Buhari: Will 2017 be kinder?
It has been one grudge fight which many knew would not be one-sided. It hasn’t been! From the onset, discerning…
The future of African cities
MY reference to what is happening to the architecture of African cities commences with the proposed Atlantic City in Lagos,…
Between Senate and SGF
DAY after day, the National Assembly appears to be proving many anti-corruption crusaders right that it is not, and cannot…
APC’s scurrilous attack on Adeboye
t HE Redeemed Christian Church of God (TRCCG) embarks on the “Let’s Go A-Fishing” programme twice in a year. Usually…
Between Fayemi and Ondo election
silence can never be quoted—Fayemi I decided to use this phrase by the Honourable Minister as an epigraph not only…
Yes, don’t forget Aleppo, Syria
WITH a rude shock, the world received the news of the gruesome murder of the Russian ambassador to Turkey, Andrea…
Youths and roadmap to greater Kwara
K WARA State was founded on May 27, 1967 with the Yoruba people as the major ethnic group. The Nupe,…
Of varsity staff schools and funding
FOR the umpteenth time, I pontificate, Nigerian workers are suffering. The impasse between the Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities…
Of Senate, DSS’ report and Magu’s non-confirmation
THE non-confirmation of the nomination of Mr Ibrahim Magu as Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) by…
Ige and the shed blood seeking vengeance
It is not difficult to come to grips with the fatal reality that, 15 years after the death of Nigeria’s…
Garlands to Speaker Dogara @ 49
FORTY-nine years ago today, a humble child was born in the back waters of what is today northeastern Nigeria. That…
Economic recovery: Harmonizing legislation and executive policy
In September, just two weeks after the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) confirmed that the Nigerian economy was in a…
Amosun and Ogun workers
Wednesday, 21 December, 2016 was another red letter day in Ogun State. In one iconic gesture, the Ibikunle Amosun-led administration…
Patriotism and Budget 2017
THE speech with which President Muhammadu Buhari presented the 2017 budget to a joint session of the National Assembly on…
Tourism as a tool for IGR
Tourism is perceived by practitioners in the field and stakeholders alike as possessing viable potentialities in terms of internally generated…
Olukemi Mimiko’s humanitarianism
WHEN a woman is in control, she takes her motherly feelings and outlooks along to the office, even in politics.…
Year 2017 and the Committee of 127
IT is not my practice to go public with my predictions and prophesies. But those close to my chambers know…
Of Ibadan, police and miscreants
I refer to an opinion letter with the above caption written by one Tope Fagbamigbe which was published on page…
In search of a new Bauchi
WHEN the Bauchi State electorate trooped out to cast their votes during the last governorship election in the state, it…
Ibom multi-specialist hospital: The saving grace in Uyo tragedy
Its use remained unknown and the facility undervalued by Nigerians until 10 December, 2016, when the Reigners Bible Church International,…
