Issues/Policy

The high rate of maternal deaths in Nigeria has been a major cause of public health concern at both the national and international levels. According to the Federal Ministry of Health – Integrated Reproductive Maternal […]

The fratricidal factors fuelling ethno-religious crisis and capable of tearing the very fabric of the Nigerian state into shreds are becoming patently obvious, virtually on daily basis. These include the blatant refusal of the political […]

One of the social consequences of COVID-19 is racism seen in the hate crimes against Asians, particularly, in the United States where Asians have increasingly come under attack due to the acknowledgment of China, an […]

By Fikayo Owoeye Nigeria’s unemployment rate has more than quadrupled in the last five years as the economy plunged into two recessions. Despite several policies by the government to stem the tide of unemployment in […]

By Mayowa Tijani At the beginning of 2021, I made a resolve to resume writing this column, and remain positive about Nigeria despite all we’ve seen in the country lately. Last week, I got some […]

By Edoba Omoregie There’s no disadvantage with state and local government police system, as argued by opponents of the agitations to decentralise the police force. The only one touted is that police at the levels of […]

By Luke Onyekakeyah The looming crisis on account of the alleged N120 billion monthly fuel subsidy, amid a frightening atmosphere of insecurity in the country is avoidable. It is like chasing rat when one is […]

By Taju Tijani The Nigerian nation and its actors have been contemptuous of our desire to resolve national questions through dialogue and civilised consensus. Rather, government has erected institutional process that turns a deaf ear to […]

Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, is a Yoruba city. It is now in the throes of a self-inflicted crisis caused by the hijab, the head covering favoured by Muslim laity for their women folks. […]

Fear not, I am with you – Isaiah 41:10 Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State has been pronounced a patient of behaviour modification syndrome. The news of his affliction is enough to make the blood […]

The Muhammadu Buhari administration has triggered yet another needless, distracting controversy by retaining two top federal public servants in their posts beyond their statutory dates of retirement. The Accountant-General of the Federation (AGF), Alhaji Ahmed […]

By Dr Obadiah Mailafia Technocracy refers to rule by experts. Technocrats are highly qualified specialists driven primarily by a desire to solve problems through science and technology. One scholar describes technocracy rather grandiloquently as a […]

I was one of seven professors who facilitated a leadership training in my university here in Georgia for local government chairmen from a major Nigerian southwestern state. In the course of the training, I adverted […]

They are on the march again. It is their season. They have organised their war chest for the #Warfare-2023. They are running around again without reading the ominous writings on the wall. They have abandoned […]

When Fidelis got a Federal Government of Nigeria scholarship to pursue his master’s degree in one of the top universities in the United Kingdom a few years ago, he thought it was a dream come […]

New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999 Lagos State, when the then Colonel Mohammed Buba Marwa was military administrator. Marwa took a […]

Against the backdrop of the recent incident at Magistrate court in Abuja where the #Revolution leader and activist, Omoyele Sowore was seen with a so-called “herbalist”, thoughts and opinions have been flowing around the street […]