Japa, a term in Nigeria’s national lingo that roughly translates to citizens leaving the country without any intention to return, is reflective of our failings as a nation. As some data show, about 3,679,496 Nigerians have left the country in the last two years.  The International Organisation for Migration puts the population of Nigerians in […]

The National Orientation Agency, NOA, part of the Federal Ministry of Information and National Orientation, is one of the least esteemed Federal Government’s departments and agencies. Since the dawn of the current democratic dispensation, the NOA has languished in the shadow of relevance because no regime has shown interest in deploying it to push the […]

The Kwara State Ministry of Education and the authorities of Government Day Junior Secondary School, Kulende, Ilorin, moved swiftly to address a case of severe assault of an unnamed National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, member by a teacher in the school where she had just completed her service year. The student was reportedly attacked by […]

Niger State, the largest sub-national entity in Nigeria by landmass, was recently in the news for the right reasons. Its Chief Executive Officer, Mohammed Umar Bago, a banker and former federal lawmaker, set a tone of religious tolerance that shocked many. Though a very devoted Muslim, he not only authorised the staging of a massive […]

President Bola Tinubu last week joined his counterpart, Cyril Ramaphosa, for the 11th Nigeria-South Africa Bi-National Commission, BNC, in Cape Town, South Africa, in an effort to address the often troubled relationship between the two African giants. With Africa as the perennial centrepiece of Nigeria’s foreign policy, we have always played the Big Brother role. […]