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Okada restriction in Lagos: Good Riddance to bad rubbish

All over the country, the nuisance of Okada and Keke’s riders has become a major subject of discourse. Being the…

Is Buhari aware that bandits are taking over the FCT?

According to StatiSense, a data company, a total of 10 persons were kidnapped in the FCT in January 2020 –…

Buhari writes for Christianity Today, pays tribute to slain Pastor Andimi

President Muhammadu Buhari has written an article published by US based Christianity Today in which he praises executed Lawan Andimi,…

Newspapers will die, journalism will survive

Globally, newspapers in print are becoming anachronistic and with the way technology is driving the industry, many journalists will soon…

Security crisis: When Buhari should not play ethnic card

whereas Yar’Adua adopted dialogue to contain the Niger Delta militancy and other Biafran activities of his time, Buhari has continued…

Curtailing fire outbreaks in Lagos

Being a cosmopolitan city and the commercial nerve center of Nigeria, incidence of occasional fire disaster should not entirely be…

Burna Boy’s loss highlights the problems with Grammy’s World Music Category

Burna Boy remains one of the moment’s most successful African artists and the Grammys don’t dictate or define his cultural…

Tinubu and the pangs of leadership

Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown – A line from the play, King Henry the Fourth (Part Two),…

Ogoni: Scars of bondage, pains of a struggle for freedom

Ken Saro-Wiwa in one of his favorite Poems wrote:

Almajiri crisis in Northern Nigeria: A cry for our children

By Nigerian Mothers Where is our shame? Where is our collective responsibility? Allah Ya Isa!  Last month, social media has…
Lassa Fever

Curtailing the resurgence of Lassa Fever

There are conflicting reports on the actual number of newly confirmed cases of Lassa fever in the country. While a…
Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola

The Myth of a National Housing Deficit

The much orchestrated figure of 17 million as Nigeria’s Housing deficit has assumed such mythical status that today one needs…

Insight: Trump’s re-election looks like a long shot

Simply put, the fact does not bode well for Donald Trump — no matter how strong the economy or his…

Why is Buhari still keeping the failed service chiefs?

It is clear the security chiefs have failed in the one task for which they were appointed. And I think,…

Buhari and electoral reform: The unspoken truth

President Buhari's latest promise to reform the electoral system remains welcome, but such vow is far from novel. After all,…
President Buhari and Chinese President Xi Jinping: China no longer bringing the cash

Benefits of China’s Belt and Road Initiative to Nigeria, Africa

Since Nigeria joined the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) and became a member at a summit in Beijing in 2018,…

Buhari and Electoral Reform: The Unspoken Truth

By SKC Ogbonnia President Muhammadu Buhari deserves commendation for his new year pledge to reform Nigeria’s electoral process, but he…

2020 International Day of Education: Any cause for celebration?

If truth be told, today’s education needs to bridge the yawning gap between the modern workplace’s needs for specialized skills,…
ADC fumes as Aviation Minister Festus Keyamo defends FG's planned ₦712 billion renovation of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos

Tribute to my friend, Festus Keyamo @ 50

As he hits the golden jubilee milestone (on January 21), I couldn’t think of a better depiction of that biblical…

Buhari shares his vision for new Commonwealth, post-Brexit in an OpEd

A renewed sense that there are ties that bind us through the Commonwealth, and a concerted effort to grow those…

9th Senate and the Lagos question

It is no longer news that a bill seeking for an Act to make special provision for Federal grants to…

Lagos T.H.E.M.E.S Agenda and Justice Sector Reforms

A major highlight of the inaugural speech of Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu is to make ‘Lagos Greater’.…

Keystone Bank: Promoting workplace culture, engagement, productivity

The greatest assets of any burgeoning organization should be its workforce and inter-relationship between the employee and the employer. That…

ÀMÒTÉKÙN: Where is Bola Tinubu?

The Yorùbá Nation in every hour of its need had found Bola Ahmed Tinubu wanting. It has found him absent.…

Amotekun: The best way of responding to Malami

Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba The governors of South West had recently established Amotekun, a regional security organization to protect the people…
Soyinka

Wole Soyinka: Never Again

Last year October, about a week after the nation space that we have generously agreed to refer to as Nigeria,…
2023 presidential election was not perfect - Femi Adesina

Aso Rock hammers columnist Shaka Momodu, you’ll pity him

In an opinion piece, titled Shaka Momodu, a columnist as hater-in-chief, presidential media adviser Femi Adesina denounces the writer for…

Buhari’s children not authorised to use presidential jets

The so called "normal practice" of using the aircraft in the presidential fleet by members of the first family to…
Ahmad Lawan, Senate President

Ahmad Lawan: The Quintessential Politician Behind the Gavel

When Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan graduated from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in 1984 with a B.Sc in Geography, his apparent…

Nigeria’s local languages as endangered species

Twenty nine Nigerian minor languages have become extinct, while another 29 are in danger of extinction. Three Nigeria’s major languages…
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