Declaring Africa polio-free
THE welcome news of the World Health Organization’s declaration of Nigeria as polio-free is a fitting and deserved gift not…
Emeritus Professor O. O. Akinkugbe: The passing of a colossus
EMERITUS Professor Olujimi Akinkugbe CON, CFR, FRCP, according to a forward written by no other than Dr Christopher Kolade, was…
Harvest of deaths: Covid-19 and sundry causes
THE cases of sudden, sickness-induced deaths recorded in the last one week in Nigeria are alarming. Nigerians are mourning. Many…
As Governor Bello leads war against insecurity in North
NORTHERN governors, at their recent meeting, mandated Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State to head a committee saddled with the…
Covid-19: Nigeria must fix roof while sun shines
OTHER country’s plans for post COVID-19 recovery involve less reliance on oil: Nigeria must fix the roof while the sun…
The United States of America and African Development Bank crossroads
The issue of America’s interest in the affairs of the African Development Bank (AfDB) has generated one of the most…
The Ogun N250bn bond
LAST week’s approval of Governor Dapo Abiodun’s N250bn debt insurance programme under the Medium-Term Expenditure Framework programme by members of…
Retooling the Almajiri
COVERING the transition programme of the Third Republic in the 1990s meant I travelled much. Prior to that time, I…
[OPINION] Betty Anyanwu- Akeredolu: Raising next generation of female technology leaders
Educate a child and you have built a future for him and the community he represents. Needless to amplify the…
Irele: Ekunsanmi’s quest for development
IT was Plato who insisted that only a philosophical king should rule the polis (city). Even though his wish was…
Last encounter with Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe: I said goodbye but it’s actually goodnight
I was always a call away from him (Professor Oladipo Olujimi Akinkugbe) but whenever he called there was always something,…
Nigeria’s COVID-19 lockdown: A bandwagon effect?
THE scale of COVID-19 pandemic is unprecedented. As of 13th of June 2020, there was a total of 7,728,045 cases…
On Akeredolu’s second term bid
For three years, a sizeable number of Ondo State indigenes within and outside the state were seemingly stuck with a…
Africa and responsible parenting
Traditionally, sons in Africa are born into a genealogical order: taking over the baton from their fathers, they are born…
Millennials and burden of yet another economic disaster
THIS generation has not had it easy at all - we are the generation that is easily credited with a…
Before the next loan syndication wave arrives
IN 2011, as I summarised my article on “Missed Milestones of the Nigeria Power Sector”, published in Businessday, I put…
Review of the president’s power on appointment of Supreme Court justices
A fundamental principle underlying Nigeria’s constitutional process is the independence of the judiciary. This embodies the entire philosophy of constitutional…
As we celebrate International Day of the African Child
God created the family; and children are a gift from Him. In fact, the Holy Book says that offspring are…
The problem with Akeredolu’s traducers
LIKE Edo State, the tempo of political inanities seems to be getting to an anti-climax in Ondo State. But unlike…
GSM: 365 days of massive turnaround
BY the time Governor Seyi Makinde was being inaugurated as the chief executive in Oyo State on May 29, 2019,…
