By Dickson Omobola The move, last week, by Aare Afe Babalola, prominent Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN) and founder of Afe Babalola University Ado-Ekiti, to have a fellow lawyer, Dele Farotimi, prosecuted for alleged defamation in a book he (Farotimi)  wrote (Nigeria and its Criminal Justice System) has triggered a storm. Afe Babalola had written […]

By Ibrahim Salisu The Governor of Kaduna State, Uba Sani, was very clear of what he intended to achieve before he sought for the exalted office of the state. He came to heal wounds caused by religious and ethnic disharmonies that almost crushed the state. Unlike his immediate predecessor, who stoked fire of religious discord by […]

By Bola Tinubu and Emmanuel Macron In the present era, international relations are often framed as if there were only two possible outcomes for states: to dominate, or to be dominated; to vassalize, or to be vassalized. Nations are supposed to make a choice in favour of this or that hegemon, this or that bloc. The […]

By Paul Adams It was in the news last week that Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, increased the minimum wage of workers in the state to Seventy Two Thousand Naira (N72, 000). He also provided 100 Compressed Natural Gas, CNG, buses to the state civil service staff to ameliorate their transportation hassles. I must say […]

By Alim Abubakre The rising cost of living presents a formidable challenge for the people of Nigeria. However, this challenge is not unique to Nigeria. Globally, many countries are grappling with inflationary pressures due to a combination of geopolitics and the fiscal fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic. The conflict between Russia and Ukraine has disrupted food […]