Issues/Policy

So, ex-militia leaders in the Niger Delta couldn’t agree on the need for a July 25 meeting called by one of them, Government Ekpemupolo, popularly known as Tompolo. Specifically, a messy boycott by former militants, […]

Nigerians recently voted for the All Progressive Congress (APC) because it promised to change poverty to prosperity, tackle insecurity of life and property, combat impunity and corruption, fix infrastructure, restore rule of law and transparency […]

BEFORE the emergence of President Buhari in the 2015 election, Nigeria’s image and esteem in the United States had gone down drastically. Throughout 2007-2015 across the wide spectrum of the American political establishment, and non-governmental […]

Dear Uncle Reuben, It’s a pleasure to write you this open letter in response to your recently syndicated piece, “The Phones No Longer Ring”. First, I’m glad you’re back, for those of us who respected […]

IT is quite surprising how all of a sudden the so-called illegal Radio Biafra reportedly being operated by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, said to be resident in the United Kingdom, is increasingly becoming a source of […]

I listen to your Newspaper analysis with rapt attention, on my way driving to work. Some issues Caught my attention in today’s episode, which necessitated my comments as thus: Parents Protesting JAMB Cut-off marks: These […]

 LEADER of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND and High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, yesterday, summoned commanders and leaders of the various wings of the militant group to an emergency meeting, tomorrow(Saturday)  in […]

LEADER of the defunct Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger-Delta, MEND and High Chief Government Ekpemupolo, aka Tompolo, yesterday, summoned commanders and leaders of the various wings of the militant group to an emergency meeting, tomorrow(Saturday)  in […]

Despite elaborate efforts to sweep it under the carpet, facts have shown that a strategic alliance agreement between the Nigerian Petroleum Development Company (NPDC) and Atlantic Energy Drilling Concepts Nigeria Limited Limited (AEDCNL) has helped […]

When the erstwhile super Finance Minister, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala compelled the termination of my appointment as a civil servant after serving my country for nearly 20 years, I returned to my hobby of writing. My retirement, […]

The Ife University management, then led by Professor Michael Faborode, had rusticated some Students’ Union leaders: Akinola Saburi (Malcom X), OgunmaSegunAdrew (Karl Marx), Taiwo Hassan (Soweto),TundeDairo(Barry Blacky) and others for politically-motivated reasons and had the […]

Last week the Lagos State Governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, revisited the 2010 environmental law that prohibits street trading and begging when he directed the State’s Task Force on Environmental Sanitation and other Special Offences, to carry […]

It is quite surprising how all of a sudden the so-called illegal Radio Biafra reportedly being operated by Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, said to be resident in the United Kingdom, is increasingly becoming a source of […]

In a democratic society like Nigeria, an elected President is the embodiment of power. Such power does not really belong to him; rather, it belongs to the people. Put differently, the President is merely a […]

Africa is a very beautiful and blessed continent. With diverse culture, traditions, beliefs and values, Africans have inhabited different parts of the continent. From the Northern hemisphere surrounded by the Sahara desert,to the horn of […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s sack of the service chiefs on Monday has ended weeks of speculations on whether he would retain or fire them. Buhari inherited the top military personnel from the administration of former President […]

There appears to be no end to the reign of terror being unleashed on motorists and residents of Apapa area of Lagos by truck drivers who have invaded the area with their trucks. Like an […]

Since the National Assembly (NASS) erupted in crisis during its Eighth “inauguration” and the “election” of the leadership of the Senate and House of Representatives on Tuesday, June 9, 2015, a lot has been said […]

FULL STATEMENT BY OSHIOMOLE: “It is instructive at this point in time to state categorically without equivocation that there is nothing “personal” between Okonjo-Iweala and Comrade Adams Oshiomhole in terms of the request by the […]

A panic-stricken former President Goodluck Jonathan has sent former Commonwealth Secretary General, Emeka Anyaoku, to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari not to launch an official probe of his administration.Emeka Anyaoku and former President Goodluck Jonathan […]