President Bola Tinubu’s promise to establish a Federal Ministry of Livestock Development comes with several question marks and for cogent reasons. This will be the 49th Ministry in his cabinet. The president succumbed to pressures by the herdsmen interest groups, particularly the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN, which demanded for a separate […]

When terrorists attacked several parts of the United States of America with commercial aircraft laden with passengers on September 11, 2001, little did those of us in Nigeria realise that our country would soon become one of the hottest terror spots in the world. Following the murder in government custody of Sheikh Mohammed Yusuf, leader […]

The recent devastating flooding of Dubai, the United Arab Emirates, UAE’s, show-piece international city, was just another reminder that almost any human settlement, no matter how highly developed, can be flooded. Also, in 2021, Europe suffered one of its most memorable flooding in modern times. It claimed the lives of over 120 people, with Germany […]

The recent adoption of a regional anthem by the six Governors of the South-West states – Oyo, Osun, Ogun, Ondo, Ekiti and Lagos – has aroused controversy, with some questioning the “real” motive behind it. An anthem is a song meant to arouse passion, patriotism or a sense of common bond within a group. Our […]

President Bola Tinubu moved in a big way with his Economic Stabilisation Programme, ESP, last week Thursday, July 4, 2024, applying a massive N2 trillion jab into the veins of our sagging economy, with a view to reviving it within the next six months. He is employing the Presidential Economic Coordination Council, PECC, which he […]