Issues/Policy

The code of conduct bureau and the code of conduct tribunal are both military inventions. They are part of the military legacy imposed on this nation by four military regimes-Murtala Muhammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida and […]

In 1988, as an 18 year old studying accountancy in a higher institution (polytechnic) in Nigeria, I was one of the privileged persons who had gone through a sound educational background having attending public schools […]

Ibadan—The Ministry of Works has said that the contractor handling Section II of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway reconstruction and expansion project, Reynolds Construction Company, RCC, was facing challenges of finance, adverse weather and impatience of motorists. […]

The management of DAAR Communications, owners of Africa independent Television (AIT), has denied allegations that it exhibited bias against the presidential campaign of Muhammadu Buhari, ahead of the March 28, 2015, election. Reacting claims by […]

The code of conduct bureau and the code of conduct tribunal are both military inventions. They are part of the military legacy imposed on this nation by four military regimes-Murtala Muhammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Ibrahim Babangida […]

There is something I have heard you (and many commentators) say a number of times that I need you to think of critically. About 2 years ago, I wrote an article entitled: The Harm MASSOB […]

When Muhammadu Buhari swept to power in the March elections in Nigeria, he promised change. Almost five months after his inauguration, Nigerians have mixed feelings as to whether his administration is delivering. The biggest gripe […]

Lagos is easily the most important city in Nigeria. There is this continuous attraction and migration to the metropolis because the city is generally regarded as the ‘honey pot’ of the country. In recent times, […]

•How Perm Secs used anti-Diezani’s sentiments to conspire against HoS There was tension yesterday following the “sudden” decision of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mr. Danladi Kifasi to proceed on retirement. […]

It is not about Chief Edwin Kiagbodo Clark. That will be a mistake. It is about leadership, versus the aroma of it and scent that is often mistaken for purpose. Former Presidential Spokesperson Reuben Abati […]

There is this saying from early ages that goes thus, “ if the owner of the farm tarries unnecessarily in identifying a thief, the thief will conveniently label the owner of the farm as the […]

MANY monuments have been built in honour of the man Bola Tinubu.  He is acclaimed as the political genius of our times who not only engineered the taming of the PDP juggernaut, he caged it […]

There comes a time in the life of a man when he must be a man and stand up and speak the truth, even when others are too timid and intimidated to do so. By […]

There is the N5.2billion ($25m)  cash paid by an Indian firm for an oil block nine years ago? This is the puzzle security and anti-graft agencies have been trying to unravel since the Indian High […]

Following a request by the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project, SERAP, for information on the spending of recovered asset stolen by late General Sani Abacha, the World Bank has said that it needed “additional time […]

Throughout the lifespan of the Jonathan administration where Mrs. Diezani Allison-Madueke held sway as the Minister of Petroleum Resources, she never thought it was worthy of her time to address the public on the numerous […]

As a social commenter and writer on a brazenly corrupt society  like Nigeria, it’s hard not to be viewed as a doomsday prophet like the biblical Jeremiah. This is because any predictions made for a […]