Cobwebs, cockroaches and forgotten boxes: The silent decay of Mike Okiro’s Lagos Police Information Points
By OWOLOLA ADEBOLA Years after Sir Mike Mbama Okiro served as Commissioner of Police in Lagos State and later rose to become Inspector-General of Police, a quiet but telling symbol of institutional neglect stands along some of the city’s streets and junctions. The police information boxes he introduced during his tenure as Lagos CP — […]
The Future of Education in a Title-Driven Country: Nigeria in perspective
In the Nigeria of tomorrow, perhaps the most important educational title will not be Dr, Professor or Engineer. It will be competent.
When Lagos builds where water flows
Property owners resist demolition. Developers challenge enforcement. Residents worry about losing homes, businesses and investments. Government, too, faces difficult choices when structures have become homes, shops or sources of livelihood.
Before we say footballers cannot lead, let us first define leadership
So instead of beginning with whether someone once played football, perhaps Nigerian football should begin with a more important question:
Southern Nigeria leaders as stooges of hegemonists
By BEN OGU Every question tends to elicit an answer to a puzzle, and without presuming or presupposing, it anticipates a clarification, which it can establish or refute based on known and extant behaviors. From the 1914 amalgamation and the imposed name Nigeria on the numerous nationalities of former British colonies, to the incident of […]
2027: Atiku vs others
By Adelere Adeojo Although it is not unlikely that more candidates and parties will declare in the approaching weeks their desires to contest next year’s presidential election, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi, who already have divulged intents by openly aligning with the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) respectively, are […]
