Issues in Ogun 2009-2019 contracts review
TWENTY one years since the return to civil rule, development for many communities across the country, at least in the…
Historic perspective on the pardon of Alli and Enahoro
THE presidential pardon granted by President MuhammaduBuhari, GCFR, to former Nationalist and Minister, Chief Anthony Eromosele Enahoro (1923-2010) and also…
Takeaways from NBC/stakeholders’ webinar
THE stakeholders’ virtual meeting which was recently held proved to be a pivotal intervention in the life of the amended…
ILO convention on child cabour: Positive step for Africa’s children
THE ILO Convention No. 182 on the Worst Forms of Child Labourhas become the first international labour standard ever to…
Security: Buhari And His Loudest Trumpet
The administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has scored many goals in different sectors of the Nigerian economy since 2015 when…
SOT: A worthy matriarch at 60
‘Only a life lived for others is a life worthwhile.’—Albert Einstein. We, as human beings, prefer to live. But not…
Gana and the end of an error
The country has been awash with tales on how the Nigerian Army killed the dreaded militia leader in Benue state…
Nigeria police, please stop being vampires in our empire
The word ‘police’ means to control or order ensuring that rules and regulations are being followed. Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines ‘police’…
Salvaging our hospitals
THE precarious condition of our health institutions continues to be a source of worry to all. Before now, stakeholders in…
War against the poor
With the economies of countries across the world still reeling under the debilitating effect of COVID-19 pandemic, it should ordinarily…
Security: Where President Buhari’s trumpet is loudest
It was the late Premier of Northern Region, Sir Ahmadu Bello, the Sardauna of Sokoto, who said that if you…
Nigerian Army: Welcoming Buratai’s pragmatism in the South west
The news of the events in Osun State a few days ago is quite a refreshing one, especially times like…
NIDCOM and Diaspora Affairs
It was a dream come true when on May 19, 2019, the hitherto office of Senior Special Assistant to the…
Betting with your best isn’t always the best bet
NIGERIA’S President Muhammadu Buhari is betting with what he considers his best bet—‘’railway projects…connecting different parts of the country…2nd Niger…
Thank you, Uncle Bola Ige
“If you would not be forgotten as soon as you are dead, either write something worth reading or do something…
President Buhari’s successes on the war against insurgency
The issue of insecurity has dominated the discourse in Nigeria in recent times. In some quarters it has been stated…
2023: Still on North-Central
IN the first part of this treatise, a nexus was established between the unjustifiable injustice and inequality of condemning the…
Role of leaders in exemplary accountability
Accountability, leadership and transformation are inexorably linked. Accountability is an acute and overt manifestation of leadership. Leadership involves accepting and…
Big Brother Naija and cheap prophecy
LAST week, the social media was awash with gists and memes about Big Brother Naija’s eviction and disqualification of some…
Terrorist violence in Nigeria: A case of social injustice
ON the night of 14th April, 2014, 276 female students were kidnapped from a government secondary school in Chibok, Borno…
