WTO: Politics against Okonjo-Iweala’s emergence as DG
THE country, United States of America, has grown its tentacles so big among countries of the world that its stand…
Towards a post petroleum economy for Nigeria
This initiative conceptualises a post petroleum economy for Nigeria that is related to an energy transition from fossil fuels to…
Now that Ogun has sex offenders’ register
IT is no longer news that the Nigerian girl-child has suddenly become an endangered species. No thanks to the daily…
[OPINION] Katsina Government and Tyranny of Fake News
Most, unfortunately, as humanity strives to halt the proliferating hazards of fake news, there are elements within the same humanity…
[OPINION] General Buratai’s Doctrine on Probity
Love or hate Lt. Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, but what catches that attention of everyone around him is his sagacious…
People as centrepiece of governance
IN the past few weeks, Nigeria witnessed series of protests, which though initially began well, as youths demanded reforms to…
Raising capital for SMEs
According to the World Bank, formal Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) contribute up to 60 per cent of total employment,…
ASUU’s UTAS and FG’s slippery offer
THE Federal Government of Nigeria (FGN) has been presenting the Integrated Payroll and Personnel Information System (IPPIS) to the public…
[OPINION] Lagos Judicial Panel of Inquiry as a Kangaroo Contraption
The recent happenings in the country indeed call for concern from discerning minds. The EndSARS protest has opened a new…
Wrong remedy to just cause
THE #EndSarsnow protest has come and gone and has left lots of lessons in its wake. The protesting youths and…
A thought for Nigerian journalists
TODAY on the international calendar is devoted to ‘End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists’ and comes just days after a…
Unfinished greatness: Towards a more perfect union in Nigeria
AS a student of history, it is not lost on me the importance of the preservation of history in the…
Will the Lekki Toll Gate atrocity change Nigeria?
On March 21, 1960 in Sharpeville, South Africa, sixty-nine persons were killed and many wounded during protests at a police…
[OPINION] ICC verdict and #EndSARS protesters killings
The #EndSARS protest in Nigeria has indeed brought to the fore on how some individuals and groups can fuel crisis…
Why Borno approved scholarship for orphans of civilian JTF killed since 2013
For me, the greatest miracle that has emanated from Borno State within the last 10 years, is the emergence of…
Nigerian women’s continued walk to equal participation
THE month of October marked Nigeria’s 60th independence yet, while considerable progress has been made in the last 20 years…
Twists and turns of Africa’s sleeping giant
AN online search states that “sleep” is “a condition of body and mind which typically recurs for several hours every…
Chief T. A. Akinyele: Colossus with the feet of iron
In the transition of life In the circling of the earth The moon and sun evolve So do humans In…
[OPINION] SARS Victims: The Task Ahead of the Judicial Panel of Inquiry
The panel which was borne out of the #EndSARS agitation, a movement to demand justice, end police brutality and of…
Proliferation of mini-banks
A walk through my neighbourhood here in FESTAC Town, Lagos, reveals a large number of mini-banks that have recently been…
