Wednesday, May 5, 2020 marked exactly 10 years since the curtains fell on a good man, humble patriot and former president of Nigeria, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua. He was 58. Even before he assumed power on May 29, 2007, Yar’ Adua was obviously a sick man. Having just finished his eight years as Governor of […]

WE do not expect the Muhammadu Buhari administration to be proactive or direct in joining the growing number of countries and interest groups worldwide calling for some recompense from the People’s Republic of China, PRC, over the losses incurred as the Coronavirus pandemic rages. The reason is this: Buhari’s government has borrowed a lot of […]

A TELEVISION analyst described the reaction of Nigerians to the gradual easing of the Coronavirus pandemic lockdown last Monday as reminiscent of “the release of animals from a cage”. An exercise meant to cut a fine line between lockdown to limit the spread of the virus and the gradual reopening of the economy became an […]

We know that the House of Representatives Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila’s withdrawn Bill to repeal our antiquated Quarantine Law and make the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, stronger and more effective will be reintroduced. But it must first be purged of all its objectionable contents. The Bill was stood down after undergoing the second reading […]

TODAY is May Day! It is so easy not to remember under the prevailing Coronavirus pandemic lockdown atmosphere. Where would the world be without the working class? They are found in the formal and informal, public and private sectors. They are the ones who create and sustain wealth. They are currently the main force against […]