2023 and the demonisation of zoning
THERE is this idea that has gained currency among some northern politicians and their southern associates in the two major…
Mustapha leads the pack in productivity merit award
THE journey of a thousand miles begins with the first step. Likewise, nation building requires the little, individual contributions of…
As Afe Babalola clinches Personality of the Year Award
For impacting humanity through his numerous humanitarian programmes and exceptional contributions to nation-building as a reputable lawyer and former Pro…
Amotekun: A necessary security outfit in a federation
We just read in the news the statement credited to the Governor of Bauchi State and Presidential aspirant on the…
World Press Freedom Day: The Joseph Pulitzer model
TO commemorate the World Press Freedom Day 2022, the United States Consulate General, in partnership with the Media Career Development…
2023 and the demonisation of zoning
THERE is this idea that has gained currency among some northern politicians and their southern associates in the two major…
Clarifications on ‘takeover’ of GCI, Ibadan
A burning issue in the Oyo State education sector is the seeming ‘takeover’ of the very famous Government College Ibadan…
FIRS and the outdated law on fixed assets
IN Nigeria today, some government agencies deserve kudos for their forward thinking and daily improvement in the use of technology.…
The burden of violent extremism
On May 12, 2022, Deborah Samuel was beaten and burnt to death for alleged blasphemy. In a voice note that…
Deborah Yakubu: Our deja vu
DURING the late1970s and early 1980s, there were the Maitatsine and Yan Tatsine uprisings, leading to several thousand deaths. In…
Blasphemy: Positions of justice system and Holy Quran
“TAKE the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!” I was shocked…
Nigeria’s billionaire presidential aspirants
MIFFED by the current state of affairs in Nigeria, Late Fela Anikulapo from the land of the dead, looked back…
Who wears APC’s presidential crown?
There is a growing clamour for a president of southern Nigeria extraction in 2023. The issue divides opinion, stirs emotions,…
Actions, speeches that caused civil war are being re-enacted, Justice Mary Odili warns Nigeria
upon the attainment of 70 years at midnight of this 12th day of May, 2022, I will be more comfortable…
Leah Sharibu: Four years of unkept promises
Until February 19, 2018 Dapchi, was a peaceful and sleepy town in Yobe State northeast Nigeria in an obscure corner…
2023: Why Fayemi would make the ideal president
There are many presidential aspirants in this election cycle that it is pretty much a waste of time and energy…
ASUU strike: A pandemic to ravage anew
Since 1960, Nigeria has had fifty-one (51) Ministers of Education and Ministers of State for Education, twenty-three (23) of whom…
Of 2023 polls and political magnanimity in Benue
“YAN AANGBIANKPAYA” (eat and also give a brother to eat) is a refrain among the Tivs’ and I start on…
State of the nation: An episcopal appraisal
AFTER seven years, St. Mary’s Anglican Church, Oluyole, again played host to the Synod of the Ibadan Anglican Diocese from…
2023: Hurdles before APC, PDP
Again, political gladiators are in the fields making moves ahead of the general election for the next democratic term. The…


