Issues/Policy

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 […]

The abduction of 317 school girls of the Government Girls Secondary School, Jangebe, Zamfara State, last Friday, February 26 is even more tragic because we as parents and adults once again failed to protect the […]

drtayooke@gmail.com As readers of this column would have noticed, I have avoided wading into the ongoing “Fulani herdsmen” imbroglio, incessantly in the news media and television broadcasts of late. To the outside observer, Nigeria appears […]

When President Buhari on June 4th, 2020 announced the withdrawal of the candidacy of Ambassador Yonov Frederick Agah, Deputy Director-General and Nigeria’s Permanent Representative to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the position of Director-General […]

The biggest piece of happy-ending news in Nigeria in the month of February 2021 is the endorsement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the next Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) by the United […]

News items making the rounds about the ceaseless bloodbath and insecurity in the country have aroused my curiosity about whether or not what is happening in Nigeria is war or insecurity. The seeming downplaying of […]

Despite the pronouncement last week by the Kwara State government directing all public schools in the state to henceforth allow female students to use the hijab, the last appears not to have been heard on […]

No region in Nigeria is a self-sufficient archipelago. None is more fortunate in human and material assets than the other. Each region has its unique quality and contributes a consequential substance to Nigeria. None is […]