UI: Assessing Olayinka’s two years in office
Professor Abel Idowu Olayinka came in at a very turbulent time; at a time when the country was about to…
How the corrupt may lead the deprived to dissent
NOBODY is fighting for the common good of the masses. Instead, the politicians and elite are only working for their…
Of Ogun assembly and community policing
There is no gainsaying in the fact that no meaningful socio-economic growth can occur in an atmosphere devoid of adequate…
Continuous terror attack: Will the world ever know peace?
With the spate of terror attacks going on in different spheres of the world on daily basis, one would no…
NDDC in needless politics
The tenure of the board of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) is in the news but for the wrong…
Between Jong-un of Korea and Bin-Salman of Arabia
In contrast to their respective jurisdictions, they are maverick and young with enormous political powers to determine the fate of…
100 days of walking with M.A Abubakar
TIME flies. Rapidly, especially when you are constantly engaged mentally and physically. Time just whizzes. And this is even more…
Perish the toll gate idea
No one can really understand why successive governments in Nigeria chose to impoverish their people and make life and living…
Aregbesola: Seven years in the saddle
THE desire of Governor Rauf Aregbesola to transform the entire landscape of Osun State makes him an outstanding achiever. This…
Venerable Ariyo: A principal who never spared the rod
Venerable Rufus Eniola Ariyo is gone! A principal who never spared the rod to spoil the child. I was woken…
Redeeming Nigerian universities
The piece by Niyi Akinnaso entitled, ‘Nigerian Universities: Comparative Lessons in achieving world-class status, in The Punch Newspaper of October…
Restructuring and the common good of Nigerians
That Nigeria was created as a mere geographical entity for no other reason than the socioeconomic and political interest of…
Nigeria’s many challenges…
AS one of the octogenarian citizens of Nigeria, I perceive the country as a mentally handicapped child since its independent…
Anambra election of civilised people, democracy
THE November 18 governorship election conducted in Anambra State has added a feather to the President Muhammadu Buhari-led federal government,…
Pension bodies that are not scandalised
I am not surprised that the story on the former boss of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Alhaji…
Governor Amosun and the rest of us
THE Senate on November 9, 2017, approved the external borrowing plan for the sum of $350 million for the Ogun…
Still on Kaduna teachers
On Saturday 10, 2017, the African Independent Television (AIT) and some other stations aired the finals of the 2017 Cowbell…
Nigeria: Overcoming challenges of nationhood
Nigeria, as we are all living witnesses, is today at crossroads. The country is in turmoil and in dire need…
Beyond the tea and goat empowerment projects in Kano, Katsina
When Fyodor Dostoyevsky, the Russian philosopher and author of the classical book Crime and Punishment, said that “a man who…
Ambode’s slip roads, multiple lay-bys and Lagos traffic
For residents of Ketu, Owode Onirin, Mile 12 and Ikorodu, last week commissioning of the expansive lay-by in Ketu by…
