Issues/Policy

(CNN) – July 4th is always a moment to consider what it means to be an American — and who counts as a citizen — but this year also offers a unique opportunity to consider […]

(CNN) – In my clinical practice, I have worked with more than 25 women and girls who have reported to me being raped or otherwise sexually assaulted. Many of them had unwittingly ingested a drug […]

(CNN) – On Friday, the last US soldiers left Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, which was once home to tens of thousands of American troops. An additional 7,000 NATO troops are pulling out, as well […]

The byelection win has strengthened the hand of Keir Starmer: now he’ll be under pressure to marginalise dissenting voices After an ill-tempered, hard-fought byelection campaign and what seems to have been a frantic last-minute get-out-the-vote […]

Compulsory vaccinations will worsen the already disastrous staff shortage, and risk making life worse for residents When the government announced it was going ahead with the mandatory vaccination of staff in older people’s care homes […]

The action of Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, who has successfully positioned himself between armed bandits and the rest of Nigeria, calls for careful understanding. His utterances are sometimes scary, such as saying that ransom must be […]

I’ve been reliably informed that I irritated a number of people in two recent articles, one titled “True Federalism and Other Fallacies” and the other “Restructuring and the 1963 Constitution”. I can understand the frustration […]

Martins Oloja’s typically detailed and characteristically incisive piece in his Inside Stuff column in The Guardian on Sunday of June 27, 2021, practically took out from my mouth, an issue, which has agitated my mind […]

At critical times in the life of a person, she’s called upon to do a name change. It can be the time of putting a marriage together. Or when scattering a marriage asunder! Nigeria is […]

While the federal government has reduced the fees for registering marriages in Nigeria, corrupt officials of marriage registries have continued to extort prospective couples by charging above the official rate — diverting millions of naira […]

Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.)’s Presidency is sinking deeper into crisis daily. He appears not to be effectively governing but now only about control and power. The President and his advisers seem to have only […]

The economic stats for Nigeria haven’t been good for quite a while and the consequent quality of life of an average Nigerian has been on the decline. The situation predated this administration. In fact, arresting […]

Among the different nations on the African continent, South Africa has always been perceived as being ahead of the others on various developmental and infrastructural parameters. Rightfully so, the country has a relatively good network […]

*HOW TO RESURRECT BURIED PROSPERITY THROUGH SUSTAINABLE MINING, BY OSINBAJO* *VP canvases effective collaboration between FG, States, Local Govts & communities as game-changer in sector_ *Adds: “We must discourage export of raw minerals” By effectively […]

I know he is an academic, a Professor and a former Rector of Ramat Polytechnic, Borno State. He was also Commissioner for Reconstruction under the immediate past Governor Kashim Shettima. But where did this man […]

I was on the verge of making a snappy visit to Warri. My intention was to make a brief stop, going to or coming from Warri, on the Benin-Sapele expressway. I was engaged in a […]