10.5 million Nigerian kids out of school?
THE news of Nigeria having the highest number of out of school children in the world is as galling as…
Tears for civil servants
A casual conversation with a civil servant acquaintance this past week brought home the grim and gloomy reality of the…
Abiola: Beyond declaring June 12 Democracy Day
WITH one single strike, President Muhammadu Buhari scored two goals. First, he freed Bashorun Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, winner of…
Chuck Feeney’s challenge to Nigerian billionaires
OVER the last 36 years, Chuck Feeney has given away $6.2 billion to charity. But that is not the gist.…
The coming Ekiti epic battle
THE membership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Campaign Council for Ekiti State governorship election signifies the intent of…
What motivates Nigerian leaders?
WHAT inspires the average Nigerian leader? What exactly drives him to seek power? Is it ambition, sense of entitlement, avarice,…
Let’s put govt on its toes
THRICE since the advent of his administration, President Muhammadu Buhari has come to the financial rescue of state governments with…
The restructuring rhetoric
ssLEADERS and elders of four of the six geo-political zones in the country under the aegis of Southern and Middle…
Here today, gone tomorrow
THE past week was particularly trying for the nation. With the seemingly ceaseless attacks on churches in Benue State leaving…
Let’s talk about the Nigerian dream?
CORPORATIONS and big organisations run on visions. They each have a deliberately crafted and well thought out vision that guides…
The Prof and his student: Way of a man with a maid
IT is too high a price to pay for coitus, especially one that was not. For allegedly suggesting getting in…
IGP Idris and promotion of mediocrity
The Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, slid from the sublime to the ridiculous all within a week. Ibrahim…
Are we jinxed, obtuse or just incompetent?
THE University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, was rated among the best three in the Commonwealth. Patients were referred from several…
Poverty as weapon of mass destruction
MEMBERS of the ruling class have been going about the preparation for the 2019 elections as if the views and…
How shall we tell the President?
borderlessNIGERIA is sliding fast. The people’s dreams are transfiguring to nightmares. The hope Nigerians once had has turned forlorn. Misery…
Restructuring: It’s time to correct Ironsi’s mistake
BEFORE the military putsch of January 15, 1966, which ended the First Republic and foisted the first military rule on…
Is government dead, in coma or on strike?
ON January 1, 2018, criminal elements took over various parts of the country and unleashed terror on law-abiding citizens. Scores…
A vote for state police
essPERPLEXED by the rising wave of crime and criminality in the country, state governors last week lent their voices in…
What is Minister Adewole still waiting for?
The Minister of Health, Professor Isaac Adewole, last week suffered what is most likely the worst ignominy of his life…
Would you employ the President as a company CEO?
IT beats me why some leaders are agitating for the extension of President Muhammadu Buhari’s tenure through an election next…
