We welcome most heartily the proposal by the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo- Olu, to repeal the obnoxious self-dealing Pension Law for Governors and Deputy Governors in the state. It is a long-awaited...
I can’t even begin to understand NFF President, Amaju Pinnick, attempting to take out, on our players, the disappointment of Super Eagles calamitous 4-4 loss to Sierra Leone. Yes, it was 4-4 loss! In...
The only thing more powerful than a dragon is a dragon slayer. For four years, Donald Trump’s penchant for division and chaos was the dominant force in American life. In the end, after a...
Let me concede, from the onset, the right of people, in a Democracy, to hold and express, through their actions and opinion, their view on every conceivable issue under the sun. In doing so...
Whatever anyone may think about Lauretta Onochie’s nomination as INEC commissioner, I personally think that her uprightness and characteristic strong will are exactly what is needed at INEC, especially in our polity where politicians...
Republican President Donald Trump and Democratic rival Joe Biden battled fiercely over Trump’s leadership on the coronavirus pandemic, the economy and the integrity of November’s election in a chaotic first debate on Tuesday marked...
For 75 years, the United Nations has provided an imperfect but unrivaled global forum for advancing peace, prosperity, and human rights, standing as a bulwark against another world war. But the COVID-19 pandemic presents...
As profound as the COVID-19 crisis seems to us now, it pales in comparison to what previous generations faced. Unlike in the past, however, today’s biggest threats must be addressed at both the national...
A 16-year-old suspected cultist was among the 81 criminals paraded by men of Anambra State Police Command on Monday. He had brought a double-barrelled gun to his (secondary) school compound at Igboukwu in Aguaata...
Waziri of Jaddah is back He is tweeting victory song from Dubai. He wants to claim a part of the victory. But he was not there when the fight was on. He was in...
I see some APC people trading blames everywhere on why the party lost the Edo governorship poll. One APC top shot in Lagos even blamed President Buhari for the loss. Another wrote that Chief...
Not only is the COVID-19 pandemic and recession unprecedented in many ways, but so, too, have been the responses by scientific organizations and financial institutions. But, in a climate of deepening public distrust, it...
In this article, Chido Nwakanma tells us that Nigeria’s Department of Petroleum Resources (DPR) has given a marching order to filling stations in Nigeria to retrofit and add a pump for Compressed Natural Gas...
The ongoing Big Brother Naija reality show, also known as, BBNaija Lockdown, has seriously degraded from its four previous editions. Aside Laycon, this set of BBNaija housemates are not the real Nigerians. Seems money...
Our problem in Nigeria is not a lack of resource. We have resources – human, natural and material – in abundance. Our problems are three – religion, ethnicity, and politics. The last is determined...
My town, Illah in Oshimili North Local Government Area of Delta State, got electricity, and was connected to the national grid, during the military era. The Military Government funded everything – the cables, the...
