By Kayode Akinmade NIGERIA returned to civil rule in 1999 after decades of military dictatorship, but democracy didn’t always bring dividends. Ask the long-suffering people of Ewekoro, Ogun State, who for years watched their businesses ruined and many lives lost on the 70-kilometre Abeokuta-Ifo-Ota-Lagos Expressway. Governors came and promises were made, but the people saw no […]

By Achilleus-Chud Uchegbu The video, which has gone viral on social media, of workers at the headquarters of the Department of State Security, DSS, jubilating over the change of guards at the leadership of the organisation, aptly captures the words of the Christian Holy Book at Proverbs 29:2, which reads, “When the righteous are in authority, the […]

By Erhisode Lindsay Barrett Most of my activities on social media to date seem to mark me out as a politician or, at least, a very politically active individual; yet I dare say that such a description would not be entirely accurate. And I will go quite some distance back in time to tell you why. […]

With President Tinubu’s Renewed Hope Agenda as his guiding light, Wike has revolutionised the nation’s capital on various fronts, leaving an indelible mark on its security, land administration, staff welfare/career progression and infrastructural landscape.

By Alfredo Miranda THE world today is interdependent yet polarized, facing conflicts and geopolitical tensions that threaten our shared goal of a sustainable future. Eleven years ago, Mexico, Indonesia, the Republic of Korea, Türkiye, and Australia came together to birth   MIKTA,   an   innovative,  cross-regional platform, uniting five middle powers committed to democracy, international law, open economies, […]

By Victor Mark-Onyegbu I have tried to refrain from expressing my thoughts on the trajectory of governance in Abia State, partly owing to the fact that governments usually start to faulter after their honey-moon period – there was a part of me that felt the need to wait and see. The manner the State had been […]

By Femi Falana Introduction A few days ago, a Nigerian lawyer, Mr. Pius Iwoke, who was illegally arrested and incarcerated for three years without trial, regained his freedom due to the intervention of the President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Mr. Yakubu Mikyau SAN. It is hoped that the Nigerian Bar Association will equally intervene and […]

By Kunle Somorin Governor Dapo Abiodun of Ogun State commenced the week on a positive note. His fellow governors from the 17 states in Southern Nigeria entrusted him with leadership for the next few years. Elected as the new chairman of the Southern Governors’ Forum, with Anambra State Governor Professor Charles Soludo as his deputy, Abiodun’s election […]

By DIPO AKA-BASHORUN “The lizard that jumped  from high Iroko tree to the ground said he would praise himself if no one else did” – Chinua Achebe ON October 1, 2005, our father, Alao Aka-Bashorun, passed away at his home in Gbagada, Lagos. He would have turned 75 years old in December later that year. Shortly after his passing […]

By Jackson Udom When the Nigerian Senate elected Godswill Obot Akpabio as its Primus Inter Pares on June 13, 2023, not a few Nigerians expressed excitement at his emergence as President of the Senate and Chairman of the National Assembly of Nigeria. The reason for that excitement was not far to seek. Many people knew that in […]

By Ola Awoniyi Senator Godswill Obot Akpabio’s emergence as President of the 10th Senate on June 13, 2023 raised high expectations. Not just because of his track record of high service delivery in his previous public offices, but also because Akpabio is not a stranger in the National Assembly, having been elected as the Minority Leader of […]

By KINGSLEY MOGHALU I. Introduction:  The Challenge If health is truly wealth, as the popular saying goes, does Africa have any chance of escaping mass poverty and low rankings in the human development index that measures the quality of life of the world’s peoples? This is an existential question for the continent because its health […]