Issues/Policy

THAT you Col. Mohammed Sambo Dasuki whilst being National Security Adviser and Shaibu Salisu, whilst being the Director of Finance and Administration in the Office of the National Security Adviser on or about 17th April […]

The Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, has said all youths in the country are not entitled to the N5, 000 monthly stipend promised by the All Progressives Congress-led Federal Government. The minister […]

Ibrahim Buba of a federal high court in Lagos has fixed January 18, 2016 for the trial of Patrick Akpobolokemi, former director-general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA). The Economic and Financial […]

In one of his town hall meetings with the  people of Kaduna State, the Governor, Nasir El-Rufai stated among other things that he was set to tackle youth unemployment. To this end,  he announced that […]

From the Maitatsine riots of 1981 to the Boko Haram insurgency mostly in the North-East, the Igbo have been, disproportionately when compared with Nigerians from other ethnic groups, the greatest victims of wanton acts of […]

The National Population Commission has ruled out the feasibility of the national population and housing census scheduled for 2016, blaming late preparation and inadequacy of other resources for the project. Speaking at a recent media […]

Federal Government has said it will not discontinue with the graduate internship scheme, adding that the programme helps to minimise the rate of unemployment in the country. Project Director, GIS, Mr. Peter Papka, stated this […]

PART I. INTRODUCTION Social media are computer mediated tools that allow people to create, share or exchange information or career interests, ideas and pictures/video’s in virtual communities and networks Buetlner,R(2015). The growth of the social […]

This column had been distracted from its original plan last week. One had quickly had to change course when a fellow columnist with The Punch, Abimbola Adelakun, came out on the back page of her […]

A study by General Electric has established that Nigeria’s young population can be put to better use. The study, dubbed: Skills White Paper, is targeted at improving the capacity of Nigeria to harness the potential […]

The former administration of Goodluck Jonathan spent billions of naira and millions of dollars on efforts to equip the Nigerian military against Boko Haram, but there was rampant “abuse of trust”, President Muhammadu Buhari has […]

Some prominent Nigerians on Wednesday called for restraint and dialogue in tackling the ongoing secessionist agitation for a breakaway Biafra republic from Nigeria. The elders said dialogue, rather than violence, remained the best way to […]

Because of the controversy surrounding the subject of genetically modified organisms in Nigeria and the world, I feel constrained to state my stand before I start this treatise. My position is reflected in my previous […]

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, has urged the Federal Government to employ more diplomacy in handling the agitation for the Republic of Biafra. Soyinka said statements like “Nigeria is indivisible”, “This won’t happen under my watch,” […]

LAGOS—THE umbrella body for senior public servants in the country, Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria, ASCSN, yesterday in Lagos, accused the state governors of using the threat to reduce the N18,000 minimum wage […]

The Federal Government on Tuesday slammed a 43-count charge on former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (rtd); former Minister of State for Finance, Bashir Yuguda; former Sokoto State Governor, Attahiru Bafarawa and his son, […]

For the faint-hearted, available statistics on Nigeria’s housing deficit paint a grim picture while for the incurable optimist, they present limitless opportunities. Available data (for 2014) from the World Bank and the National Bureau of […]

The last four years have been immensely challenging for our security personnel and indeed, Nigerians. These have been the years when terrorism visited our streets, offices, public places and our places of worship with callous […]

Like some tiny bits of an intriguing puzzle, Nigerians may have only begun to make some sense of yet another chapter of the Jonathan-era malfeasance described as armsgate. As it were, armsgate would surely qualify […]