Abused Decree No. 34 and demand for restructuring
SUNDAY May 24th was the 54th Anniversary of the Promulgation of Decree Number 34 by Major General Johnson Thomas Umanakwe…
The APC-PDP altercations over Hushpuppi
THE arrest in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, extradition and subsequent arraignment in the United States, of a 37-year-old Nigerian, a…
On insecurity in Oyo State
The residents of Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State have cause to smile and to thank security agencies that…
Why FG should reconsider cancellation of WASSCE
Going by the utterances of the Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, that it is preferable for students to lose one…
Children’s lives matter: A case of safety first in reopening of schools
As medical experts forecast, COVID-19, now a pandemic, will downgrade to endemism and over time, a long time, assaulted by…
Tambuwal and his strides in Sokoto
THE administration of Governor Aminu Waziri Tambuwal of Sokoto State has recorded tremendous achievements in the last five years. The…
The sociology of Nigerian hushpuppism
THE arrest of Nigerian-born RamoniAbass, with Hushpuppi social media identity and his gang in Dubai over alleged transnational cybercrime during…
Akeredolu rides on amidst hurdles
I have taken a cursory examination of unfolding developments and I admire the guts of the governor of Ondo State,…
Exception to presumption of innocence
IN the wake of the gestapo-like arrest of Nigerian Instagram sensation Raymond Igbalode popularly known as Hushpuppi in the United…
For Oshiomhole, it’s not a requiem
ON Thursday, June 25, the National Executive Council (NEC) of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) held in the bowel…
Do you know hate speech bill is still alive?
Social media/internet freedom is a basic human right. It is unalienable. In the pool of freedom, it is as basic…
Ode to the astute statesman, Aminu Adisa Logun!
HE liked to be called Aminu Adisa Logun. These are names he so much cherished and protected until his last…
Agenda 2050: New thinking with citizen participation and inclusion
IT turned out that it is not the battle of atomic bombs or World War III as projected by some…
Celebrating Wole Soyinka at 86
Africa’s most iconic literary maestro and one of the world’s most influential citizens is 86 today. With his ageless physique,…
Exploring solutions to Nigeria’s health services conundrum
ONE of the many gaps the rampaging COVID-19 pandemic has revealed in the fabric of the Nigerian society is the…
France: Atonement for sins against Africa?
FROM the report by some Nigerian dailies, France has decided to name some monuments after its soldiers of African descent…
[OPINION] Ode to the astute statesman, Aminu Adisa Logun
He liked to be called Aminu Adisa Logun. These are names he so much cherished and protected until his last…
The lies they told about British influence on elections in Nigeria
I would advise people never to believe that rubbish from that former British colonial official, Harold Smith, that British rigged…
Banditry as governance
The election that hurls me upon their lives is emotions bereaved! As I move across campaign grounds, stump cities for…
The rate of suicide in our present society
THERE have been several reported cases of suicide but the trend has dramatically increased in the last few years. More…
