Reconnecting to the global radar
FOR a nation to achieve concrete foreign policy objectives, two key actors are required, an active President and an active…
The Sani Tambuwal effect as NASS Clerk
THE Clerk to the National Assembly (CNA), Mr Sani Magaji Tambuwal stepped in the saddle in acting capacity in November…
Why FG should not succumb to pressure over merit-based exam for selection of perm secs
Chinua Achebe of blessed memory, in one of his classics, identified lack of leadership as the problem of Nigeria. While…
Fuel Subsidy Removal: FG Speeds up Implementation of MOU to Avert Industrial Action
On Tuesday October 30, 2023, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu wrote to the Senate to seek approval for N2.18 trillion Supplementary…
CNG Bus Inauguration: A Transport Sector Revolution Unfolds
In the midst of despair, there is a beam of hope once again as Nigeria goes on green with the…
Petrol subsidy removal and Nigeria’s real estate market
FUEL subsidy has been a contentious and controversial issue for several years in Nigeria. The subsidy policy which began in…
Naira redenomination is speculators’ antics
THE issue of Naira redenomination started gaining traction on social media around September. It was believed that the trending misinformation…
P&ID judgment, EFCC and facts of the matter
IN the wake of a landmark victory for Nigeria at the Commercial Court of England and Wales, which stopped the…
Tunji-Ojo: The reformist vision at Ministry of Interior
THERE has never been any question of a shortage of high performers – persons with clear visions, tall ambitions and…
Petrol subsidy removal and Nigeria’s real estate market
FUEL subsidy has been a contentious and controversial issue for several years in Nigeria. The subsidy policy which began in…
Naira redenomination is speculators’ antics
THE issue of Naira redenomination started gaining traction on social media around September. It was believed that the trending misinformation…
University of Ibadan’s many rags
“A child may have beautiful apparels; such cannot have rags like the elderly.” This profound saying is a translation of…
Balancing employment opportunities between citizens and expats in Nigeria
WHEREAS needs attract investments, a 2019 NBS report showed that the natural resources and the economic opportunities in Nigeria have…
Future of savings amid Naira instability
There is a popular saying in my local language that says it is not good to eat with one’s 10…
Islamophilia personified: The sterling character of Governor Makinde
MR Seyi Makinde, like a typical South-westerner in this country, had the rare privilege of growing up in a harmoniously…
Empowering African women and girls
GENDER equality remains the fulcrum for good governance and a strong foundation for economic growth. Therefore, women’s inclusion will positively…
Resurgence of coups as daring affront on democracy
THE series of mutinies in African countries that are giving way to the deposition of democratically- elected leaders are becoming…
Beyond Tinubu’s victory at the Supreme Court
“SUPREME Court is final not because it is infallible; but it is infallible because it is final.” This finality laid…
Panacea for foreign exchange crisis in Nigeria
Inflation and foreign exchange problems are not new or peculiar to Nigeria; both problems are universal and well documented in…
What is Tunji-Ojo thinking?
By: JESUTEGA ONOKPASA I have not been looking at Minister for the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, with keen interest - I…
