The climate has become one issue which has come to define our existence as humans. And boldly taking her destiny in her hands, 16-year-old Swedish climate activist, Greta Thunberg, took the world by storm when […]
Women are an enigma. When God created Eve, He must have made her attractive to Adam. Eve did not have to go through the tortuous transformation of growing into the late teens before all the […]
Technological advancement has always had incisive influences on the course of mankind and its existence. Also Inventions and innovations have continuously improved our way of living.By the same token, every evolution has provided new ways […]
When on June 26, I received an e-mail from the programme officer, Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, Mr Samson Adeniran, inviting me for a three-month media internship at Deutsche Welle, Bonn, Germany, the natural response was ‘3 […]
Determined to reposition the country’s economy, improve people’s condition of living and leave Nigeria better than his administration met it, President Muhammadu Buhari, this week, approved the constitution of a new Economic Advisory Council (EAC). […]
The fury is spent. The South African president, Cyril Ramaphosa, has apologised to Nigeria for his citizens’ unwarranted criminal xenophobic attacks on Nigerians and other African nationals in his country. From the look of things, […]
Technological advancement has always changed the course of humanity. Inventions and innovations have continuously improved human existence. By the same token, every evolution has provided new ways to do old things. Indeed, each epoch or […]
Xenophobic attacks in South Africa are reshaping the African continent. Of recent the BBC reality check team reported that violent riots in the commercial city of Johannesburg, which is notorious for excessive violent attacks on […]
Going by the counter, cross and to some extent intercalary conversations from the court of public opinion over the simple verdict rendered recently by the Presidential Election Petition Tribunal in Abuja, it appears the judgement […]
The partial closure of Nigeria’s land borders with its western neighbours has exposed the fallacy in the federal government’s claim of self-sufficiency in rice production. The price of rice shot up to N25, 000 per […]
Today, Boko Haram can be said to be unrecognisable from the evangelical group and semi-guerrilla army it used to be when it broke into the scene few years ago. With its fighters frequently being killed […]
The federal budget has become a frustrating experience for the country, the government and the people. On the face of it, we could suggest at least two reasons for the steady descent of the budget […]
While President Muhammadu Buhari was in the process of forming a new cabinet, one of the ministries that expectedly caught the attention of Nigerians was Ministry of Defence, MOD. Whether in peace or wartime, a […]
Anyone who sets out on a journey must endeavour to get a faint idea of the trajectory to the destination from his or her starting point. Thus, it is essential to gather all requisite information […]
Justice Christopher Butcher is a merciless and ruthless butcher. The British judge, who awarded a landmark sum of $9.6 billion as damages to an obscure Irish firm known as Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), is […]
The Trumpian era of modern day America has heralded a culture where white supremacy and racism are consciously encouraged, thriving under state policy, and it is no wonder, xenophobia is thriving all over the world. […]
This week, in a development that can be described as a setback in Nigeria’s diplomatic relations with South Africa, President Muhammadu Buhari dispatched a Special Envoy to South Africa and recalled Nigeria’s ambassador to South […]
Nigerians do have a right to expect a fair treatment in South Africa by the South Africans. The reasons stick out and they bear repeating. Nigeria was instrumental to the dismantling of the oppressive apartheid […]
At the recent presidential retreat for his cabinet members, President Muhammadu Buhari defined the ethos that would undergird the workings of the team, stressing complementarity and synergy among his ministers to realise the core goal […]
The $9.6 billion judgment sum that a British Commercial Court ordered Nigeria last month to pay a rather obscure Irish firm, Process and Industrial Development (P&ID), may go down in history as the highest penalty […]
A dark ominous cloud looms over Nigeria, carrying a flock of birds with molten stones of poverty and hardship, as a $9 billion judgement which was unfairly given – racially driven perhaps, is set to […]
Perhaps, the next most rampant phenomenon stalking the land after kidnapping and armed banditry is rape. No day has passed by without one or two or more cases of rape being reported in the media. […]
Provision of education is said to be the responsibility of government at all levels. Education is the pillar of development and determinant of technological, political and socio-economic growth and development of nation any. Indeed, wealth […]
Here is an old maxim that reflects the eternal battle between God and the horned one. “Speak the truth and shame the devil.” God stands for truth; the devil stands for lies. When you speak […]
Nigeria now occupies the inglorious position of global headquarters of poverty. The mismatch between population and economic growth is primarily responsible for that infamous rating. The next factor is the high cost of governance which […]
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