When FG and ASUU fight, Nigerian students suffer
IT’s been over seven months now since academic activities in most public universities across the country were suspended due to…
Imminent collapse of N10trn poultry industry
AS the Federal Government plans to employ 774,000 artisans and unskilled workers across the 774 Local Government Areas of Nigeria…
Changing the Lagos transport narrative
AS the commercial hub of Nigeria, Lagos accounts for over 60 per cent of industrial and commercial activities in the…
Path to Nigeria’s peace and development
NIGERIA is the seventh most populous country in the world. Her population is about half the total population of the…
Youth and power
Power is never served a la carte. You have to struggle for power - Bola Ahmed Tinubu I ordinarily do…
(OPINION): NANS and the need for generational shift in leadership cadre
I honestly feel burdened writing this at this material time because never in my wildest imagination did I ever think…
(OPINION) 2023: Ninth National Assembly On Trial
“I’m not here to defend the National Assembly but I’m here to encourage a debate on what the National Assembly…
Why Yorubas must remain an impregnable bloc
Like the biblical Jews, Yorubas are also special creations of God. Indeed, they are a unique breed. You can’t, but…
Illegal migration in Nigeria: A solution approach
NIGERIA’s retardation is premised on poor leadership, economic stagnation, intractable insecurity challenges and lack of supportive infrastructure which breeds poverty,…
Saving our aviation industry from extinction
THE just concluded public hearing on the amendment Bills for the review of some aspects the of civil aviation Acts…
Rethinking trial De Novo in Nigeria
TRIAL de novo means “afresh” or “beginning again”. Under Nigerian Laws, Practice and Procedure, a trial de novo comes into…
COVID-19, recession and vindication of Yahaya Bello
ON Saturday, news filtered in from the National Bureau of Statistics(NBS) that the country had slipped into another economic recession.…
Nigeria: Recession with a glimmer of hope
THE year 2020 has been fully eventful world over for governments, businesses, and livelihoods particularly with the novel coronavirus (Covid-19)…
[OPINION] Shadows behind the #EndSARS mask
These days, every Nigerian has noticed the loud silence of the usually garrulous human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana and…
America’s healing, some Nigerians’ headache
ON Saturday, November 7th, 2020, Americans declared Joe Biden as our next President-elect alongside Kamala Harris, the vice president-elect. On…
An explosion called population
Few days ago, I threw up an issue on social media waiting for Nigerians to take it up. The torrents…
[OPINION] General Buratai, the Patriot
When General Tukur Yusufu Buratai was appointed as the 20th Chief of Army Staff by the President and Commander in…
[OPINION] Lekki, CNN and the dance of the spirits
In African cosmology, and in communities where the practice of voodooism is predominant and worshipped, the dance of the spirits…
Imperative of restructuring and true federalism
ALL people have the right of self-determination. By virtue of that, they freely determine their political status and freely purpose…
The meeting and aborted demonstration
I cannot now recall who invited me to the meeting, but I do remember that the convener mentioned that those…
