Kyari, pigs and Martinmas
In Ireland, pigs are preferred to other domestic animals for Martinmas, the celebration of the birth of St. Martin which…
Why fuel scarcity may persist
Nigerians have been facing serious fuel shortage crisis that has seen prices of household items and food skyrocket while transport…
Buhari’s request and Europe’s interest
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, in an article he wrote to mark Nigeria’s participation at the just concluded 6th EU-Africa summit in…
Poverty as the rich’s weapon for cornering power
Members of the ruling class have been going about the preparation for 2023 elections as if the views and feelings…
10.5 million Nigerian kids out of school: How did we get here?
The information given by the UNICEF Representative in Nigeria, Peter Hawkins, in a statement commemorating International Day of Education 2022, that Nigeria…
House of Reps, state police and the people’s safety
It is quite disheartening that the House of Representatives Committee on the Review of 1999 Constitution rejected the bill seeking…
President Buhari’s fear of posterity
Suddenly, President Muhammadu Buhari has become seriously interested in his legacy and Nigerians’ post-presidency perception of him. His Senior Special…
Nigeria needs strong men
Mr Godwin Obaseki, Edo State governor, in his valedictory address to members of the Edo State Transition Committee during the…
Why restructuring is so difficult to achieve and way out
The destruction of Nigeria’s proper structure was supervised by Major-General Johnson Thomas Umunnakwe Aguiyi-Ironsi. Before the military putsch of January…
Will it be a new year indeed?
My understanding of new is that it is a departure from the known, a severance from the old, a migration…
Sliding into bestiality
Pastor Babatunde Dada, a clergyman with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) attached to the Chapel of Resurrection, FESTAC…
Osinbajo’s homily and Nigeria’s reality
Last Thursday, while playing host to MuhammaduBuhariOsinbajo Dynamic Support Group, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Professor YemiOsinbajo, the Vice…
Subsidy removal: Government wrong on two counts
While attempting to justify the Federal Government’s decision to end the fuel subsidy regime during a post-FEC meeting press conference…
Awo as emblem of immortality
At the 45th anniversary celebration of Odu’a Investment Company Limited in Lagos penultimate Friday, Chief Obafemi Awolowo was one of…
Sliding from too much money to too much debt
General Yakubu Gowon was reported to have said in his days as the nation’s military head of state that money…
Capital punishment as antidote to corruption
Corruption in Nigeria has assumed a frightening proportion. It is no longer about who is corrupt in the country, it…
Will the President’s prayer be answered?
While in Saudi Arabia for lesser hajj last week, President Muhammadu Buhari, according to a statement by Mallam Garba Shehu,…
Rising insecurity: What Buhari should do
In his Eid-el-Maulud message to the nation last Monday, President Muhammadu Buhari called on the media to replace the term…
Blessing Okagbare: Abandoned on the cross
The news of Blessing Okagbare’s disqualification from the Tokyo 2020 Olympics by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU) sequel to her…
Will the borrowings ever stop?
Last Thursday, during the presentation of the 2022 budget, tagged Budget of Economic Growth and Sustainability, President MuhammaduBuhari revealed that…
