action is preceded by thoughts and volition. In volition lies what the thoughts intend to achieve sanctioned by the power of decision. Volition thus springs from the will. Thoughts are fed into the heart […]

The new war on kidnapping and criminality has to be fought on the frontier of knowledge. The new bands of criminals are vicious and lack any semblance of humanity or mercy. They are worse than […]

This piece is devoted to the memory of a great African revolutionary, Major Boakye Djan. He was one of the key leaders of the Ghanaian June 4, 1979 Revolution. Major Djan passed on August 30, […]

Dear Health Minister, wetin you dey find for Sokoto, dey inside your Şòkòtò. This can be summarised thus…minimal effort, maximum returns. If like me, you follow Nigeria’s incumbent Coordinating Minister of Health and Social Welfare, […]

Last week, mayhem returned to same Plateau, leading to imposition of another 24-hour curfew in Mangu Local Government. From reports, instead of the usual mid-night terrorist onslaught on communities, like the Christmas Eve simultaneous killings […]

Those faulting the decision to invite competent private companies to operate and maintain the would-be repaired NNPC-refineries have not diligently studied the recurring challenges in Nigeria’s Downstream petroleum sub sector. I so aver with a […]

My sense of patriotism would not allow me to call Nigeria a failed nation. Yet, everything points in that direction. Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State warned as far back as March 2022 that a […]