Across the globe, the brutality of the unit often goes viral on the web to the embarrassment of the nation

The inability of Nigeria to develop is traceable to several factors. One of them which people often overlook is the army of political interlopers that often distract government from its articulated focus. Their role is to keep the nation permanently on an electioneering mood.

Till date anything that goes wrong in Nigeria is often attributed to attitude which people call the Nigerian factor thereby suggesting that if the nation needs anything now, it is first and foremost value reorientation

Keeping a weekly column such as this can be quite exerting; but the otherwise tedious task of getting a topic to write on is often simplified, thanks to readers who make different suggestions every week.

On institutional efforts to get a level playing field, only INEC seemed to have gotten its posture correct while that of the police was poorly managed

At this year’s World Teachers Day celebration held last month, it was revealed that there were no less than 300,000 unqualified teachers in Nigerian schools. The figure which was released by the Teachers Registration Council of Nigeria, TRCN, was said to be 50 percent of teachers in the country.

The announcement a few days back by President Muhammadu Buhari that the present federal executive council would soon be expanded to bring in more ministers must have come as a welcome relief to some Nigerians.

In many heterogenous societies, particularly those in developing countries, a plethora of centrifugal forces often combine to stretch to breaking point, the fabric of solidarity which binds society together. This has been the experience of Nigeria in which every ethno-religious category is engulfed in mutual distrust and suspicion for one another.

When the Freedom of Information Act was enacted in 2011, many citizens mostly activists and journalists assumed that the nation had achieved a near revolution because through the Act the days of secrecy in governance ought to be over.

According to Governor Nasir el-Rufai of Kaduna State the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) would not in the name of restructuring attempt to make everyone equal.

At this point in time, it seems rational to assume that most Nigerians are now set for the restructuring of our country.

Many years back, when this column had a piece on police check point, one Omotayo sent in a mail ‘warning’ me to first stop the brown envelope corruption in journalism before getting involved in police matters for which he considered me ill-equipped.

The wild jubilations which greeted the return of President Muhammadu Buhari from his long medical vacation abroad can at best be viewed from two standpoints.

Edo State legislators need not pretend to be pro-people if the only criticism they are able to articulate is about federal roads while closing their eyes to the sufferings meted to the people at state level

Our Labour Minister must dump his transmission model for the transactional model of communication that can assuage the feelings of the aggrieved as well as create conducive climate for negotiations