Curbing hate speech on social media
IT is on record that the social media is rife with hate speech. Today, one of the growing trends on…
Addressing mental health challenges in Nigeria
A mental disorder is a disease that causes mild to severe disturbances in thought and behaviour resulting in an inability…
Still on LG administration in Nigeria
AS Nigeria opted for federalism and regional self government, the eastern region was the first of the three regions to…
Tarka and the lingering Tiv/Fulani clash
ON March 30, it will be 38 years that Chief Joseph Sarwuan Tarka answered the final call. Unfortunately, the issue…
Like Wakanda, Nigeria needs a Black Panther
After the death of his father in the movie Black Panther, T’Challa returns home to the African nation of Wakanda…
History of LG administration in Nigeria
Consequent upon the Resolution at the Berlin Conference on 26th February 1885, partitioning Africa on the principle of effective occupation…
Our leaders as metaphoric ‘science students’
POPULAR culture remains central to the production of knowledge and communication of societal ills in Nigeria. While Nigerian hip-hop artistes…
Kakistocracy may be Africa’s bane
When my husband sent this word “Kakistocracy” to me and asked that I define it, with my limited vocabulary, I…
Trump, Tillerson, and the restructuring agenda
At the sudden firing of the former US Secretary of State, TeX Tillerson, by President Donald Trump (DJT), I had…
Global concern for environmental sustainability
GLOBAL concern for environmental sustainability stems from the threat posed by monumental environmental degradation arising from unsustainable resources consumption and…
2019 election sequence, NASS and executive veto
BY writing to both chambers of the National Assembly to express his reservations on the Electoral Act 2010 Amendment Bill,…
Our new national development plan
IN the past, stories on national development plans dominated the headlines, especially in the early 70s. Professor Adebayo Adedeji under…
Of Lagos and land use charge
Lagos has been in the proverbial eye of storm ever since it commenced distribution of demand notices for the payment…
Lagos Land Use Charge: Breaking the eggs to make an omelette
Several decades ago when the great Tai Solarin wanted to establish the nexus between painful sacrifice and breakthroughs, he reached…
Saraki, fuel subsidy motion and the anti-corruption fight
IN 2011, the then Chairman, Senate Committee on Environment and Ecology and now Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki single-handedly…
Aare Afe Babalola: A chance meeting with an institution within an institution
Where there is injury let me sow pardon, where there is doubt, let me sow doubt, let me sow faith,…
Of politician’s fake affection and mental slavery
Ayn Rand once said, “When you see corruption being rewarded and honesty becoming self-sacrifice, you may know that your society…
Harnessing Nigeria’s ethanol potential for economic prosperity
Discussions on why Nigeria should look beyond oil as its major source of revenue are never in short supply. The…
State police: Challenges and reality
WITH less than two years to the diamond anniversary independence, Nigeria is still grappling with some challenges which put some…
Understanding the Ajimobi administration
THERE is no doubt that when the political history of Oyo State is being written, the name of the incumbent…
