ANYONE coming into Nigeria through Abuja or Lagos (the political and economic capitals) this passing week would know that something is seriously wrong with the country. The two marquee cities, like other parts of the country, were in darkness. From the air, there were only few and far between patches of light, obviously from the […]

THE “dividends” of incompetent and corrupt governance in the petroleum sector by successive governments have really caught up with us on all fronts. We are now the laughingstock of our own people and the international community. Nigeria is the only major oil-producing country that lacks indigenous refining capacity. Successive governments have failed to address this […]

LIFE in Nigeria has assumed the status of Nollywood movies. Even in the most serious business of governance, we see the Petroleum Minister (President Muhammadu Buhari) jetting off to the United Kingdom on medical tourism while Nigerians languish on long fuel queues, paying through their noses and unsure when normal supply will be restored. Things […]

THE introduction of the Islamic hijab headdress for female police officers by the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba Alkali, is a display of provocative bigotry and impunity. It must be reversed. A statement issued on Friday, March 4, 2022 through the Force’s spokesman, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, claimed that the dress code was approved “for optimum […]

THE level of destruction already recorded in just two weeks of intense fighting in the Russian invasion of Ukraine shows how nasty war, particularly modern warfare, is. Ironically, the traditional roundtable talks which should have taken place to prevent the conflict, also commenced almost from the day the first shot was fired. Warnings by Western […]