Imperative of e-customs for productivity
THE Nigerian Customs Automation Scheme, led by Bionica Technologies, is a presidential initiative on customs modernisation, e-customs project, and the…
Time for new NDDC board to start working
NIGERIA is gripped in a macabre dance in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) where an ‘interim management committee’ is…
Garba Shehu @60: A tribute
LET me wish my mentor, Malam Garba Shehu, media aide to President Muhammadu Buhari, a happy birthday as he turns…
The issue of gender inequality in governance and public service
Gender inequality is influenced by different cultures and beliefs, a lot of which women are considered subordinate to their male…
A rosary for Prof David-West
THE first thing I did in memory of Tam David-West was to say a decade of the Rosary for the…
On Iwo Road interchange and public relations
AWAY from the sensational Appeal Court judgment on the Oyo State governorship election and the attempted distractions, recently when the…
Defence procurement: As Nigeria looks inwards
EXCITING times are clearly back at the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON), Kaduna, Kaduna State, where activities are picking…
Strategising the Nigerian Project
There is only one thing that unites driving a ship through a terrible storm, marshaling an army for an offensive…
Afe Babalola, Sultan Abubakar: A reversal of roles
DEPENDING on what side of the prism one looks at it, history could be an interesting and rewarding phenomenon.…
Customs boss ‘over-flexing’ his muscles
OF all the Chief Executives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) to date, none has been more powerful than Colonel…
Why close borders on trade after signing a ‘Free Trade’ Agreement?
The Nigerian government has announced the closure of all its land borders to restrict the movement of certain goods. The…
Re: Makinde’s date with history
I write in response to legal opinion of Mr Lanre Adewole published by Tribune Online regarding the recent judgment of…
The kingdoms of Kogi and Bayelsa suffered violence
DESPITE the huge investment into securing democracy and ensuring that the electorates are able to speak with their votes freely…
Re: Makinde’s date with history
I write in response to legal opinion of Mr Lanre Adewole published by Tribune Online regarding the recent judgment of…
Perils of indifference
THE news around us has been replete with bad scenes and renditions from natural disasters to murders to political negligence…
Oyo on my mind
THE Court of Appeal sitting in Ibadan on November 11, 2019, delivered an ambiguous judgment that has got both the…
Implementing inclusive education in Nigeria
THE educational programme for special needs children has changed over the last two decades in Nigeria. Professionals working with these…
Key to successful parenting W
EVERYONE who desires to have children, envisions being successful in parenting - no one dreams of being a failure in…
Power, sexual abuse and the (im)possibility of justice
Earlier this year, Yahya Jammeh, the former Gambian president who ruled the country for twenty-two years as a dictator, was…
Nigeria’s federalism and my Kirikiri experience
I returned to and, recently, visited my folks at Kirikiri, part of the land of my upbringing, in my adolescent…
