Issues/Policy

Alufa n’sonra, ijo n’ru [While the priest grows fat, the congregants grow lean and emaciated with hunger] A popular Yoruba wisecrack against priestly pursuit of riches It is Wednesday, September 23, 2015. I have just watched […]

• Appeal court judge, Taraba Amirul Hajj and 2 wives also • Nigerian dead now 40, overall toll hits 769 The death toll in this year’s Hajj stampede has risen to 769 with Nigeria losing […]

Although one of the cardinal beliefs in Islam is to accept all things as destined by Allah (Qadr), a close observation of the tragedies showed that they were all avoidable. The Saudis have been commended […]

If there is one thing that Burkina Faso has proved, it is that the country has an almost unlimited capacity to confound the predictions of even the most seasoned observers. When citizens protested against then […]

Let all things be done decently and in order. (1 Corinthians 14:40) The importance of building institutions, particularly in developing nations, is a subject that has been widely discussed by scholars and development experts through […]

No fewer than 717 pilgrims were killed on Thursday, while 863 were injured during a stampede which occurred at an Islamic event held in the city of Mina, about two miles from Mecca, Saudi Arabia. […]

There was pandemonium at the eid praying ground in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital, on Thursday as aggrieved faithful went on the rampage throwing missiles in the direction of the President of the Senate, Bukola […]

It is fair to say that under President Muhammadu Buhari’s relatively short tenure, the Nigerian Financial Sector has endured its reasonable share of activity and critical scrutiny. Three major incidents have stood out, and these […]

ONE disturbing trend is developing in Nigeria: We are caught in the claws of over-registration, thus reducing every Nigerian to a number. He is a number on the assembly-line; on the pay-roll; on the school […]

THE caption aptly describes the unbridled emotions of many Nigerians who are now either in their golden years or at the shores of sea of senior citizens in America. They seemingly fret over the unknown […]

Before Dominion Rice and Integrated Farms posted a report on its experience in Nigeria, it had to deal with accusations of land grab in the Gassol area of Taraba State. This issue brings several things […]

Please, excuse what seems to be a preoccupation with the folly on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. My dad died on that road in September 2001, and it’s been tough living it down. But you really shouldn’t […]

The 54-member nations of the Commonwealth Telecommunications Organisation (CTO) rose from its yearly Forum and Council meeting in Nairobi, Kenya, last week to announce Prof. Umar Garba Danbatta as the new Chairman. Danbatta is the Acting […]

Kidnappers reduce ransom to N90m •Ex-SGF’s house besieged •Monarchs call for peace •Agbekoyas issue 24-hour ultimatum •Condemnations trail kidnap There is tension in Ondo State over the abduction of the former Secretary to the Government […]

A former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, and his two sons – Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido, were on Tuesday arraigned before Justice Ademola Adeniyi of a Federal High Court in […]

So I read that National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and some CSO are planning a solidarity protest for the Senate President, Abubakar Bukola Saraki. The Code of Conduct Bureau Tribunal (CCBT) had invited Senator […]

There was civil unrest in Ilesa, Osun State, yesterday, following the killing of two siblings by a  policeman driving an Armour Personnel Carrier (APC.) It was gathered that the policeman lost control of the APC […]

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority has begun the enforcement of the road traffic law, using the new method of booking offenders on the spot and allowing them to continue their journey without seizing the […]