Issues/Policy

FIVE-and-a-half decades ago, when Nigeria elected its first government at the end of colonial rule, many expected the country to rise quickly to become Africa’s leading power. It had people in abundance, the region’s best […]

When President Muhammadu Buhari promised during the campaign to make his assets declaration public and encourage all his appointees to do the same as a pre-condition for appointment, the now two-time Nigerian leader never imagined […]

People who know Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola, the Governor of Osun State say he is a brilliant man. I have never met him despite my close ties with Osun State but have watched him on the […]

Both international and local media went viral earlier this week with the news of the President of Sudan, Omar al-Bashir who reportedly avoided being arrested in South Africa where he was attending an African Union […]

There seems to be some disquiet in the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) ahead of the imminent shake-up by the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Legal Services and Company Secretary Ikechukwu Oguine has resigned, The Nation learnt […]

The Oodua Peoples Congress, OPC, has asked the Lagos state publicity secretary of the All Progressive Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe, to apologise within seven days for his comments on OPC or incur the wrath of […]

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 […]