HISTORY is replete with cases of killings that triggered off wars. Perhaps the most prominent was the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife, Sophie, Duchess of Hohenberg, on June 28, 1914. The Archduke and his wife were on a visit to the city of Sarajevo when they were killed by Gavrilo […]

The disregard with which we treat research and researchers in this part of our world is partly responsible for the relative lack of data and statistics in many fields of human endeavours in Nigeria and Africa. Without data and statistics, meaningful socio-political and economic policies  that affect human lives will be impossible. Statistics is the […]

For only the fifth time since the restoration of democratic rule in Nigeria in 1999, the Governors of the 17 states of Southern Nigeria met in Asaba, the Delta State Capital on Tuesday, May 11, 2021. They had previously met in Lagos thrice in 2001, 2005 and 2017 with an Enugu summit in 2006. While […]

The Federal Government and most state governments in Nigeria deserve a pat on the back for the able way they have steered the war against the coronavirus pandemic since the end of March 2020 when we embraced the first lock-downs to curb its spread. Commendations also go to the health workforce who, despite personal risks […]

SINCE the scandal over the past open support of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Isa Ali Pantami, for some global terrorist groups broke out about a fortnight ago, the Federal Government initially remained aloof to it. On Thursday, April 22, 2021 the Presidency, which had also decidedly kept mum over the display of […]