Petrol price: Rapid adjustments, aggravated hardship
NIGERIANS, particularly the underclass, are currently confronted with a double whammy – another final withdrawal of petrol subsidy and a…
President Buhari focused on nation building and unity of Nigeria
To state that we live in challenging times is perhaps an understatement and does very little justice in accurately capturing…
Truthful words that make one proud of our Military
The role of the Nigerian Military in the preservation of democracy in Nigeria cannot be overemphasized. This much has been…
Paradigm of good leadership and Islamic perspective
LEADERSHIP is “a dynamic relationship based on mutual influence and common purpose between leaders and followers in which both are…
Impact of social media distraction is worse than we think
SOCIAL media distraction is a term only synonymous with living in the information age and is a huge and growing…
OPINION: Gana and the rest of us
In the most bizarre turn of events yet, Benue State Government and leaders from Sankera axis of the state said…
North West counter banditry campaign and the Buratai formulae
2015 was a turning point in Nigeria for several reasons. President Buhari won elections as an opposition candidate, which is…
Johnson: A centenary of remembrance
Among the outstanding Africans that lived through the last two centuries was the inimitable Dr. Obadiah Johnson, a Creole of…
Tribute: Celebrating Bola Ige at 90
Ibadan. Sunday, December 23 2001. It’s evening and I am attending to patients in my hospital, Cornerstone Medical Centre located…
Ooni’s public appearances and burden of humility
The condition of the highly revered throne of the Ooni of Ife is being variously assessed again after an incident…
Banditry: Matters arising as Buratai comes to the rescue
When service chiefs were appointed in July 2015, like many people with keen interest in the polity especially security. I…
Social programmes’ failure to solve unemployment
THE National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), on Friday, August 14, 2020, released the statistics on unemployment for the second quarter…
Nigeria’s good men
GOOD men are scarce: ask any woman. But they are even more difficult to find in politics, and not just…
Who is afraid of the new CAMA?
Since the signing into law of the new Company and Allied Matters Act (CAMA) by President Muhammadu Buhari on August…
Buhari, North- East and the Uncommon Transformation
On the 28th of July, 2020, Nigerian governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) commended President…
The challenge of fuel pricing
Deliberately, I prefer to refer to President Muhammadu Buhari as “Minister Buhari” because I believe fully that most Nigerians have…
Nigeria, Lapite’s policies and Saworo-Ide
Jogbo is unstable. Our leaders are looting. The masses are thirsty People are starving. Our government should wake up. (Saworo-Ide,…
Masquerade, please be careful
GIVEN the enormous tasks of governance, politicians and various leaders in this space usually employ the services of technocrats and…
Buhari, North-East and the Uncommon Transformation
July 28, 2020, Nigerian governors elected under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC) commended President Muhammadu Buhari for…
My North-East experience and prayers for President Buhari
“Therefore I exhort first of all that supplications, prayer, intercessions, and giving of thanks be made for all men, for…
