Issues/Policy

By Mon-Charles Egbo One of the major tragedies of Nigeria’s chequered political history is a legislature that is marked by stunted development when compared to other democracies world over. For those long years of military […]

By Lekan Sote The arrogant Southern Nigerians, especially of the Yoruba stock, nearly got their derriere exposed when the (disingenuous) ill-wind, blown by Northern Nigeria traders, nearly blockaded transport of foodstuffs and cattle down South. […]

On April 18, 2018 I wrote a column in this paper on Governor Ortom’s little Davids. The piece in question was provoked by the governor’s deep-rooted belief in the spiritual efficacy of the Biblical stone […]

By Alade Rotimi-John and Adegbola Dominic One notable tragedy of the progressive front in Nigeria’s political practice is the palpable dearth of young entrants into its fold. It will appear that its dialectical offerings are […]

Everything that has a beginning must have an end. Put differently, processes undergo dialectical transformation and continuity. This diary has now come to an end in its present form. However, let me gaze into the […]

Like the case of Nigeria’s former Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala (now the incumbent Director-General of the World Trade Organizations) who chronicled years of campaign of calumny against […]

drtayooke@gmail.com It is difficult to recount how many times we have all come across the saying that so-and-so is a “detribalised” Nigerian. It fills me with such revulsion and utter bewilderment each time it brushes […]

By Abiola Daisy Let the government know that we will not be able to live with the Zamfara situation or more explicitly, the current situation in the North where children are kidnapped and dehumanized. We […]

Dear Hajiya, With gratitude to God for a vacation well spent, I, Babatunde Odesola, Esq., heartily rejoice on the safe return of the First Lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, to Nigeria after spending 4,380 hours in […]

Three weeks ago, Nigeria received nearly four million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and immediately hit the ground running in efforts to slap down the virus. The campaign that followed is a measure of the […]

This is because there are equipment from the surplus power market on the ground that can be deployed as fast as possible once a PPA agreement is executed, and the natural gas infrastructure can also […]

By Abdulganiyu Alabi You could feel his pains in his face. He was all agony. As he spoke, tears dripped from his eyes. He had sold many of his property, postponed his wedding and now, […]

Primary education is the foundation for human capital development and national progress. After public primary and secondary schools had been deleted from the list of education service delivery avenues, after millions of school age children […]

By Folu Olamiti A lot has been said and written about the late elder statesman Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, popularly known as LKJ, who passed on to the world beyond and was laid to rest […]

By Dan Aibangbe In recent times, the media has been awash with the story surrounding the ‘smoking gun’ found in the cool of the centrally air-conditioned high offices of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC. […]

By Abayomi Ajayi When Anna missed her period a few weeks after she got married to John, she truly believed that she was pregnant. Anna, who was 27 at the time, was quite ecstatic and […]

“Great achievements are usually borne out of great sacrifice, and never the result of SELFISHNESS.” “Opportunity often comes disguised in the form of misfortune or temporary defeat.” “Every adversity, every failure, every heartbreak, carries with […]