Editorial
IGP’s lamentation
A few weeks ago, retired Major General Garba Wahab, the Director-General, Nigerian Army Resource Centre, declared that the Inspector General ...
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FIFA’s hammer on Ahmad Ahmad
WRACKED by perennial maladministration and thrown out of sync by the Covid-19 pandemic, last week’s guilty verdict on Confederation of ...
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FG’s attempt to take over idle funds
NOT only does the Federal Government’s plan to take over unclaimed dividends of quoted companies amounting to N158.44billion as well ...
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Matters arising on Lekki shooting
ON Monday, the United Kingdom parliament called on the British government to immediately commence investigation into alleged human rights abuses ...
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The frightening state of insecurity
LAST week, in a stark illustration of the pervasive insecurity in the land, bandits in Katsina State placed a N100 ...
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The return of yellow fever epidemic
RECENTLY, yet another tragedy struck the country amid the ongoing battle against the coronavirus pandemic. For over two months now, ...
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Gowon’s test of integrity
THE recent protest against police brutality has in itself inflected gargantuan brutality on lives and properties of many Nigerians. And ...
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Data-driven economy: Necessity for development
IN most African countries like Nigeria, individuals are typically born, grow, live through adulthood, retire, aged, and die without the ...
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Boosting Girls’ education by teamwork
Education is one of the most important investments a country can make in its future. It is in the light ...
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LAUTECH: A study in conflict resolution
THE National University Commission recently came up with an epic announcement. The Ladoke Akintola Universuty of Technology (LAUTECH), Ogbomoso had ...
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Lockdown and unleashing of new misery on women, girls
OF all the non-fiction stories I’ve read on the impact of coronavirus pandemic, especially with the continued closure of schools, ...
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The Doctor Who Never Dies (A tribute to Dr. Thomas Ogunremi Akeju, 1944-2020)
About two days before the devastating news of his passing hit me in COVID-ravaged America, I had scribbled in my ...
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Academic future of the common man’s child
That children are the leaders of tomorrow is a core message passed across over the years but it seems that ...
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Benefits of newspaper
Foolish is the man who never reads a newspaper; even more foolish is the man who believes what he reads ...
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Southern political office holders and restructuring
Southern politicians who debate the 2023 elections act without first settling the matter of restructuring. They are simply traitors to ...
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What Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment means for women leadership and Africa
The water of participation in leadership is fast-sweeping away from the shores of past narratives. And in recent years, we ...
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Improving welfare of women farmers
The National Gender Policy on Agriculture says that women carry about 80 per cent of agricultural production in Nigeria and ...
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On LAUTECH
The sole ownership of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso (LAUTECH) by Oyo State is a welcome development. Joint ...
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