Appeal Court judgment, Makinde and Oyo’s medley of songs
ON October 29, Governor Seyi Makinde ticked off the fifth month on the 48-month calendar of the first term…
World Toilet Day: Nigerians speak on open defecation
As the world over celebrates World Toilet Day on Tuesday, 19 November, Philip Thomas and Funmi AREMU speak to a…
Money Politics: Nigeria’s delicate delicacy
I have written a few weeks back about the lamentation of the 14th Emir of Kano, Alhaji Lamido Sanusi II.…
Can Africa be the first to eliminate Hepatitis C?
WE have a rare chance as a continent to send a message to the whole world: Africa is the first…
Edo’s success story: Governance reform imperative at the Next Level
In a country where governance performance is few and far in between, it is so easy to see those few…
World Diabetes Day: The ways I learnt about diabetes
I never paid much attention to diabetes and its related ailments until I became seriously ill in 2015. Each time…
2020: Akwa Ibom devotes lion’s share to capital projects
At his inauguration for a second term on May 29, 2019, Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State unveiled what…
Much ado about death sentence for hate speech
Life is a paradox, Humans mostly focus on seemingly irrelevant things by vigorously attacking the ringworm in their bodies while…
Politics of border closure and task ahead of Buhari
FEW months after President Muhammadu Buhari received the baton for a second tenure in office, he ordered the closure of…
On jungle justice
JUNGLE justice is one of the very many banes Nigeria is plagued with. The efforts by the government, the media…
How TB Joshua brokered peace in South Sudan, Tanzania
For South Sudan, the globe’s youngest country, having been established in 2011, peace had been a mirage considering the violent…
Buhari’s panacea for our ailing economy
THERE is no doubt that the nation’s economy is in a very bad shape. For decades, it has continued to…
Way out of noise pollution menace
Even in the most beautiful music, there are some silences, which are there so we can witness the importance of…
A case for the true origin of humanity
FOLLOWING the recent reports of Botswana being credited as being the origin of humanity, the true Garden of Eden, the…
Of equity, equality and developmental agenda
Equality is leaving the door open for anyone who has the means to approach; equity is ensuring there is a…
Reflecting on UI AT 71
USING its admission policy as a parameter, one may not be wrong to declare that Nigeria’s premier university, the University…
They gave Atiku a false sense of hope
After the Supreme Court threw out the legal challenge by Atiku Abubakar of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on the…
Those with glass jaws shouldn’t throw punches
IT is pulsating trying to ascribe any intelligent reason to why the chief spokesman to Muhammadu Buhari had penned a…
Governorship seat: Is Kogi State a family fiefdom?
The November 16 gubernatorial election in Kogi State, has elicited a lot of passion, interests, punditry, narratives, and vituperation, both…
IPPIS resistance: Does ASUU have hidden agenda?
THE recent decision of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to take on the Federal Government over the union’s…
