Issues/Policy

[I dedicate this article to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, the new Director General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO). We celebrate you, despite the grief of your motherland. May you be an inspiration for every African […]

Sadly, this story makes me laugh. A human rights activist shared with me an experience she had during a governorship election in one of the south-west states many years ago. She said she was in […]

It has become a yearly sacramental that during this season, friends and associates of Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo converge in the hilly town of Abeokuta, Ogun State, to mark his birthday. On this […]

Without doubt, corruption is one of the notorious ills bedevilling Nigeria economically, socially and politically. For one to fight corruption in Nigeria, one must be economically, socially and politically oriented; the versatility of corruption in […]

A fortnight ago, the news broke that Distinguished Humanities Scholar of the University of Texas, Austin, Prof. Toyin Falola, has been awarded a Doctor of Letters degree by the Postgraduate School of the University of […]

The world is in an unprecedented time as it grapples with the scourge and consequences brought upon it by the COVID-19 pandemic. This pandemic has exacerbated the existing socio-economic and environmental challenges faced by the […]

The insecurity in Northern Nigeria today is not accidental. It was a deliberate social decadence systemically incubated over time and became a way of life for society. The political leadership, the oligarchy and the proletariats […]

aadelakun@punchng.com On January 23, a truck belonging to Dangote Group rammed into a shopping complex in Akungba Akoko, around Adekunle Ajasin University. Media reports state that the truck’s brakes failed as it descended a hilly […]

Monday’s conviction of former French President, Nicolas Sarkozy, for corruption-related offences communicates one or two critical things about Nigeria’s increasingly worrisome state. Sarkozy, who was leader of the European country between 2007 and 2012, has […]

Tension is beginning to brew, and if revenge attacks on Southerners begin here in the North, it will be difficult to control. Our enemies from within and outside, some well known by our security agencies, […]

At this slow pace of one per cent delivery, when will Ghana reach the herd immunity threshold of vaccinating 70% of the country’s total population of 31 million people? In contrast, in the United States, […]

Just a few days into the New Year, 2021, Pakistan presented itself in a new avatar at the United Nations. The government of cricketer-playboy turned “selected” Prime Minister Imran Khan had lent its weight to […]

There is a government in West Africa that loves cows more than its citizens. It is no other than the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of the Federal Republic of Nigeria […]

Eric Blair, or George Orwell if you like, predicted in his book, “Nineteen Eighty Four: A Novel,” written in 1948, but published in 1949, that a phenomenon he called “Big Brother,” will be monitoring and […]

“When politics is no longer a mission but a profession, politicians become more self-serving than public servants” – Emmanuel Macron, the President of France. Last Thursday, February 25, 2021, I was one of the two […]

There comes a time in the political season, where aspirations that is considered familiar and goodwill towards society are being advocated to woo the masses’ confidence. Apparently, the advancement of such issues begins with a […]

I made the case at the time for a strategic alliance involving some key countries to must enable Nigeria sail through at the AfDB and WTO. I made a case for Nigeria to tread with […]

In spite of all the troubles that we have had and continue to have in relation with this country called Nigeria, it is a sure fact that the number of people praying for her and […]

* Prominent Lagos State Indigenes Tell GOVT The prominent Lagos indigenes whole heartedly support Governor Babajide Sanwoolu in his bid to repeal the 2007 Pension law that gave humongous pensions to past Governors and Deputies […]

Between 1988 and 1993, Alhaji Hamzat Rafindandi Zayyad (1937-2002) dominated the headlines in this country. He was in the news not because he was the first chartered accountant from the old Northern Nigeria. He became […]