Akwa Ibom and burden of succession
Virtues and vices are inherently antithetical, thus while vices go with the repugnant, virtues go with positive disposition - Prof…
Rape as weapon of war
PRAMILA Patten, the United Nations (UN) Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict, calls it ‘a brutal tactic of war.’…
Can LASG take the lead in redefining flood resilience governance?
FOR the past couple of weeks, heavy rains and thunderstorms have caused widespread damage and flooding in many flood-prone communities…
Whither Interim Common Services Agency and ESIALA?
THESE days, ESIALA and the Interim Common Services Agency mean nothing to many people. Yet, years ago, these two agencies…
Monitoring our environment and health
MAN and his environment can hardly be separated when human health is being discussed. The environment of a man is…
Makinde’s magic and Alaafin’s feedback
During the past week, His Imperial Majesty, Iku Baba Yeye, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Adeyemi III, upturned the apple cart of…
Of defection and politics without principles
THERE should be a law against the unwholesome practice of receiving the mandate of one party, and taking it to…
PIB: Why Nigeria needs a single regulator
IT is confusing that Nigeria’s response to every perceived challenge in a sector or industry is rushing to create a…
State of insecurity in Oyo State in retrospect
No discerning mind can logically deny the fact that the hallmark of a good government is to ensure adequate security…
[OPINION] The Ambazonia Independence Movement in Cameroon: Agitations and Lessons
The Ambazonians have presented their arguments to secede from the Cameroon. I will restate this for them without interjecting my…
[OPINION] Women, Democracy, and Politics
Africa’s history changed in the wake of the European and Arabic invasion of the continent, where the strategic preference that…
[OPINION] The war in the Cameroons
There is no such thing as an authentic narrative in war and conflict situations. All “facts” in war are contested.…
Sound Sultan exits motherland as bushmeat hunts the hunter
BORN on November 27, 1976 Olanrewaju Fasasi popularly known as Sound Sultan (SS) died on July 11, 2021 after succumbing…
Pedestrian bridges and suicidal Lagosians
LAGOS and traffic congestion are synonymous when describing life in the Centre of Excellence. The reason is not far-fetched because…
Folorunsho Alakija at 70: Standing out, standing tall
SHE is many things to many people, different people, depending on where you are standing. In the late 80s and…
Bill Cosby saga and the continuing import of patriarchy
THE recent release from prison of popular United States (US) TV personality, Bill Cosby, after the overturning of his conviction…
Why antagonists of restructuring won’t shift ground
It is incontestable that the British not only made Nigeria, but also handed it to us whole on their surrender…
Women in the world of science
THE position of the female gender has been defined distinctively over centuries of civilisation across the globe. The myth in…
Nigeria’s 50 years in OPEC
WHEN Nigeria became a sovereign state on 1st October, 1960 and thus assumed the status of an international player, it…
Repositioning Lagos
IN a little above two years since Babajide Sanwo-Olu has been in office as the governor of Lagos State, the…
