By Timi Olubiyi IT is a common sight in Nigeria and indeed many developing nations to use kids as labourers or expose them to indecent activities such as traffic hawking, street trading, housemaids, domestic services, okada- riding and in several nano, micros and small businesses as casual workers, including agriculture.  These nano businesses include kiosk and […]

ON Tuesday, January 22, 2022 President Muhammadu Buhari and governors elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress, APC, rose from a consultative meeting and finally laid to rest speculations about the zoning of the party’s national offices. By a simple play of musical chairs, the APC leaders announced they would be swapping roles between the North and South.

By Habib Aruna There’s no doubt that the presence of Lagos State Traffic Management Agency, LASTMA, officials on our roads in the state over the years has been more beneficial and auspicious. The agency has indeed contributed, in large measure, in ameliorating traffic congestion in most parts of a city that is growing and expanding […]

By Chidi Odinkalu A democracy counts and accounts for three things. First, the people; second, the votes and third, the people’s money. For the first, we conduct a census. The second is done through elections; while the third is the focus of public accounts. Through legitimacy conferred by counting the votes, government acquires the mandate to […]

By Muhammad Akibu Dalhatu While January 2022 drew to a close, Sokoto State Governor Aminu Tambuwal was in a stakeholders’ meeting in the state capital surrounded by an august body of men and women, who sought to give him the moral imprimatur to vie for the presidency. The message was familiar. But the basis was […]