Issues/Policy

One of the myths about the 2015 presidential election is that it was a vote against corruption. Buhari and the APC did a good job of singing the anti-corruption mantra all over the country, and […]

The whole issue of fuel subsidy has come to be perceived as one huge scam the government is not coming clean on. The skewed policy moved the country to near fiscal collapse between 2011 and […]

The new lease of life promised Nigerians by the incoming Mohammadu Buhari administration may start on a rough note as feelers from the 2015 Appropriation Act passed by the National Assembly last week indicate that […]

There is a saying in Yoruba which literary translated, means you do not ask for the cause of death of a forebear until you have the hilt of the sword firmly in your hands. The […]

Barring any last-minute change,  former militants and self determination groups will today begin the execution of the N9.3b waterways and oil pipelines contracts. A memo from the Presidency directed the ex-militants, led by Government Ekpemupolo […]

How do one dub Gani Adam’s visit to the Nigerian Embassy in Xenophobic infested country of South Africa and the ‘warm’ reception given the OPC National coordinator by the Nigeria Ambassador to South Africa? Could […]

Human beings are first migrants. Then they become settlers, and settlers become citizens. In every clime, it is not so much your status, but your contributions. Kenneth Kaunda was synonymous with Zambia. He pronounced prophetically […]

Besides being an admirer of a Christian group, Promise Keepers, I hate it whenev­er I fail to keep a promise. In the heat of the run-up to the gubernatorial election, my name was caught in […]

APART from the three stormy years — 2007 to 2010 — that the defunct HiTV controlled the “almighty” English Premier League (EPL) rights, South African firm, Digital Satellite Television Company (DStv) has enjoyed near total […]

About 12, 15 years ago, when the issue of who is really a Lagosian was nothing more than a stimulating debate among friends, I had asked a friend to write an article on it for […]

Being excerpts from a letter by  Olisa Agbakoba to the President Elect, Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd) on the need for the setting up of a framework to address broad issues concerning the nation. NATIONAL order […]

The Senator-elect of Ogun East Senatorial District, Buruji Kashamu, has expressed shock at Bola Tinubu’s “unwarranted attacks” against his person. Mr. Kashamu, in a statement Tuesday, said Mr. Tinubu’s reaction to his innocuous congratulatory message […]

Jiti Ogunye is a Constitutional lawyer, rights activist and public commentator. In this interview with Senior CorrespondentTUNDE OPESEITAN, DAILY INDEPENDENT, Ogunye spoke on number of issues including the Supreme Court judgment upholding the election of […]

Despite the continuous outcry by Nigerians in South Africa that they have been subjected to xenophobic attacks meted out by the citizens, the heinous act has continued to thrive, writes Martins Ifijeh  One thing common […]

Ex-Lagos governor now one of the most powerful godfathers * Seen as favouring technocrats who can solve problems “I am a talent hunter. I put talents in office, I help them,” says former Lagos state […]

  xen·o·pho·bi·a ˌzenəˈfōbēə,ˌzēnəˈfōbēə/ noun 1. intense or irrational dislike or fear of people from other countries. The world appears to have gone berserk with all these waves of attacks globally. From the brutal beheading by […]

One is not being alarmist or a prophet of doom. One is being guided by reason, history and realism. As our country inches towards the Constitutional Handover of baton on May 29 2015, it is […]

If you have been following the debate during the just-concluded elections, then I don’t need to tell you my preferred candidate was President Goodluck Jonathan and not General Buhari. I wrote quite a number of […]

To the utter embarrassment of the members of the National Assembly, President Jonathan decided to withhold his assent to 4th amendment to the Constitution. In his comprehensive letter addressed to both chambers of the National […]