Political messiahs and the burden of leadership
LEADERSHIP is a dichotomy of both blessing and burden. In actual fact, the burden sometimes seems to outweigh the blessing…
Open letter to Mr President: apc same faith ticket, halt the divisive decision now
JUST recently President Muhammadu Buhari spoke again from the heart on the unity of the Nigerian nation. It is therefore…
Insecurity: How not to tackle terrorism
THE spate of indiscriminate killings and kidnappings for ransom in the country is worrisome and must be fought to a…
Doctrine of necessity, new constitution and Nigeria’s survival
THE threats to Nigeria’s survival are many. Our dispositions to these threats and perceived antidotes to the threats are diverse.…
Leveraging culture to drive business growth
I recently started re-watching ‘Suits’, the legal series on Netflix; and in episode one, Harvey said something to Mike that…
Far beyond university degrees and certificates
THESE days, there is a lot of debate on the internet that borders on university funding and why university education…
A manifesto to save Nigeria’s public universities
THE industrial dispute between the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) and the Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) have dominated…
The ‘Simple’ solution to age-long ASUU imbroglio
Students in tertiary institutions have been home in the last 189 days, and there seems to be a permanent standoff…
PDP’s win in Osun and 2023 election
SINCE the declaration of the PDP candidate as the winner of the Osun State governorship election, I have been seeing…
Nigerian women and group identity/action
HUMAN beings are generally regarded as social beings who find resonance and fulfilment more as part of groups and in…
Atiku: The oasis in Nigeria’s politics
A great leader takes his people to where they ought to be, not necessarily where they want to be. Leadership…
Ogun APC crisis: Before the lies go viral
SOME of the recent events in the Ogun State chapter of our great party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), appear…
ASUU’s litany of strikes and the aftermath
IT would look like the only thing the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) exists for in Nigeria is to…
‘Cut soap for me!’
Yams do not sprout in amulets — Wole Soyinka It is important to foreground that Nigerian society is still widely laced…
The mafia paradigm
BUREAUCRACY is a systemic form of administration. Since there is a universally acceptable standard benchmark, a deviation from the ideal…
What Osun governor-elect must do
THE euphoria of the July 16th victory of the PDP in the gubernatorial election seems to be dimming. Baring any…
Importance of digital infrastructure for MDAs
Before Galaxy Backbone (GBB) commenced operations in 2006, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) were operated by little or no impactful…
Technology transformation: How COVID-19 reshaped our digital lives
By John Atughara The COVID-19 pandemic has been a watershed moment in history, not only because of its significant…
‘God when!?’
The power of youth is the common wealth for the entire world. The faces of young people are the faces…
As Osun enters a new era
The seasons of life are changeable. One comes and another goes away. When Governor Seyi Makinde was making pledges to…


