Appraising the 2021 Ekiti appropriation law
The Ekiti 2021 appropriation law tagged “Budget of Recovery and Consolidation” has many remarkable aspects that are worthy of people’s…
Kukah: A time to stand for truth
Talking straight I stand firmly with Bishop Matthew Kukah’s Christmas message entitled “A Nation in Search of Vindication” in all…
(COMMENTARY): The choice of deploying COVID-19 vaccine in Nigeria and the science
Recently I read in the news how Nigeria is preparing to procure the COVID-19 vaccine for its citizenry. Is anything…
2021: Will things go back to normal?
LAST week, a friend and I were having a short discussion about what should change given that it is a…
Beyond New Year resolutions
IT’s another year! Year 2020 is now history. Yea...we are right here in 2021 and it has started racing already.…
Revealing a hidden dimension of MSMEs in 2021
It is my prayer for this New Year to be prosperous, irrespective of the experiences and disruptions we have had…
Teen leadership and one-day governor of Abia State
EARLY November of 2020, when I interviewed the Special Adviser to the Abia State Governor on Teens Matters, Chinemenma Umeseaka,…
FG’s early breach of agreements with ASUU
WITHIN two weeks of the conditional suspension of the nine-month strike embarked upon by the Academic Staff Union of Universities…
Minority Report: The Nigerian experiment
The future will only contain what we put into it now. Truth is that the little talked about New Year…
Amendment of the 1999 constitution: Matters arising
THE planned amendment of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (CFRN) 1999(as amended) is not the appropriate response…
Time to end Covid-19 hysteria in Nigeria
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari should dissolve the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 without further ado. It is high time we ended…
Nigeria: A nation teetering on the brink
WE want to start by affirming our strong belief in the unity of Nigeria as a single entity. We believe…
Speaking to ASUU’s tactics
I have noticed that not much appreciation attended the recently called-off ASUU strike by parents and students in spite of…
Memo to Mr President on rewarding unsung heroes
IT fills me with great pleasure to wish you a happy and prosperous 2021 as we, Nigerians and the rest…
Nigerians will not welcome PDP, the university of lies in 2023
These days, so many people are saying so many things, indulging mostly in the abuses of others and as official…
Repositioning Unilorin for greater relevance, the Sulyman Abdulkareem’s style
Shortly after he became the Vice-Chancellor of University of Ilorin in October 2002, Professor Shamsudeen Amali got to know of…
Kukah: Abandoning the message for the messenger
That the year 2020 was a monstrosity and abnormality of a nightmare with a hideous visage, is no news. It…
Bolaji Akinyemi: Constructing, deconstructing Concert of Medium Powers author at 79
HOW did Bolaji Akinwande Akinyemi manage to pack so much academy, vivacity and public intervention into a life that rolls…
How crony capitalism sinks Nigeria
CAPITALISM is evil. It is exploitative and acquisitive in Nature. It was introduced by the West - as against the…
Au revoir to a Yoruba nationalist, Bayonle Ademodi (1952-2020)
There is the possibility that, the editor of this piece will hesitate a bit to consider the piece for publication.…
