Issues/Policy

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 […]

Victory is sweet; no one wants to be associated with defeat in a culture that makes people avoid defeat like a plague. Not wanting to be classified as “failures” after their “hero” last the presidential […]

On July 05, 2015, Greece’s economic future will be determined through a referendum. The choice is simple, or so it seems: Yes or No to stay in the Euro. A ‘yes’ vote comes with the […]

  On Saturday, America celebrated 239 years since its hard-won independence from Britain. Beyond the fireworks and parades and lofty tributes, I think there’s an important lesson for us in Nigeria: that our diversity and […]

Though the immediate past Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala may have left office, controversy continues to trail her performance while in office. The recent one is the accusation […]

There was a hit song in the 80s that had a refrain which went something like this: ‘Now that we’ve found love what are we going to do with it?’ This song came to my […]

Aliko Dangote warns on the biggest mistake a businessman can make   Media men had a piece of Aliko Dangote last weekend. And when they were done many appreciated why he is one of the […]

A few days ago, news broke out from a popular online news platform suggesting that Nigeria’s Senate President, Sen. Dr. Bukola Saraki is not a citizen of Nigeria by virtue of his holding dual citizenship […]

The alarming thing about Radio Biafra is that it is fast gathering the support of less educated Igbos, such as commercial motorcyclists, bus drivers and conductors, as well as local market men and women, who […]

There is disquiet in the once-peaceful house of the All Progressives Congress (APC). To put it more lightly, all does not appear to be well. After the March 28 presidential election, most people(including this writer) […]

WHEN former President Goodluck Jonathan and General Muhammadu Buhari emerged as the presidential candidates of the two major political parties – the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) and the All Progressives Congress (APC) respectively, it was […]

A MAJOR challenge that change faces is the attitude of Nigerians who believe the only government in Nigeria is the federal government. We have at least 812 governments in Nigeria – the Federal Government, 36 […]

On 26 June, 2015 the world watched with horror, shock and disdain the unprovoked terrorist attacks claiming the lives of about 50 people and leaving many others injured in three countries-France, Kuwait and Tunisia. This […]

Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN) is a Constitutional Lawyer and Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN). In this interview with TEMIDAYO AKINSUYI, DAILY INDEPENDENT he speaks on the leadership crisis in the National Assembly, bail-out for governors, […]