On Single Africa Air Transport Market
The Nigerian aviation industry is expected to grow rapidly in the coming years following the signing of the solemn commitment…
Like Chibok, like Dapchi
The kidnapping of over 105 school girls in Dapchi, Yobe State last week has put to rest the much acclaimed…
Nigeria can learn from Ireland’s path to peace
Nigeria can overcome its present security challenges because the people are determined to live in peace and harmony with one…
Visionary and visionless leaders
HARDLY will you see a government in Nigeria (state or federal) that pursues the policies of previous administrations, with the…
Ambode’s responsive governance style
IT is an acceptable norm, that a democratically elected government must meet the need of the people that voted them…
The reinstatement of Usman Yusuf
THE recent reinstatement of the suspended Executive Secretary of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Professor Usman Yusuf, on the…
Is gender equality possible in Nigeria?
THE culture in Nigeria heavily discriminates against women. Our attitude to the female gender is borne largely out of ignorance…
Fulani herdsmen, farmers and the rest of us
IN 418 BC, Herodotus, the Greek Philosopher said “a man who does not know anything about the events that took…
Putting Oyo on the right footing
THE socio-economic development that has been taken place in Oyo state since the inception of Senator Abiola Ajimobi administration can’t…
Stop the pretence
The attitude of the Northern Nigeria establishment and the Presidency, regarding killings by their kith and kindred; Fulani herdsmen is…
False census figures
I find it suspicious when Northerners proclaim that Kano is more populous than Lagos and Ibadan? Come to think of…
Terrorist, herdsmen or unknown gunmen?
I get frustrated when Nigerians refer to “unknown gunmen” waging violence in North-Central Nigeria. Why should gunmen be unknown for…
Nigeria’s political “axis of fear”
OVERTURNING the order of the 2019 general elections schedule by Nigeria’s National Assembly (NASS) truly generated the expected reactions and…
Build Nigeria like America
How many Americans living and doing businesses in the US have off-shore accounts elsewhere naming their American banks as affiliate…
Re: Illegal occupants in Oyo labour union houses
PLEASE refer to the above published by your newspaper on Thursday, 1 February, 2018 at page 14. Oyo State National…
Still on Fawehinmism
FIRST and foremost, I salute the quintessential social justice crusader, late Chief Gani Fawehinmi (SAN) for his extraordinary, inimitable…
Not yet Uhuru in Kenya
NOT yet uhuru is the title of the autobiography written by Jaramogi Oginga Odinga, Kenya’s First Vice President, and father…
We must unite against extremism
By any worst-scenario indicator imaginable, Nigeria tops the scale: band of religious terrorists sacking communities, pillaging harvests, abducting and raping…
Ensuring philanthropy in education
Education, they say, is the best legacy. While he was alive, I want to acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of…
Nigerian project, a collective effort
I was surfing through the internet one fateful evening and I saw a quote “abeg go and get your PVC…
