Issues/Policy

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 […]

Against the backdrop of worsening hardship facing civil servants, the Association of Senior Civil Servants of Nigeria has demanded N46,000 as minimum wage for workers. The Secretary-General of ASCEN, Basir Lawal, said in Lagos on […]

ONE of the more defining aspects of the new culture of change in Nigeria is taking place right before our eyes today, in the enduring and intense debate on the state of Nigeria’s finances, especially […]

Last week, I saw the photo of a group of people who gave the impression that they are receiving military training somewhere in Igboland. This afternoon, I saw another photograph on Facebook, with some youths […]

WE are in an upbeat mood. Money is beginning to flow again. At least from the federal main supply,  to the state and local government taps, and of course the federal tank which collects 52 percent […]

All the conspiracy theories about the Boko Haram uprising collapse when you consider the data painstakingly acquired by the Africa Health, Human & Social Development Information Service (Afri-Dev). I was just going through the data […]

The right lesson will be learned by prosecuting the offender The controversy surrounding last year’s collapsed guest house at the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) in Lagos seems to have been finally laid to […]

Looking at all the drama that took place in the National Assembly in recent weeks, which brought about the emergence of Saraki and Dogara as the leaders of the Assembly. I lean back to think […]

When ex-Nigerian president, Goodluck Jonathan, decided to postpone the general elections for eight weeks on the premise of ill-preparedness of the country’s electoral commission (INEC), the nation protested. The country dangled precariously on the precipice […]

A COMPARISON of Nigeria’s experience in the quest for development with the experiences of other countries in the world provides a clear answer to the question: why has Nigeria failed or why is Nigeria failing? That answer, poignant and direct, is that there has not been a steady supply […]

The current APC saga reminds me of one of those folklores. You  know, the one where three people came together to plan a major heist. At the successful completion of their dare-devil operation, they faltered at […]

The history of his life is replete with many scars of ‘war’. Like or hate him, Femi Fani-Kayode, lawyer, politician, is a good writer and wonderful debater. He is neither shy from stoking the fire […]

WORKERS in the country are an endangered specie. They work themselves to the bones only for a few people to reap from their sweat. They work like elephants but eat like ants. The lot of […]

This piece is designed to answer – or at least try to answer – a question. But that is strictly on the assumption that one other question requires no answer: since the May 29 swearing-in of Muhammadu […]

Members of the House of Representatives loyal to Speaker Yakubu Dogara have agreed to concede the position of House Leader to the group loyal to Femi Gbajabiamila, as part of efforts to restore peace to […]

The election of Senator Abubakar Bukola Saraki and Hon Yakubu Dogara as the President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Representatives respectively has thrown up an intense debate about the limits or […]