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 […]

ON Tuesday, April 21, 2020, Chief Richard Osuolale Abimbola Akinjide, a legal giant who played prominent roles in Nigeria’s chequered history, passed on. The late elder statesman was a nationalist, administrator, politician, teacher and journalist whose impact on our legal and political firmaments dates back to the First Republic. For instance, he served as a Minister […]

IF our coronavirus battle was only a matter of speechmaking we would deck President Muhammadu Buhari in flying colours. For the third time in a row since he came into the picture of this pandemic, Buhari touched most of the right places during his Monday, April 27 national broadcast setting the date for a partial […]

THE government of Babajide Sanwo-Olu, Governor of Lagos State, has continued to project an image of responsible governance. While still demonstrating great capacity in the handling of the COVID-19 outbreak in the nation’s epicentre of the pandemic outbreak, the governor did not forget the promise he made to victims of the blast that killed 23 […]

MORE than 20 years after the end of military dictatorship in Nigeria, some uncouth political office holders have continued to display residual military mentality. They sometimes go out of their way to attempt the excesses that even the military did not. On Wednesday, April 22, 2020, the Governor of Ebonyi State, Dave Umahi, made an […]