Fixing bombed SPDC trunkline will ease recession ― Okowa
Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday stated that if bombed crude oil export trunkline belonging to Shell Petroleum Development Company…
Judicial appointments versus executive powers
IN the last two weeks, there has been a lot of debate among lawyers about the first CJN of southern…
In search of Igbo president
FORMER President Obasanjo while hosting the leadership of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ogun state chapter led by Bishop…
As TuBaba strays into the political arena
MANY years ago, a popular Fuji music crooner, Obesere, sang a song entitled “Egungun Be Careful.” He sang: “Egungun be careful,…
Ajimobi and the storm in a tea cup
MY boss was recently in the eye of the storm. Never mind that the storm was in a tea cup.…
The 2016 Ondo gubernatorial election and the crisis of analysis
The quality of public discourse has taken a considerable dip in Nigeria. The process started several years back, but would…
Salafism in Northern Nigeria Beyond Boko Haram
Internationally, the jihadist sect Boko Haram has become the most famous manifestation of Salafism in Nigeria. Yet Boko Haram is…
Teenage pregnancy: A silent menace in Nigeria
Teenage Pregnancy in Nigeria has been on an alarming increase in recent times. It has become a menace that plagues…
Still on Trump’s inauguration speech
W HEN the Americans completed their primaries for the November 2016 presidential elections and ended up with Hilary Clinton for…
Iron deficiency anaemia, an underlying threat
NIGERIA is endangered as iron deficiency anaemia remains a widespread public health problem with grave consequences on its people’s health…
Tackling obesity in Nigeria’s children, adolescents
O BESITY is an emerging public health issue with serious policy relevance globally.The World Health Organization (WHO) defines obesity as…
Where is our national culture/ identity?
CULTURE in this piece concerns the particular system of art, thought, custom, beliefs and all the other products of human…
In defence of community policing in Nigeria
security is a universal system in any developing nation. The conceptual framework of security, according to observers, is a guide…
Obaseki’s China trip: Another step in the right direction
FOR Edo State’s economic circumstance, the future gleams with a lustre of genuine prosperity. This is not only because the…
The missing link in youth empowerment and Nigeria’s development
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari in his address at the US/Africa business forum on the sidelines of United Nations General Assembly in…
Turkey’s Erdogan and ISIS’ new breeding ground
IT is no longer news that, for some time now, the radical terrorist group, the Islamic State, also known as…
The trials of Apostle Suleiman
THE Nigerian socio-political crises are throwing up many frightening dimensions at the moment. On the social plank, several occurrences that…
Run, Sule Lamido, run!
Former governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, has served notice of his intention to throw his hat in the…
Ownership of number plates is not transferable
TWO years ago, a man came to make an enquiry about vehicle registration at the FRSC–NVIS Plant, Lagos. Having explained…
Teenage pregnancy: A silent menace in Nigeria
TEENAGE pregnancy in Nigeria has been on an alarming increase in recent times. It has become a menace that plagues…
