Is hope strong enough to arrest insecurity?
While speaking at the 108th Baptist Convention held penultimate week, former President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed the hope that Nigeria would…
Nigeria and dearth of statesmen?
With the struggle for power by the political class which has resulted in the polity being extremely heated and the…
Nigeria: Racing back to 1967
The outbreak of Nigerian Civil war on July 6, 1967 was the climax of a number of activities that made…
Buhari: When love turns sour
In his missive to the King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, King Abdullah ll Bin Al-Hussein, on Thursday, to…
Let’s tweak our education system
Things are on a seemingly inexorable slide in the country because of our penchant for failing to nip potential crisis…
Kyari, fuel price and the Nigerian life
It was lamentation galore for the NNPC Group Managing Director, Mele Kyari, when he spoke last Thursday at the weekly…
Tackling unemployment with creative industries
IN its Q4 2020 Unemployment Report published last Monday, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) put the number of unemployed…
Rising insecurity: What Nigeria should do
Unable to hide their frustration at the seeming superiority of bandits and insurgents over the nation’s armed forces, members of…
The Nigerian tragedy
Nigeria is a tragedy. While nationals of many other countries take pride in their citizenship, most Nigerians have regrets about…
Nigeria and need for state police
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, during his inauguration for his second term last week, called for the establishment of…
Who will stop the slide?
Nigeria is a hotbed of bad news. Very few things are cheering in the country across all sectors. The economy…
Portrait of the Nigerian politician
The average Nigerian politician cuts an interesting picture. First, he sounds religious and regularly brings up the name of God…
The real problem with Buhari presidency
The myriad of problems confronting the country have left many Nigerians wondering what the real problem with the Buhari presidency…
Anti-corruption war: Fighting to win
In the Global Corruption Index (CPI) 2020 released last Thursday by Transparency International, not only did Nigeria fall three places…
Throwing presidential weight behind criminals
One thing that the presidency’s response to the order given by Ondo State government directing herdsmen to vacate all forest…
The sin of Father Kukah
With the call last week by a group asking Father Matthew Kukah, the Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Diocese, to either…
Way of a man with a maid
LAST week, Mr Adam Nuru, Managing Director of First City Monument Bank (FCMB), offered to proceed on leave while the…
It’s time for the Nigerian Dream
The dawn of a New Year provides individuals and organizations an occasion to review their activities and make projections for…
COVID-19: My 2020 Person of the Year
The United States of America-based Time Magazine pioneered and popularised the Person of the Year (formerly Man of the Year…
Let’s rustle Mr President’s cows
The land is hemorrhaging on all fronts. From North to South and East to West, the whole place has turned…
