Of Laycon and N5 million hullabaloo
STUDY this with an intellectual approach: apart from the winner of the popular reality show (Big Brother Naija) becoming the…
Wealth, wealth creation and wealth protection
WEALTH has so many connotations. However, in the context of this piece, wealth is described as the abundance of items…
When will agitations end?
The North-South dichotomy evokes a lot of passions from the heated debates and arguments which it generates, everyone holding dear…
Omo-Agege conveys Niger-Delta reservation over Zamfara, CBN gold bar deal
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has conveyed the reservation of the Niger-Delta region to the Senate over…
Of NASS bureaucratic processes
AS the sun rose on the 8th October, the stage was set for a major event inside the ‘Green’ Legislative…
Nigerian professors and their fat salaries
What we are saying is that if the Federal Government would reduce its profligacy and cut waste, there will be…
Assessing the Ogun dispute resolution system
Yearning by the organised labour for improved conditions of service is a normal feature of democracy. The labour unions have…
[OPINION] Welcome to your house
It was one of the ever-busy Wednesdays. The Governor was presiding over the State Executive Council where critical decisions were…
Reflections on 60 years of U.S-Nigerian engagement
By Bolatito Abolade IT is that time of the year again when Nigeria celebrates its independence from the colonial…
Nigeria’s post COVID-19 healthcare reality
THE first COVID-19 case in Nigeria was recorded on February 27, 2020. Since then, the pandemic has affected all sectors…
Fayemi: Two years of impact and legacy building
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” -Ralph…
When will agitations end?
The North-South dichotomy is not a subject that one talks about without understanding within the shores of this nation, it…
My story: Brutalisation by the Nigerian Police Force by Victor Oladokun
It was a humid night in July 1985. I was returning home from work and had just run into a…
Still on Akwa Ibom and 2019 election
THE major political parties are currently led by bigwigs who have ruled Akwa-Ibom for over 18 years. As of the…
SARS policing and brutality in post-Covid era
THE hashtag #EndSARS has been trending on social media for some time now, triggered by the alleged killing of a…
A tribute to my father, Imam Shuaib Agaka
By Yushau A. Shuaib MOST tributes are written to eulogise the dead and not the living. I often ask…
A conversation on the Kwara minimum wage
THIS is the moment for hard truth and sober reflection. On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, a local blog published a…
Restructuring and Buhari’s obstinacy
HOW it escaped the progressive cadres’ consciousness headed by Senator Bola Tinubu that General Muhammadu Buhari’s biological formation is intrinsically…
SARS: Beyond reforms, restructuring and bans
History has it that the Special Anti-Robbery Squad came into existence when one Israel Rindam, a gallant Nigerian Army Colonel,…
Sixty years of Nigeria’s unholy matrimony
FROM external colonialist to insider colonialists, Nigeria’s topsy-turvy postcolonial reality unveils unmet needs of peoples who were happy that the…
