Issues/Policy

Barely three months after exiting government, former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji Fashola, has, recently, come under severe attacks from some groups, notably BudgIT, Coalition Against Corrupt Leaders (CACOL) and the Socio-Economic Rights Accountability […]

The 70s and the 80s were decades of the Third World countries. These were periods when the Cold War reached its climax, and the new words found themselves into the diction of the so-called developing […]

First a little bit of history. The National Peace Committee on the 2015 Elections, according to available information on the subject matter, was set up by the office of Senator Ben Obi, erstwhile special adviser […]

Hamman Tukur, an engineer and former Chairman of the Revenue Mobilization Allocation and Fiscal Commission, in this interview with PREMIUM TIMES, speaks about his tenure, the huge allowances taken by members of the National Assembly, […]

The culture of demolition of houses in Nigeria since 1999 has left citizens in a vain search for an answer to a constitutionally reprehensible question of whether democracy is actually a better system of government […]

Idi Amin was a great scourge to not only the people of Uganda but also the people of East Africa. It was no surprise that Mwalimu Julius Nyerere teamed up with Yoweri Museveni, a then […]

For decades, the Igbo and the Yoruba have lived in peace but have bickered ceaselessly like cat and dog. On April 22, 2014, I wrote an article entitled, “‘Tom and Jerry’ relationship between Igbo and […]

Former Military President, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, has said that former President Goodluck Jonthan could not rout the Boko Haram terrorists, not because the administration was weak or not determined to do so, but because […]

“Africa Rising” is easily the most important story emerging from sub-Saharan Africa this century – more significant, in my opinion, than political unrest, terrorist threats, power hungry dictators, and the prospects of debilitating diseases. A […]

If in doubt, Kukah and his colleagues need to engage that 27 year-old who graduated from university and has been unemployed for three years, and has no hope of landing a job anytime soon and […]

I really do not want to hold brief for this administration. But in terms of governance that Bishop Kukah and his team said has been abandoned in pursuit of a working system that does not […]

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has given insight into how he has so far escaped death by the whiskers at least a dozen times in his 78-year stay on earth. In his latest three-volume autobiography, “My […]

When a contractor’s cheese has been moved, particularly if it’s a large chunk of cheese, expect contractor confusion. A reflection of such confusion: “All I’m saying is that government can merge the community residents and […]

A South African online media outfit, Mailand Guardian Africa, came after Nigeria on Tuesday, saying, “The money ‘eaten’ there is bigger than the Gross Domestic Product of 38 African nations.” If the stolen fund it […]

My phone shivered in my pocket. It was my friend, Ayo Aderinwale returning a call I had made earlier in the day. Over the years,  Ayo and I have come a long way as collaborators […]

President Muhammadu Buhari swore to rescue Nigeria from the jaws of the pathological plunderers and daylight robbers who virtually emptied our national treasury and carted billions of Naira away to their damned accounts. Cleverer ones […]

The long awaited cleansing of the Augean stables of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) kicked off this week with the appointment of a new helmsman for the troubled agency. The appointment of Emmanuel Ibe Kachikwu, […]

President Muhammadu Buhari was right in his remarks in Washington that he would talk with Boko Haram to secure the release of the Chibok girls from captivity. He made this pledge in response to the […]