Boko Haram and Gov Shettima’s laughable gaffes
I know the pains and challenges of leadership. A leader who is genuinely concerned about the peace and welfare of…
2019 elections, TB Joshua and a nation at crossroads
SINCE the commencement of the year 2018, each passing month remarkably heightened the tempo of political activities given the expected…
Minimum wage and government insincerity
NIGERIANS workers are among the most marginalised in the world today, with little or nothing to show for their efforts…
Buratai’s media-friendly disposition and the need for synergy
When I stumbled on the news report by Daily Trust Newspaper for Sunday 6th January 2018, I screamed to myself…
NEMA’s impactful outing in the northeast
The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) is in the news again. This time around for the good of humanity. I…
Shettima’s tears and fear mongering
At a time when an average Nigerian politician appears to have taken courses in film acting and stage performance, the…
Challenges facing NYSC today
LIKE most newly minted graduates nationwide, I eagerly anticipated my one-year service to the fatherland. I had seen pictures of…
Needless fuss over IGP’s tenure extension
ONE of the issues that dominated the media space towards the end of 2018 was the clamour that the tenure…
Is our economy moving towards the next level?
MANY Nigerians of voting age remember the dire newspaper headlines that sang the nunc dimittis for the last PDP administration…
Leave Keystone Bank, 9mobile alone, share your manifesto with Nigerians
There have been interesting events in the political terrain in the past few weeks, but the one that has gained…
2019 budget: Heavy burden without corresponding benefit
WITH the presentation of the proposed 2019 Federal Government Budget by President Muhammadu Buhari on 19 December, 2018 to the…
Unraveling the Zamfara conundrum
He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done ― Leonardo da Vinci
The crocodile tears of Jama’atu Nasril Islam
“THIS is utterly reprehensible and unacceptable, for hooligans and way-wards to hold a whole state (Zamfara) to ransom to no…
Why dubious politicians dread Operation Python Dance III
Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai is a man and soldier with a large heart. As Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff…
Of PDP and Badeh’s death
One of the events that shocked Nigerians most in 2018 was the Offa Robbery in which 33 citizens, including policemen,…
Of February 2019, social media and general elections
It is no more news that we are now fully in a new year, A special year that usually comes…
Re: 2019:Seyi Makinde and the rest of the pack
The piece by Dele Olayinka with the above topic in the Saturday Tribune of December 22, 2018 refers. The said…
Badeh: Questions PDP must answer before it is loo late
Let me begin by extending my heart-felt sympathy to the family of former Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal…
A credible third political alternative in Nigeria?
UNLESS anybody would like to live in self-deception, it is not difficult at all, in my humble opinion, to realize…
Welcoming Operation Python Dance
The nationwide Operation Python Dance is the military exercise by the Nigerian Army to provide additional support for the police…
