Giants strides in MSMEs development
FEW weeks ago, the Federal Government of Nigeria awarded Ogun State the best State in Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises…
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…
The mafia paradigm
BUREAUCRACY is a systemic form of administration. Since there is a universally acceptable standard benchmark, a deviation from the ideal…
Yusuf Alli: Celebrating an investigative journalist at 60
He is one of the finest gentlemen of the press that I have ever encountered. A courageous, fearless, humane and…
What is Peter Obi really up to?
I believe Peter Obi is qualified to be president but I cannot see how he can become president nor how…
2023: At last, everybody will ‘eat breakfast’
You go bow for the result oh/Nothing to discuss oh/’Cause I dey win by default/And without any doubt oh/Omo, me,…
Digital infrastructure: Huge e-government achievement for MDAs
Before Galaxy Backbone (GBB) commenced operations in 2006, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) were operated by little or no impactful…
How Dare, Onyali brought joy to Nigerians
On the 13th of May, 2022 while in Abuja on a political expedition, I stopped at the office of the…
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.…
Impeachment, penalty for failure and incompetence
SINCE we started operating the Presidential System of government in 1979, no Nigerian President has been impeached. But seven governors…
UTME results, ASUU strike and future of varsity education
THE deteriorating situation and condition of education in Nigeria was starkly on display recently when the Joint Admission and Matriculation…
Dr. Bruce Onobrakpeya at 90
WHEN I turned 70 in 2015, there was quite a sizeable coterie of friends, colleagues, and elders who gathered at…
Digital infrastructure: Huge e-government achievement for MDAs
Before Galaxy Backbone (GBB) commenced operations in 2006, ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) were operated by little or no impactful…
Nigeria and the politics we play
THE founding fathers of politics in Nigeria came with some ideals girding them. To begin with, one would discover that…
Democratic sustenance and inclusiveness in Nigeria
WITH Nigeria’s tortuous democratic transition to the Fourth Republic on May 29, 1999 hopes were high once again about the…
Nigeria and the politics we play
THE founding fathers of politics in Nigeria came with some ideals girding them. To begin with, one would discover that…
Democratic sustenance and inclusiveness in Nigeria
WITH Nigeria’s tortuous democratic transition to the Fourth Republic on May 29, 1999 hopes were high once again about the…
Averting an African food crisis
It didn’t take long for Russia’s war in Ukraine to impact Africa. Already grappling with soaring inflation and still recovering…
University education: The chickens have come home to roost
President Muhammadu Buhari recently gave a 2-weeks ultimatum, which has since expired, for the negotiating parties to resolve the Federal…
Oyetola: To be regal in defeat!
One of the reasons Nigeria has not progressed in directions desirable is its muddled local government administration, or more pointedly,…


