Confront and defeat corruption, don‘t balkanise Nigeria
A LL elder statesmen and other concerned Nigerians must be thoroughly disheartened and worried by the major headline news in…
Trade in babies by ‘baby mamas’ cum baby factories
The prevalence of illegal trade in babies in Nigeria confirms that our society has imposed, and continues to impose, significant…
Prison congestion as human rights violation
THE media space has been assailed, lately, by claims and denials regarding the extent of human rights violations in this…
The conflict in the Arab world
The latest regional rift in the Arab World is pointing at the roots of the upheavals in the oil-rich part…
Mary Nta: Mother Teresa of our time
FOR many, death is the end of life. But for the few and rare individuals who spent all of their…
Osun West by-election: Why Adeleke will triumph
THAT the late Senator Isiaka Adetunji Adeleke lived a beautiful life, full of robust achievements is not contestable. His life…
Ajimobi’s six years of building enduring legacies
DURING the electioneering for the 2011 governorship election, nearly all the political parties and their candidates jostling for the coveted…
The money ritualists
IT is common to read news about the activities of miscreants and daredevils who believe so much in shedding and…
The LAUTECH management imbroglio
WHEN the last national elections took place and Abiola Ajimobi reportedly won the election, I wrote, published in a national…
Children on the streets, our future woes
BEYOND the delight of tears, beyond the passionate intensity of countless orgasms, the future of our children, of our own…
Amosun keeps democracy alive
IN its report for the first quarter of the year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) recently listed Lagos, Akwa…
Confederation is the solution
FORMER governor of Ogun State, the late veteran journalist, Chief Victor Olabisi Onabanjo, was a most vocal canvasser for a…
The state as protector of the citizen
“THE State is constitutionally obliged to see that every citizen’s reputation is sufficiently protected from ‘unjust’ attack, …Equally as important…
The 2014 Confab recommendations on transport policy
ON assumption in office, the Minister of Transport, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, pledged to reform the transport system in Nigeria. His…
Justice, rule of law and Ekiti panel of inquiry
EKITI State’s socio-political scenario has always been an interesting one. And it is usually made more interesting by the array…
Beyond the ultimatum to Igbo in the North
ON Tuesday, June 6 this year, 16 groups from the Northern part of Nigeria, who styled themselves youths, addressed a…
Nigeria: Dream or drama?
L lKE a thunderbolt, the announcement by the Arewa Youths Consultative Forum (AYCF) that the Igbo must vacate the North…
Curbing hate speech
RECENTLY, the country was almost engulfed in flames over the marching orders to Igbo to vacate the northern parts of…
The annulment, the last act
OF all the decisions that General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida made during his eight-year rule in the country, none is graver…
Nigeria: The marathon path to ease of doing business
BLESSED with an abundance of natural resources, vast arable land, a temperate climate and a teeming population of young, vibrant…
