Issues/Policy

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Supreme Court justice on Friday suspended former Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva’s appointment to a Cabinet post amid a corruption investigation, calling it a clear attempt to […]

Orji Kalu, former governor of Abia state, has described his trial by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as part of the price he has to pay for opposing the alleged third term bid […]

In spite the suspension of strike by the National Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas (NUPENG) and the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff Association of Nigeria (PENGASSAN), last week, mad rush for the Premium […]

As the nation appears to be helpless on the activities of the Fulani herdsmen, causing incessant clashes and killings in several rural and semi urban areas, Lagos is having its own share of this misdemeanour, […]

By the way, if I were a tweeting senator, I’d imagine myself saying right away, “My name is Frisky Larr, I’m just trying to do some reality check”. It’s been quite amusing since the inception […]

Senate President Bukola Saraki has arrived the Code of Conduct Tribunal where he is facing charges of alleged false asset declaration and corruption. Mr. Saraki’s bid to thwart the trial failed after the Supreme Court […]

The ranking of Yoruba Obas by the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo is gradually snowballing into a controversy. The Alake, who received the new Ooni of Ife, Oba Ogunwusi Adeyeye at his palace […]

Saraki is being tried on a 13 count charge including failure to declare his assets, operating a foreign bank account among other charges bordering on the violation of the code of conduct for public officers. […]

When I wrote Visit the Mortuary in the Sunday Times early in 1974, the motive was to draw attention to the emerging decay in our national ethos brought about by the emergency millionaires created by […]

A Yoruba proverb says that ‘Ilu ti ko si ofin ko is ese’. Nigeria is one country in the world were lawlessness is the order of the day. Were laws are bent, broken, disregarded, disobeyed […]

Ekiti State Governor, Mr Ayodele Fayose, yesterday, faulted what he described as President Muhammadu Buhari’s double faced reaction to violence in the country, saying that the President was quick to react to the situation in […]

The Kaduna State Government recently lamented the threat facing the future of its school feeding programme that was launched with much fanfare in January. The Commissioner for Education, Science and Technology, Dr. Shehu Adamu, said […]

It was sometime in 1989 and the defunct Directorate of Food, Roads and Rural Infrastructure (DFRRI) was having a workshop in Bauchi State. Participants were expected from all parts of the country. Those of us […]

The other day the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, seemed to me to have temporised in its drive to introduce a speed control device on commercial vehicles to curb the excessive speed of the devils […]

Amidst growing outrage over plans to regulate religious preaching, Gov. Nasiru El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State on Wednesday met with officials of the state branch of Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) to seek their support. The […]

Governor Ibikunle Amosun may have waded into the festering disagreement between the Alake of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Gbadebo, and the Awujale of Ijebuland, Oba Sikiru Adetona.

Bank customers may have to pay up to N600 per annum for debit and credit card maintenance fee as against the current N100 that they are charged annually by banks, according to the draft of […]