Issues/Policy

I read with great displeasure the reactions and comments credited to Senate President Ahmed Lawan , Senator Ali Ndume and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the clarion call by the southern […]

What sense does it make to continue the National Youth Service Corps scheme in view of the present security situation in the country? Many Northerners, particularly their females, are never posted Southwards. To me, it’s […]

Continued from yesterday Though the Federal Government had stated that it would not scrap the scheme then, without addressing the reasons that prompted and even justified the calls, the agitations against the scheme would have […]

Continued from yesterday While the schools in Nigeria are obviously sub-standard in facilities, with a negative expression of what constitute success dominating our mental psyche, the students themselves have imbibed a negative philosophy which celebrates […]

I am as disturbed by the general narrative against the Fulani, because of the failure of the Federal Government of Nigeria to secure our country from invading foreign terrorists – a failure that many Fulani […]

Before you call me names, read and understand what I have to say. Yesterday I listened to a recording of Nnamdi Kanu spitting out orders regarding the May 30, 2021, observation of Biafra Heroes lost […]

It appears the Southeast part of Nigeria learnt nothing from the civil war. Who invites the grim reaper to his own home? Who brings death and destruction upon his own people?, writes Fredrick Nwabufo At […]

Gerontocracy, plutocracy, aristocracy, mobocracy, kakistocracy, kratocracy, and democracy are some of the types of government we have in our today’s world. However, democracy, or representative government, is said to be the best type of government. […]

At present, a murky cloud of anxiety hangs over Nigeria. The prevailing atmosphere vibrates with tension and fear of impending civil war is stealing over many security moms. These were feelings started by violence and […]

The battle between Honourable Rotimi Chibuike Amaechi, Minister of Transportation and the now-suspended Managing Director of the Nigerian Ports Authority, Ms. Hadiza Bala Usman is one with several dimensions about public service in Nigeria. One […]

The recent approval of two fresh foreign loans of $1.5 billion and €995 million respectively, by the Senate, has raised a lot of concerns among many stakeholders in the country. Many have considered it a […]

LET us devote a few minutes to day, for our dear country, Nigeria. This reflection, in the writer’s considered opinion, has become absolutely necessary because patriots believe that Nigeria does not need to fail, even […]

Pastors contradict the counsel of the Lord without batting their eyelids. They plant church parishes like supermarkets in every street corner. They build cathedrals and church monuments like World Trade Centres, each one striving to […]

How many Nigerians really know their president; Gen. Mohammadu Buhari? Who knows his office hours? What does he do during the long flights of his frequent trips to other lands? What kind of books does […]

President Muhammadu Buhari recently appointed a new Chief of Army Staff (COAS) following the fatal Beechcraft King Air 350i plane crash in Kaduna that killed Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru who until his tragic demise occupied […]

Preface: In February 2016, nine months after Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) assumed rulership of Nigeria, Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High Court made perhaps the most significant order on a government since the […]

Bryan Obonyo, Shay Sade, Monique Touko, David Osafo, and Ian Oplot are a London-born and bred group of friends who one day decided they would record their reactions to Afrobeats music videos by African artists. […]