Issues/Policy

Turning seventy-five is more than coming of age. Eddie, as he is fondly called by friends and comrades deserves to be celebrated not only for the blessings of longevity in this age and time that […]

The gods of Africa are angry. Kenyan intellectual, Ali Mazrui, enunciated the concept of Pax Africana in 1967, arguing that Africans must create, cultivate, and keep peace on their own continent. His related principle of […]

Among all Nigerian civilian presidents and military heads of state, there is something incomprehensible and inexplicable about the current President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). Other presidents seemed to be doing something about turning Nigeria […]

If some public affairs commentators and their partisan associates have their way, the next head to be placed in the hangman’s noose is that of Dr Isa Ali Ibrahim Pantami, who is better known as […]

May 3 this year was marked last week as it is done every year as World Press Freedom Day. The theme for this year’s celebration was “Information as a public good.” Journalists and other stakeholders […]

As a nation of over 250 million people, Nigeria is a breeding ground for gifted radicals who are unique in their own ways. The country is a fertile ground for eccentrics who constantly create electric […]

Remembering to read news notifications nowadays makes one’s heart to skip. Reason being that it will not end until reports from across the federation hits the pages or one’s screens of not a few people […]

Haramain Sharifain, an Islamic agency in Saudi Arabia, has declared that fasting in the month of Ramadan continues on Wednesday while eid-il-fitr will be held on Thursday. Since April 13, Muslims across world have abstained […]

May 1981. I was pretty much young. Radio stations were playing Bob Marley non-stop. One Love. Redemption Song. No Woman No Cry. Rastaman Vibration. On and on and on. I overheard my older cousin, now […]

It is no more news that a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha was recently arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on alleged misappropriation of government assets. Yet, it whets my […]

The Act (the Harmful Waste (Special Criminal Positions etc), Act 1988 only focuses on the commission of any action or omission by persons without lawful authority. Thus, where an organization has a licence to store […]

President Muhammadu Buhari’s government retorted recklessly to the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev Fr. Ejike Mbaka through a press statement issued by Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Media and Publicity) a […]

The Enugu-based Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, was reported recently to have gone ‘missing’. He later re-emerged to tell the story of his whereabout. The Enugu Catholic Bishop, Callistus Onaga, had […]

Across the land today, and in many political circumstances, we all hold President Muhammadu Buhari responsible for our collective tragedies. A symptom of the sickness in Nigeria today is a certain level of insecurity not […]

As I was saying on this sixth anniversary of the Buhari administration, our leaders at all levels have a responsibility to swallow their pride and vanity and focus intentionally on robust investment in education quality, […]

Can you tell a story about zoos without mentioning animals? It is possible. Just mention one animal, say a lion. And it would be the story about the Prophet and the Lion at the University […]

The other day, my 15-year-old son — a scholastic chess award winner — drew my attention to an even younger Nigerian chess phenom in the US. The video reminded me to do what I have […]

Six months ago today, the President, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) ordered a 22-man panel to sell off all assets which had been forfeited to the government. Inaugurated by Abubakar Malami, the Attorney General and Minister […]

When US President Abraham Lincoln defined democracy as a “government of the people, by the people, for the people”, he was trying to bring out the true essence of a political system that serves the […]