Last Tuesday, President Bola Tinubu hosted the first National Council of State meeting of his administration. The body comprising of former and current heads of the various organs of government, to wit, executive, legislative, and judicial branches of the Federal Government is meant to provide the president with advice to guide him in the administration […]

After vacationing in the UK and US for a few weeks, I returned to Nigeria when the EndBadGovernance protests had been ongoing for four days…and were expected to run for an additional six days.  Friends who expected the worst had urged me to stay abroad till the protests were over; but prolonging my stay would have […]

“A blemish may be removed from a diamond by careful polishing, but evil words once spoken cannot be effaced.” — Confucius (551– 479) BCE THE quote above in several respects refers to the situation in which we have found ourselves. On May 29, 2023, President Bola Tinubu spoke evil words into our economy by unthinkingly announcing the withdrawal of […]

THE International Conference for the Eradication of Colonialism which held in Abuja, Nigeria from August 12-13, 2024, was full of symbolism. Organised by the African Think Tank, the Society for International Relations Awareness, SIRA, the theme: “The Forgotten Peoples: International Conference to Decolonize the World” was a potent reminder to the rest of humanity that there […]

NIGERIA is one of the few countries where the young far outnumber the old. The average age in Nigeria is about 18.6 years, and the youth, aged between 15 and 30, account for 70 per cent of Nigeria’s population. Unfortunately, at about 54 per cent, Nigeria has one of the highest youth-unemployment rates in the world […]