Herder-farmers’ conflict: Embracing the Ganduje, Abounu solution
FIELDING questions from journalists in Katsina, recently, the Kano State governor, Abdullahi Ganduje, disclosed that his administration has been able…
2023: Why Fayemi should be in the picture
IN less than two years from today the clock would be winding down fast on President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration. As…
Empowering African youths through technology and leadership
If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a decade, plant trees; if you…
[OPINION] Security: ONSA, military stand firm
Frequently described as overstretched and underfunded, Nigeria's military forces are fighting jihadists in the North-East and armed gangs in the…
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…
Covid-19’s deleterious impact on youngsters
I am sitting in my living room in Lagos, trying to steal a moment of calm between news reports and…
School security: Makinde’s timely intervention
ON Monday, March 15, Oyo State governor, Mr. SeyiMakinde, took a step that once again placed the security situation in…
Goodnight, J.O, Commissioner Number One
WHY do I like pretending that no death can shake me again? Why was I deceiving myself that I have…
Journalism and the new world of social media
THE subject of communication has been with humankind for centuries. Its nature and content, especially communication in its most professional…
Monguno: Saint among sinners
It appears some people do not want this scourge of terror to end. Each time someone of repute tries to…
Toyin Falola: A Dancing Mask and His Footprints
“You cannot stand in one spot to watch a dancing mask,” states an Igbo proverb quoted by the novelist Chinua…
Metaphor for a nation searching for philosopher kings
OVER time, Nigerians have become accustomed to hearing from their leaders, statements and pronouncements that call into question the level…
Makinde: Foiling the editorialist, battling war mongers
ON December 25, 2020, a popular Nigerian newspaper ran an editorial with the title “Makinde, insecurity is getting messier in…
Bishop Hassan Kukah: The Radicalisation of Religion
The different stages of both social and political development are well documented in human history. Given their interconnectivity, they combine…
Olu Obafemi: Locating a life in history and mythologies
Professor Olufemi Obafemi belongs to the outstanding category of Africans whose early life was an admixture of African cultural traditions…
Whither Nigeria? (7)
WHAT remains for me to add is that, as the armed propagandists move from one part of the country to…
Drug War: Marwa gets off to winning start
Just about mid-way through January 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari appointed former military administrator of Lagos State, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba…
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…
Who is against restructuring Nigeria?
SOME years ago, even when Nigeria was still far from the present stage of near anarchy, a prominent man of…
