Understanding how army earned Buhari’s global accolades on security
Armed local conflicts are difficult to manage in any part of the world. Countries which have had this unfortunate experience…
Addressing Nigerian youths
A controversial statement was recently credited to Muhammadu Buhari while speaking at the Commonwealth Business Forum in Westminster on Wednesday…
The fuzziness of human perception
IN 2015, I shuddered at the emergence of General Muhammadu Buhari (GMB) as the president of Nigeria. My assessment of…
‘Nigeria speaks for Africa’
EVEN with our internal political crisis in January 1966, the Commonwealth selected Nigeria to host a peaceful meeting to resolve…
Afe Babalola on dwindling quality of education in Africa
IN his book titled A Paradise for Maggots: The story of a Nigerian Anti-graft Czar, Wale Adebanwi, a Rhodes Professor…
The bid to stop Ambode’s re-election
THERE can be no disputing the fact that Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode will contest and win by a large margin, the…
Three things I would do differently in DC if I was president
President Mohammadu Buhari, without a doubt, has had a fairly good outing in the United States. He spoke less and…
Bala Mohammed Vs EFCC: Matters miscellaneous
IN any decent society where premium is placed on human dignity, the accepted jurisprudential position is that it is better…
Dankwanbo: The redeemer cometh?
The meeting was so guarded it could have passed for the conclave of the cardinals in search of a Pope.…
2019, youths and question of political alternatives
IN 2015, I voted Professor Remi of KOWA party. I saw through the veiled campaign promises of APC, Buhari’s dark…
Right to breath: The challenge of environmental governance in Nigeria
It is no longer news that Nigeria is currently classified as one of the most polluted countries in the world.…
The church on the state of the nation
THE church, as a societal institution, primarily caters for the spiritual needs of the people but cannot afford to be…
The mental health cost of sexual harassment
IT is 2018 and maybe for the first time in human history, the world is experiencing a revolution that is…
Why justice and the rule of law must prevail
Only a few days ago, the Nigerian police, in an unnecessary bid to disperse what was a peaceful demonstration by…
Tinubu’s conundrum
PRESIDENT Buhari’s presence at Chief Bola Tinubu’s 66th Birthday Colloquium was a public affirmation of a rapprochement between two men,…
Isiaka Adeleke: One year gone…
WHETHER by a combination of diabolical means or natural consequence, a year ago today, on April 23, 2018 His Excellency,…
Sex scandal and the quest for girls’ education
In the wake of the recent sex-for-marks scandal at the Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife (OAU) through the leaked audio conversation…
The logical next step for NYSC
When the Civil War ended in 1970, there was no scarcity of ideas as to how Nigeria could fast-track its…
General Akinrinade writes General Danjuma
They joined the Nigerian Army the same day in 1960, expectedly with different destinies. I am talking of Colonel Sule…
Interest rates, youths and Nigerian agriculture
UPON reflection over the award I received few days ago in Lagos, the remarks below were considered necessary. Personally, let…
