Issues/Policy

A curry chef prepared meals after wiping his bottom with his bare hands rather than toilet paper “for cultural reasons”, a court has heard.

The lightning speed with which Femi Fani-Kayode put together his latest call for mass suicide to Ndigbo in response to the unfortunate (and dangerous) press release by SSS over the killing of Fulani Herdsmen in […]

My teenage daughter is preparing to return to school this weekend as the second term holidays end. Like any other teenager she’s looking forward to being with her friends again to share tales of their […]

Four separate documents retrieved from the massive #PanamaPapers database have countered the claim by the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, Temitope Joshua, that he had no link with any offshore company at […]

Lagos—Bread seller-turned model, Olajumoke Orisaguna has headed back to the classroom. The lovely mother of two whose picture went viral when she stumbled on TY Bello’s set in February this year has reportedly started a […]

Ordinarily, the news that the Department of State Services “discovered” 55 shallow graves in Abia State should spark excitement. Of this lot were bodies of five Fulani who were said to be residents of the […]

Human rights group Amnesty International is calling for trials following revelations that Nigeria’s Kaduna state government secretly buried the bodies of nearly 350 slain Shi’ite Muslims in a mass grave. Kaduna state officials told a […]

Minister of Agriculture, Mr Audu Ogbeh, has revealed President Muhammadu Buhari’s directive for him to establish 50,000 hectares of grazing reserves within six months. According to him, this is meant to end the conflicts between […]

No doubt the astronomical unemployment rate in the country today is in part exacerbated by the widespread incidence of ghost employees in both the Federal, State and Local governments’ administration.

Temitope Joshua is arguably the most influential preacher in Africa. The founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nation (SCOAN) attracts huge numbers of people from across Africa and beyond, many of them seeking faith […]

The Federal Government on Sunday denied media reports that the militant group, Boko Haram, is demanding $50 million from it as ransom before releasing the abducted Chibok school girls.

The office of the senate president says it has uncovered plots by some politicians to sponsor protest marches and demonstrations against him, during which some hired people will be given placards to disturb public peace.

The National Assembly is about to pass a Bill that is set to kill whatever is left of our so-called over-centralised federal System. The Bill if passed will be the greatest rape on our democracy […]

In general, the relationship between those in charge of governing the country at all levels and the citizens they govern appears to avoid the principle of social or political contract. Complying with the principle of […]

DSP, I write this with a mixture of a heavy heart and compelling sense of pride. Even as I mourn, I find comfort in the love, admiration, reverence and even veneration that have gushed out […]

  Anyone like yours truly who has voted for Muhammadu Buhari cannot but feel uncomfortable with the profound sense of disillusionment hanging in the air. A year after his historic victory at the polls it […]

After inheriting a colossal mess from all the previous administrations combined, it is fair to say that this 10-month old administration is facing enormous challenges under many mitigating circumstances. I do not envy the burden […]