Opinion

The Nigerian presidency is serious business. It hurts when charlatans seize the moment to steal a place in the sun....

Cost control action ought to lead to a reduction in excessive spending. However, a cost reduction programme can reduce expected...

The death of Abiola, who had earlier been clamped in detention by Abacha for declaring himself president, exactly a month...

Every Jack, Jill, and Harry has a Ph.D. in Divinity. Jesus says: “Everyone who confesses me before men, him I...

Picture credit: Nick_ Raille_07/Shutterstock The most recent military intervention of January 24 in Burkina Faso, combined with the other recent...

Adebayo Alao-Akala, Their flaws aside, all three men have played their parts in our democratic journey. They weren’t perfect, like...

COVID-19 vaccine. Instead of adopting a vaccine mandate, a more helpful approach is education and enlightenment campaigns. While this is...

Like former Yugoslavia, Nigeria is today fighting a war of survival on so many fronts. The North-West is buffeted by...

Coups in Africa. Picture credit: Souleymane Camara/Reuters/Council on Foreign Relations In a region where 15 of the 16 countries were...

I’m somewhat relieved that he was not accused of corruption, fraud, or incompetence. I’m further consoled that he was not...

Islamic law prescribes the death penalty for four crimes: murder, highway robbery involving homicide (what we would call "felony murder"),...

Post-colonial Africa has seen over 200 coup attempts, with roughly half seeing the head of government successfully removed. The democratic...

Migration, both external and internal, will emboss the next 40 years. A 2019 Africa Polling Institute finding indicated that 32 per...

General Leo Irabor, the Nigerian Chief of Defence Staff. To boost the morale of our armed forces and ginger their...

The Cameroon outing was a defeat foretold, but Nigeria does not have to be an eternal hostage to the paradox...

Capital flight Coordinated regional and global efforts are needed to combat capital flight, corruption, and corporate tax evasion. The courageous work...

...for a continent projected to double its current growth rate by 2050, only with the free movement of people will...

Pioneer, pathfinder, scholar, teacher, administrator, relentless researcher, and organiser "par excellence", Ayo Bamgbose has shown us how to teach by learning and...

All told, with the rising profile of its young and vibrant musicians who are taking the world by storm, Nigeria...

Considering that the smart waste management market is expected to be worth $3.14 billion by 2023, technology and innovative solutions...

That thing that Satan is telling you that you may never get is eventually coming to your hands in surplus....

There are other problems of course: The crisis of football administration in Nigeria. Those who can make a difference are...

The convocation ceremony was held at the popular J.F. Ade Ajayi Auditorium. When the auditorium was being built, General Yakubu...

Milovan Rajevac. Picture credit: Africa Top Sports. With the third and final world cup qualifier slated for March 2022, the...

A keen contest will happen between a Tinubu/Zulum or El-Rufai and Atiku/Peter Obi for instance. For me, that is what...