Issues/Policy

 Group slams FG over Kanu’s detention  Traders woo Buhari  Uwazurike hosts Bianca Ojukwu By Nwabueze Okonkwo & Chimaobi Nwaiwu Nnewi—The Movement for the Actualization of the Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, has […]

The fuel queues are back – as if you didn’t know that already. The tragedy isn’t just that OPEC’s one-time sixth largest exporter of crude has again suffered another crushing relapse of the familiar plague […]

If, as is likely, Prince Abubakar Audu, the gubernatorial candidate of the APC in the ongoing Kogi election has passed on, then a legal question to be decided by INEC and the courts is unquestionably […]

The importance of the Bank Verification Number cannot be over-emphasised. It is however important to alert banks in Nigeria on the need to pay keen attention if we must avoid the usual impunity involved in […]

Without a shred of doubt, the Nigerian judiciary has been more of a foe than a friend; it is too consumed with financial consideration which is the reason we have cases going on for decades […]

A younger friend’s ‘factory’ was closed down last month by officers of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service. It took him over two weeks to get it reopened. What the service demanded from him would wipe […]

One thing we must not deny ourselves is the right to know the history of our nation. History is such an important subject that only idiots or clowns will not appreciate its significance. Many young […]

THE population of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in the Northeast has risen to 2.2 million, the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) said yesterday. UNHCRs Representative to Nigeria Ms Angele Dikongue- Atangana gave the […]

The Federal Government is to pay N92.4million severance package to the 16 retired Permanent Secretaries following their disengagement from the civil service. A 12-month breakdown of the above shows that each of the Permanent Secretaries will […]

Immediate past Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) Mr. Ibrahim Lamorde, may have been flown abroad for the treatment of undisclosed ailment, The Nation learnt yesterday. Lamorde, who was scheduled to appear […]

These days, almost every Nigerian with a computer keyboard and the ability to formulate any sentence in English (no matter the quality) is a political analyst. Such self-styled talents and geniuses parade themselves on private […]

In just six months, the government’s anti-corruption policy has gone off the rail.  During the election, candidate Buhari made this pledge: “Whoever that is indicted of corruption between 1999 to the time of swearing-in, would […]

Finally, after almost six months of the Buhari Administration, a cabinet of 36 ministers has been unveiled. This is despite arguments that had been growing in the polity that if Nigeria were truly broke and […]

The Nigerian Army on Monday threatened to use minimum force in dealing with  civilians agitating for the return of the defunct Biafra Republic. The General Officer Commanding of the 3rd Division of the Nigerian Army, […]

Like a winding way, the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway presents twists and turns. Another development has further complicated the ongoing reconstruction of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway and reinforced earlier complications. In the news is a new concession claim […]

“Nothing in this world is more powerful than an idea whose time has come.” Victor Hugo, 1802-1883, (VANGUARD BOOK, p 96). The first part of this article tried to establish certain facts. Chiefly, it was […]

Published consistently since September 1843, The Economist magazine wields enormous power, influence and professional respectability. Its longevity and prestige also serve as a deceptive veneer, many times, over the publication’s unwarranted intellectual arrogance, jaundiced judgements, […]

I think it is useful to consider whether the sudden amalgamation of three critical public sectors is necessary or even an effective revitalisation strategy. We need to consider whether the abundance of complexities in each […]

Aviation and transport workers have reacted to the merger of the Federal Ministry of Aviation with that of Transport with anxiety. Okewu, therefore, expressed fears that effective service delivery in the aviation industry could suffer […]

I listened to your analysis this morning on Classic Fm and could only heave a sigh of relief that you, Uncle JD is finally getting there! I came across you less than two years ago […]