FG-Twitter duel: One double standard begets another
LONG after the act must have been undone, it is almost certain that the gust of fumes and dust stirred…
The dilemma over grazing laws
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, has often referred to the gazette which published the grazing laws in Nigeria. In his television…
Need for strong enforcement of environmental laws in Nigeria
PRIOR to the 1960s, there was no international policy for protection of the environment. The reason for this was the…
[OPINION] Bello-Koko: A vision that turned around NPA
Though the acting Managing Director, Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA), Mr Mohammed Bello-Koko is yet to reel off his plan of…
Nigeria’s mayhem: The gunning life
IN the context of the present state of affairs in Nigeria, the closest metaphor for the country is the Hobbesian…
Cancer Day: Honouring the fallen, safeguarding the living
THE National Cancer Survivors’ Day (NCSD; the first Sunday in June) falls on Sunday, June 6 in 2021. A cancer…
Referencing Lagos/Ogun Commission model
IN any dynamic society, the business of governance is such that, rapid development actually takes place when a political officer…
Buhari and executive-legislature cordiality
ALTHOUGH there are three separate arms of government, one of the most interesting relationships in a democracy is the one…
June 12: Democracy Day and proposed revolution
INDEED, Nigeria is passing through a perilous time in her 60 years of existence. Nobody, not even the ‘seers’ that…
[OPINION] Remembering Professor J. A. Atanda
Many Africans have shown pioneering integrity in enhancing the formidable intellectual image that has come to be associated with the…
[OPINION] The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art: Reintroducing Africa in Modern African Art
The Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art (YSMA) and its extensive collection of traditional (antique) and modern art pieces—both African and…
[OPINION] Elevating Africa: The collections in Yemisi Shyllon Museum of Art
Africa is often viewed with a degrading lens by other continents, especially by those in the West. This notion is…
The maize revolution
A hungry man is an angry man, but you’ll find a man angrier when the food he’s offered brings dissatisfaction…
Shinning deserving light on mental health
THE last one year has been such a hard time for the entire world, with the coronavirus pandemic distorting and…
Makinde: Two years of great things…
ONLY when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things, says Mencius. May…
The knee on our necks
THE last week of May holds several dates of significance - the one-year anniversary of the police murder of African…
To Shock and Awe: Nigeria already at war
We heard it last during the heydays of Donald Rumsfeld under George Bush – and judge in what condition it…
To Shock and Awe: Nigeria already at war
We heard it last during the heydays of Donald Rumsfeld under George Bush – and judge in what condition it…
The Nigerian experience of social class
LIFE is indeed transient, my father, Chief Sehindemi Hezekiah Awe Olubiyi, JP, left this world in the year 2020 and…
Let’s implement the 2014 confab report
AMIDST the growing calls for restructuring, one common conversation is that a national conference be held. Proponents argue that if…
