Opinion

Following the G-20 summit held in India, I have been amused by the debate about whether or not Nigeria should be more than a guest again at the next G-20 meeting in Rio, Brazil. If South Africa is a member, why not Nigeria? How do you offer Africa’s largest economy …

Drug trafficking and cultism are two of the major challenges facing Nigeria’s youth today. Both problems are complex and have deep roots in the country’s social, economic, and political landscape. Drug trafficking Nigeria is a major transit point for drugs destined for Europe and North America. The country’s porous borders …

I spent three days in Daura, Katsina State, about a fortnight ago, visiting with our former President and my principal, Muhammadu Buhari. I got more than an inkling into how he spends his days in retirement in that modest abode and verdant community. Even out of power and office, Buhari …

September 18, 2023 Bangladesh has successfully implemented various mechanisms to promote and support Small, Micro and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), which have played a significant role in the country’s economic growth and poverty reduction, which Nigeria could mimic and adapt to our peculiar economic situation. Let me start by presenting an …

It is no longer news that there is a new Abia where, according to the bible, “old things are passed away; behold, all things are become new” One of Governor Alex Otti’s major policy thrusts is to cause a rebirth, a rejuvenation and a total change of the Abia routine. …

September 17, 2023 On September 29 and 30, 2023, some of the most prominent names in the field of African literature will present papers at the Chinua Achebe International Symposium, which also doubles as the 10th memorial celebration of the late sage and central figure of African literature. There will …

Monday, 18 September, 2023 An oba is put on the throne to keep “the bush at bay.” Collectively and individually, the successful oba is praised as “so’gbó di’lé/sò’gbé dì’gboro/ oba a s’ààtàn d’ojà – the successful king is he who turns forest to home; the one who turns bush to …

Two developments that happened last week seemed disparate but were interconnected. First, it was the Bola Tinubu administration’s 100th day in office. That timeline used to be for an administration to glance back and celebrate its bold and decisive decisions that potentially set the country on track, but this one …

It’s not often that you meet Supreme Court justices, serving or retired. I first met retired Justice Sunday Akinola Akintan casually at a reception in Abuja, for my friend and radical lawyer, Yinka Olumide-Fusika, who had been admitted to the inner bar. Then, we met again about one year later, …

That flexing of muscles in Lagos between Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and Speaker Mudashiru Obasa, over the list of commissioner-nominees is on the surface a minor matter that could have been trashed via phone chats between the two political leaders. But it dragged beyond what Lagosians were used to. Third parties …

If there is anybody eager to rewrite history just to intone falsehood and malign a group of people, it is the squit called Reno Omokri. It is not clear what informs his choice of being an ethnic profiler. But whatever his reason, be it complex (inferiority) or  the need to …

Monday, 11 September, 2023 Opeyemi Bamidele was the candidate of the Labour Party in the June 21, 2014 governorship election in Ekiti State. He thought he had worked hard enough to earn a victory but on the D-Day, he learnt a lesson profound enough to last him a lifetime. At …

Coal City brought out the best in Iyk Ekeoma as the second half of the 1960s approached. An All Rounder, the pupil excelled in Track and Field as well as soccer. The grand finale of  Phensic Cup for Eastern Nigerian Secondary Schools was a major attraction. The Civil War came …

It is most unlikely that you will visit China and not notice its great industrialisation success. China’s mesmerizing success in creating jobs, lifting 700m people out of extreme poverty, generating overwhelming wealth, improving  living standards and achieved food security for the Chinese people through industrialisation is remarkable. Her speed and …

In a season that university professors were being rubbished as pathetic election riggers, it came as a pleasant surprise to me that there’s one university don who could put himself forward as a dean of accountability and proper documentation. Prof Ernest Chukwusoro Igwe served as the Fifth Dean, Faculty of …

It’s more than one year to the next governorship election in Edo State, which prides itself on being the “heartbeat of the nation”. But in a maelstrom that has forced the state’s heart to beat faster than is good for it, you would be forgiven to think the election is …

Introduction: The Nigerian American Public Affairs Committee (NAPAC-USA) NAPAC USA – is A 501(c) 4 established in California in 2011 as a Political Action Committee by California by a group of visionary and high profile Nigerian-American leaders in the USA who are committed to “enhanced socioeconomic impact and voice of …

Over time, we have seen that growth and success in the channel ecosystem have been mainly aided by collaborations or partnerships. As businesses steer through the intricacies of today’s competitive environment, it is impossible not to appreciate the significance of the contributions of partners. This partner growth has been aided …

My Dear Brothers and Sisters We remain humble in the footsteps of our ancestors, who maintained our culture and traditions throughout the period of Arab and European enslavement, torture, rape, and the colonial pillage and decimation of Africa, and her people, and the neo colonial era of continued African subjugation …

Monday, 4 September, 2023) The people of Lagos should thank their stars that their state is not a country. If it were, it would have seen worse times than Gabon of the Bongo family. Even without being a country, Lagos already has big and small Bongos with each of them …

September 3, 2023 Prof Akinwumi Isola’s Efunsetan Aniwura (1981), his first play written in 1961-62 while he was a student at the University of Ibadan, is highly celebrated. It is a historical drama which reflects proceedings of the 19th century reign of the heroine, second Iyalode (Queen of women) of …

Live in the hope of a new life. We can’t move on in our lives if we constantly going back to the previous chapter. Because every achievement leaves a trail of failure in its wake and because every failure results in success, there is no reason to be frightened to …

  Abuja is not in a hurry to change. However, in a city famous for its bad habits fostered by wayward politicians, I think the dial may have moved a bit in the right direction. It’s hard to say if this slight movement has been fortuitous, or whether it had …

The nature of humanistic and social scientific research is such that they make all manner of interrogation possible, from the analysis of metaphysical and theological matters to critical understanding of politics and the political, as well as the application of, say, game theory to the understanding of voting patterns. Each …

Just as birds fly home to their nests to rest, when the sun sets. So does the human soul long for home in the evening of life. This is a tangible yearning, that is more felt than could be spelled.   As twilight approaches, the shadow of life’s mornings encroaches …