Tag: Tayo Ogunbiyi
2015 Elections And The Imperative Of Peace
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It is heartwarming that the two leading candidates in the forthcoming presidential elections in the country, President…
CAF And The Shame Of AFCON 2015
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Unknown to many enthusiastic football fans across the African continent, the much anticipated African Cup of Nation…
Valentine’s Day And A Presidential Election
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Many years after his death, inspiring words and writings of the late American human rights activist, Martins…
Born Again Vehicles, Burn Again Drivers
By Tayo Ogunbiyi They are common sights on major roads across the country. They are vehicles with divine messages of…
Lagos: Between Action Governor And Action Government
By Tayo Ogunbiyi It was, perhaps, during the era of Alhaji Lateef Kayode Jakande, the first democratically elected Governor of…
Lagos And The Defining Moments Of 2014
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Though 2014 has come and gone, its memories continue to linger on. To some, it was a…
Transforming The Informal Sector: The Lagos Example
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The informal sector is an economic activity that is neither taxed nor monitored by a government; and…
Stemming The Tide Of Child Abuse
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Recently, a video recording of a house maid inflicting unbelievable pains on a hapless eighteen months old…
Adeboye, PVC And The Political Process
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The General Overseer of The Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, is hardly known for…
Lagos And Waste Management
By Tayo Ogunbiyi That Lagos is the commercial nerve centre of West Africa and one of the most populous cities…
2015 Polls: Between Issues And Tussles
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Elections offer voters the platform to make vital choices. Irrespective of its scope, whether local or national,…
On Lagos’ Fitch Ratings
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Global leader in credit ratings and research, Fitch Ratings, recently upgraded Lagos State’s national long-term rating to…
Mental Illness As A Time Bomb
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The World Mental Health Day is set aside every 10th of October, by the World Health Organisation…
Lagos And The Great Climate Change
By Tayo Ogunbiyi In recent time, climate change has become an unusual challenge posing as a major threat to the…
On Lagos Debt Profile
By Tayo Ogunbiyi A recent information from the Debt Management Office, DMO, reveals that Lagos State’s external debt profile stands…
Boosting Literacy Development In Nigeria
By Tayo Ogunbiyi September 8 is globally celebrated as International Literacy Day. It is a day set aside to draw…
Much Ado About Okada ‘Ban’ In Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One never really anticipates that the issue of the ‘ban’ of commercial motorcycles popularly called ‘okada’ in…
Our Adversaries, Our Girls And Our Soldiers
By Tayo Ogunbiyi These, without a doubt, are strange times for fatherland, Nigeria. To say that insecurity in the country…
On Fashola’s Reversal Of LASU Fee
By Tayo Ogunbiyi One vital attribute every leader must possess in good measure is courage. Courage is the ability to…
Tackling Illegal Mining And Dredging In Lagos
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The waterways stretching from Badagry to Epe, (with a Peninsular in between, a lagoon at the back…
C/wealth Games, Football And The Neglect Of Other Sports
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The recently concluded Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, represents one of the finest hours in the annals…
Between Boko Haram And Ebola Virus
By Tayo Ogunbiyi These, indeed, are unusual times for mankind. Like never before, natural disasters, poverty, hunger, international conflicts and…
On Lagos New Maternity And Paternity Leave Policy
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The Lagos State Government recently okayed a 10-day paternity leave for male civil servants. Consequently, the male…
On Lagos Boost For Food Security
By Tayo Ogunbiyi With much potential to achieve success in the agricultural sector, it is ironic that major parts of…
Preventing Boat Disaster On Lagos Waters
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Transportation is the pivot around which the wheel of every modern economy revolves. The efficiency with which…
Between Nigeria And FIFA
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Federation of International Football Associations , FIFA, is the global body that oversees the administration of football…
On Super Eagles’ World Cup Exit
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The Super Eagles of Nigeria crashed out of the on -going FIFA World Cup in Brazil, having…
Lagos, Soldiers And Social Disorder
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The peace of Lagos was recently threatened as some obviously aggrieved soldiers went on the rampage along…
Lagos: A Megacity And Its Mega Challenges
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The population of Lagos is presently in excess of 18 million. A mega city status is conferred…
Fashola And The Audacity Of Courage
By Tayo Ogunbiyi Management thought leader, business entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and Harvard Professor, Dr. John P. Kotter , once submitted…