Northern Nigeria and her mythical realities
I wrote this essay some seven years ago, I have looked at it again and come up with a remake…
Striking ASUU
The Academic Staff Union of Universities’ (ASUU) strike has become similar to a story of an unfortunate motherless baby in…
Decent PIB will end NNPC’s accountability problem
AFTER the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) probe saga, there are now insinuations by every Tom, Dick, and Harry over…
A response to the defenders of Section 839 of CAMA 2020
IT was fulfilling to see that the national discourse on CAMA 2020 was triggered by my legal opinion on section…
Islamic precepts and good leadership in Nigeria
Leadership is essentially a continuous process of influencing behaviour, it may be considered in context of mutual relations between a…
As Ogun unveils multiple road projects
TO say that it’s been a mixed experience for Nigerians since democracy came calling again in I999 is probably an…
2023: What about North-Central?
THERE is a school of thought with the conjecture that recent events in the Nigerian socio-political space are all indicative…
Resilience (forging ahead)
IN commemoration of the first 100 days of the appointment of Professor (Ambassador) Ibrahim Agboola Gambari as Chief of Staff…
How CAMA 2020 violates freedom of religion, association
IT is a notorious fact that sections 839,842, 843, 831 and 849 of the Companies and Allied Matters Act (CAMA)…
Nigeria’s presidency: Is this the end of zoning?
AFTER Nigeria returned to a democratic system of governance in 1999, to mitigate against the potential conflicts that could arise…
[OPINION] From NBA to NUJ: Lawyers are slapping us
One beautiful morning, one BAD boy asked his supposed father, dad, "Are you my biological father?" The father replied, "Yes,…
FFK vs media: Mirroring ruling class tyranny
THE crass disregard for people in the lowest rung of the stratification system defines the character of the Nigerian society.…
Still on FFK’s outburst
I recall series of incidents I had been involved in, in the course of my nearly 40 years career as…
Emergence of e-hailing app companies
Hailing a cab on the street is today fashionable due largely to the advancement of technology. A far cry from…
Not a good time to be sick in Nigeria
Two-point-eight-billion naira oil money is still missing. As I hummed Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s music, ‘Army arrangement’, I reflected on sick…
Of criminals and the spoken word
THE spoken word, say the Yoruba of Nigeria’s South-West, is an egg: once broken, it cannot be retrieved. The import…
Oyo’s war of merit
SINCE the Oyo State governor announced months ago his plan to recruit more than 10000 teachers and thousands of other…
Steps for school reopening
With the continued closure of schools in spite of gradual ease of other restrictions as part of strategies to curb…
2023: Weighing Atiku’s chances
BY the prognosis of political pundits in Nigeria, the 2023 presidential election may yet be the defining moment and the…
As Obaseki raises the stake ahead Edo 2020
Ahead the September 19 governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party’s strategic ward-to-ward campaign in the 192 electoral…
