Issues/Policy

NEARLY 50 years ago, it is said, that people in Enugu, Nsukka, Ngwo, and Abakalike had little clothes to cover themselves. In 1947, the District Officer prohibited nude people coming to the Ogbete Market in […]

Gone are the days of the African “Big Man.” Africa is not the same place it was 50 years ago, Africa is not even the same place it was 10 years ago. The era of […]

  Nigeria 2015 general elections have been characterised by heightened tension. Several factors ranging from ethnicity, religion and money politics are contributory to the tension. But, the role of the media in this charged political […]

President Goodluck Jonathan and Gen. Buhari As Nigerians get set for the presidential election, Raheem Akingbolu recaps some vital areas in their campaigns and the impact of modern marketing infused into the electioneering process The […]

When diehard supporters of incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan are engaged on issues bordering on the current state of the nation, they often always base their passion on age-long issues of regional marginalisation. A problem that […]

Monday March 16, 2015 was just another beautiful day for me as I hit the popular Ikorodu Road on my way to the office in Agidingbi, Ikeja. As I approached Maryland Tunnel, I saw a […]

THE decision of the Federal High Court in Lagos voiding the restriction on movement during the monthly sanitation exercise in the state is a victory for the rule of law; a verdict that necessitates the […]

Today I publish below the last of the three articles I promised the reader on March 4 in my tribute to the late Malam Abubakar Gimba, a former president of the Association of Nigerian Authors, […]

In less than four days from now, Nigerians will troop out in their large numbers to cast their votes for the next president of the country who is scheduled to take over the reins of […]

Hopefully the powers that be will allow the much anticipated elections to hold on March 28 and April 14. Of course the real Elections will be the Presidential, because all the powers in the land […]

Any pundit at this critical point in time, who is not conclusively resolved that the Nigerian jinx, where a national ruling party has never lost to the Opposition, is being broken in the 2015 elections, […]

Leader of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Dr. Fredrick Fasheun has exposed himself as one of those behind the plot to shift the 2015 presidential poll date from February 14 to March 28th, claiming that had […]

1. Welcome Distinguished leaders of the Yoruba Nation, Your Excellencies – current and past Governors of Yoruba States, traditional rulers and fathers of the Yoruba people and their representatives, Yoruba officers of various civic and […]

The title of this article is adapted from a piece by Ron Ashkenas, managing partner of Schaffer Consulting and co-author of The GE Work-Out and The Boundaryless Organisation which was published in Harvard Business Report […]

For one week of long sessions stretching into the early hours of the morning, with only a couple of hours sleep, the Senior Elder Citizens (ex-partners of KPMG who are still awaiting their gratuity and […]

‘Fanatics are like debris following the course of the wind; they are swept around like sand, and convinced to believe in what they do not understand’—–Caleb Colton What could be the mindset of Gani Adams, […]

The origin of brain drain in Africa can be traced to the Portuguese contact with the ancient Bini Empire when the son of the Oba was sent to the court of Portugal, one of the […]

There are three types of people when it comes to appreciation of events and opportunities. Some live in the past , some in the present and others in the future. It is when events have […]

In October last year, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) published a report on how the falling oil prices would affect members of the Organisation of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), many of which “need oil […]