THE several statements put out by various Christian associations in Osun and Lagos state on the judgments held by the courts in the cases for or against the ban of hijab in public schools, have been predictably insensitive, somewhat chauvinist, but unsurprising in a country where religion romances politics.

Amid allegations of mismanagement at the Niger Delta Development Commission, NNDC, government  sacked the last Board  and appointed a sole administrator to run the place. However, there is a renewed hope that the Federal Government has realized its past mistake and has decided to turn a new leaf in the management of the NDDC. It […]

For so long, many Nigerians have been attempting to study and decode President Muhammadu Buhari, using different lenses. Some only had a modicum of clue on who he may be, counting on the code of information they obtained from the media when he first romped into global limelight as the Nigerian head of state in a military garb.

TWENTY – SEVEN States cannot pay salaries.” That was President Muhammadu Buhari speaking at a recent occasion. Restructuring is not a swan song neither is it a mantra. It cannot also be called a slogan. Rather it is a direct appeal to our collective soul and wisdom to decisively reflect and preserve our Nationhood so that, quoting Chinua Achebe in reverse “The centre can Hold”. It is a road to that dream Nigeria that has to be.

THE recent passage of the Child Rights and Responsibility Bill into law in Enugu State by the State House of Assembly was no doubt a welcome development and a major breakthrough for the children of the state.