Issues/Policy

The reality is that no society, institution or organisation can presently function effectively without women’s substantial participation in leadership activities. Many statistics show that companies led by women have better financial results. Leadership by women […]

So unusual is the latest intervention by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) in the monetary policy space that it was bound to set tongues wagging. Last week, in a circular dated March 5, 2021, […]

The Chairman of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof Itse Sagay, has called on the President, the National Assembly and all concerned authorities to empower every Nigerian to carry arms. Sagay, President Muhammadu Buhari’s […]

We have been subjected to torture and humiliation by the draconian law system in Nigeria. Our bones and flesh have adapted to horrific conditions, so that the injuries inflicted on us have damaged our vocal […]

The story of 14-year-old Habiba, a student of Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, is heart-wrenching. Bandits raided her home three months ago, killing her uncle and abducting her father and elder sister. Then […]

We want to know who owns the land.” So declared late Nigerian artiste, Sonny Okosun in his song “Papa’s land.” Today, can it be said that Nigeria, under the watch of this government, has been […]

Whenever the history of the eventual collapse of this country is written, Nigeria’s commercial/mercenary politicians will surely take a lion share of the blame. It is just unimaginable that any crop of human beings anywhere […]

By Agbaje Ayomide An often silent epidemic in our country today is gender-based violence. And while the term is exactly not commonplace in our communities in Nigeria, we have been familiar with its practical instances […]

The present tension in Nigeria following the murderous activities of the Fulani herdsmen in the last few years and the forced reactions of the frustrated victims of their atrocities in the South necessitate the need […]

Genocides or mass killings do not just happen. They are usually harbingered by conspiracy theories of ethnic and religious complexions, sentiments, skewed perceptions and assumptions. Are all these ingredients of doom present in today’s Nigeria? […]

It was the end of an era Tuesday when Bunny Wailer, the last of the original Wailing Wailers passed away, aged 73. Bunny (original name Neville O’Rilley Livingston) completed the trio that formed the reggae […]

On February 24,600,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived in Accra, Ghana. Two days later, another 504,000 doses arrived in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. On Tuesday, 3.92 million vaccine doses arrived in Abuja, Nigeria and a further […]

[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 […]