Issues/Policy

Dear Professor Soyinka, We thank you for drawing the nation’s attention to the odious provision of the Sexual Offences Bill, 2015 passed by the Senate which has criminalised the defilement of children under 11 years. […]

I have three urgent and important things to say to Nigeria and I will not beat about the bush. Let me start out this piece by saying that even though I am of the Peoples […]

Many would readily agree that one of the critical factors responsible for the continuous slide in our economy is the inability of the nation’s institutions to play by the rule. Nigeria today is like a […]

From January 15 1966 till June 3 1967, Nigeria had no Ministers. That is a period of over fifteen months. The two military rulers who ruled during that period—-Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe Aguiyi Ironsi […]

Nigerian youths largely voted for President Muhammadu Buhari in the March 28th, 2015 election. I expected that they would be patient with his administration as he settles down in office and makes efforts to come […]

I have read your open letter published on PM NEWS and re-published on BELLA NAIJA, Premiumtimesnig.com and a number of online papers. No one who read that letter could miss the fury embedded in your […]

Last week, JP Morgan, the United States lender, announced plans to eject Nigeria from its Government Bond Index for Emerging Markets by the end of the year. The reason it gave was that Nigeria needed to […]

Says he’s in no hurry to appoint ministers  Orders release of $21m to MNJTF  Decries death of Africans in Mediterranean sea  Boko Haram attacks Yobe town Sara Firth in Johannesburg and Jaiyeola Andrews in Abuja […]

Were you inspired by President Buhari’s inaugural speech? Nigerian presidents are not foremost for delivering good speeches. And I think President Buhari’s speech was quite a bit an improvement on what we are familiar with. […]

In the past few months, about twenty of Nigeria’s thirty-six states have become struggling, financially unhealthy, and economically unviable states. From conservative estimates, they have not been able to pay their staff salaries for at […]

On the President Buhari’s attending the G7 summit with a ‘wish list’, how successful could this be in the fight against Boko Haram?  ASKING a leaderof country to come with a “wish list” is demeaning […]

Suddenly, the noise stopped. Femi Fani-Kayode (alias FFK) went quiet as the overblown propaganda machine of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) did very little to convince the electorate. FFK, the publicity director of Jonathan Goodluck’s […]

National affairs commentator, Jimi Disu was on Classic FM for his usual Front Page News analysis, a review of newspaper stories and said the following on Wednesday, June 10 edition: On the emergence of Bukola […]

NIGERIANS 30 years – and older – would remember series of meetings at Chief Olusegun Obasanjo’s farm in Otta to resolve the political jam the military created with the annulment of the June 12 presidential […]

It’s ironic that the governing All Peoples Congress is having a taste of its own medicine to toast the inauguration of the 8th National Assembly. It is like 2011 all over again. At the time, […]

TWENTY-TWO years down the road, it is necessary to understand the centrality of Chief Moshood Abiola’s sacrifice in bringing us the Fourth Republic. Chief Abiola was the winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election […]

In furtherance of his desire to jumpstart the ailing Nigerian economy, President Muhammadu Buhari departed Nigeria for Germany, purportedly on the invitation of the G7 leaders. This is a signal of a new beginning. In […]

If there is anything that many observers agree upon, it is the fact that Muhammadu Buhari could have had a better start to his civilian presidency. Most disheartening and uninspiring was his inaugural speech, which […]

The Revenue Mobilisation, Allocation and Fiscal Commission has commenced the process  of reviewing the remuneration packages, including salaries and allowances, of all political, public and judicial office holders. The pay of public office holders, particularly […]