Increasing number of cancer sufferers on Lagos roads
THERE is no need over-emphasizing the fact that Lagos is faced with acute traffic challenges. This is equally opening opportunities…
Nigeria’s economy: A call for fiscal wisdom, not austerity
THE nation-building contributions made by Sir Ahmadu Bello can never be overstated. More importantly, they should never be forgotten. He…
Nigerians, prisoners of their own spaces
Lately, I have toyed with the idea of participating in partisan politics but sadly there are many like me who…
Reconciling refinery restoration, Peterside’s disbelief
ATEDO Peterside is an alumnus of the City University, London and the prestigious London School of Economics and Political Science,…
$1.5bn PH refinery rehabilitation: Between sense, sentiments and sensationalism
SINCE last week when the Federal Executive Council (FEC) approved the sum of $1.5bn for the rehabilitation of the Port…
[OPINION] T.B. Joshua: Encountering the efficacy of the faith articles
With the gruelling realities which accompanied the previous year, 2020, nothing appeared to be more uncertain than entering another year…
Of CBN and the burgeoning cryptocurrency economy
IN 2020, the Securities and Exchange Commission moved to integrate blockchain and virtual assets into Nigeria’s capital market. It encouraged…
Why Nigeria should go back to parliamentary system
IT is almost 22 years of democratic rule in Nigeria. There is no better time than now to assess the…
[OPINION] In-between spaces: Olu Obafemi and his transnational experience
(Part 3 of the Interview Series for the Olu Obafemi’s 71st Birthday Conference) Migrations and displacements experts and scholars…
Tinubu@69, a visionare extraordinaire, moving steadily to the next level – Olatubosun
A member representing Atisbo/Saki – East/Saki-West in the House of Representatives, Rep Olajide Olatubosun on Monday, described the national leader…
As Governor Abiodun inspects signature projects
IT is the consensus of observers of developments in the Gateway State: Ogun is gradually becoming a giant construction site.…
Nigeria is bleeding: Emergency action required
NIGERIA, the giant of Africa, is fatally wounded and lies bleeding. He is bleeding from several bullet wounds, arrow wounds,…
Modeling for access to healthcare
At the centre of everyone’s priority is good health. In fact, no life is worth living without a complete state…
NDLEA, Marwa and the bad guys
New things are happening at the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and suddenly, there’s a throwback to the 1996-1999…
Tinubu: A statesman at 69
“The true statesman is the one who is willing to take risks.” —Charles de Gaule(1890-1970). IT is not by…
Dotun Ayoade: Toast to a distinguished award winner
At over seventy this General of geosciences still commands geological and mineral exploration troops into rocky and mountainous terrains of…
Nigeria needs to better protect its school children
In early March, over three hundred schoolgirls abducted by armed groups from a secondary school in Zamfara State in northern…
Leah Sharibu, Chibok girls and the International Women’s Day
ALL idiots are morons, but not all morons are idiots. It’s the International Women’s Day 2021 and the theme is…
[OPINION] Bishop Kukah: A Peddler of Hope
(This is the third and final report on the interview conducted with Bishop Hassan Kukah on March 7, 2021. For…
My plan is to position Federal University Lokoja as the data hub of Kogi State —VC
THE new vice chancellor of the Federal University, Lokoja, Professor Olayemi Akinwumi, has said in the last 10 years the…
