Rolling the NYSC scheme back: NASS knows best
Mr. Sunday Dare, the Minister of Sports and Youth Development is too quick to chaff at the idea of rolling the…
Celebrating Makinde
It’s been a tough and hectic scene for weeks now as it comes and goes so quickly, especially when one…
Don’t scrap NYSC
It is reported that the house of Representatives is mulling scrapping the national Youth Service Corps (NYSC), as a bill…
Insecurity in Nigeria
Gone are the days when Nigeria was a citadel of peace in all ramifications as people used to sleep without…
On rite of passage into manhood
The society we live in today considers sexual success or sexual conquests as an initiation into manhood. “Getting laid” or…
On Otunla Blessing’s murder
NOTHING could be so terrible than what recently happened in Abuja where Otunla Blessing, an alumnus of the University of…
Choose to challenge, celebrate yourself
CHALLENGE can either be positive or negative, that is, you can either challenge to be a better version of yourself…
LASU vice chancellorship: Mr Governor got it wrong
Martin Luther said “I was born to fight devils and factions. It is my business to remove obstacles, to cut…
Incessant kidnapping along Ibadan-Ijebu-Ode road
The constant news of kidnapping along the Ibadan-Ijebuode road is not just a call to improve the security of lives…
On Customs brutality in Oyo state
THE recent raiding of Oja’ba and Bodija market in Ibadan, the capital of Oyo state by the men of the…
Banana Island sand filling: Can we tell the governor?
In recent times, stakeholders in the new Lagos project have expressed concerns about usual disregard for Lagos State’s directives on…
On faulty foundations
One of the tragedies befalling us as a nation is our attempt to build strong structures on weak foundations. In…
Nigerian youth’s non participation in politics
Politics is the way that people living in groups make decisions. It is about agreements between people so that they…
On kidnappings
The Federal Government should provide security men in all schools most particularly in the northern part of the country and…
In the wilderness of cluelessness
It is scary that everybody is wary of extremes. Fundamentalists are in complete control; felons, jihadists, terrorists, on top of…
Citizenry surveillance and rising insecurity
As the country grapples with increasing rate of insecurity, the time has come for what can be best described as…
On Hadiza Bala
The plight of Hadiza Bala at NPA is similar to that of Prof Yusuf, the boss of NHIS once upon…
On bad governance
Gone are those days when leaders thrust themselves into national prominence through dint of hard work and good administrative skills.…
Presidency should end our pains before May 29
This is the most trying time for this nation and it is only the presidency that is saddled with the…
Financial autonomy for the judiciary
The greatest challenge to the administration of justice in Nigeria has always been the lack of autonomy for the judiciary.…
