Category: Opinion

Border Communities:Letter to Gov Dapo Abiodun and Legislators: Let Ogun Border Communities Breathe

  Where Are our Legislators? This letter was first published on December 18,2023. In spite of new developments along the axis, what we have remains a tokenism...

Tunji Disu, Oyedele: Revving up the governance engine

By Tunde Rahman Last week has been hugely significant in Nigeria’s contemporary history. The plaudits arising from the announcement of Executive Order 9, aimed at...

The Road to Oke Mosan is Paved with Broken Promises

The Road to Oke Mosan is Paved with Broken Promises By Festus Akanbi When the rains fall along Akute -Lambe Road, the quiet that follows is heavy with worry. It is the...

Iyabo Obasanjo Is a No, No

  – By Azuh Arinze I read what Bamidele Johnson wrote. I also saw the response from Remi Ladigbolu. However, we must not lose sight of the fact that politics,...

Tax reforms and Nigeria’s new social contract

  By abiodun KOMOLAFE The recent 10-point statement by Zacch Adelabu Adedeji, Executive Chairman of the Nigeria Revenue Service (NRS), offers a glimpse into a...

State Police Will Not Solve Nigeria’s Insecurity Problem

  By Audu Liberty Oseni The debate around the creation of state police has recently gained renewed momentum in Nigeria. Following worsening insecurity across the...

*What the War in Iran Means for Nigeria and Africa*

*What the War in Iran Means for Nigeria and Africa* The Middle East has once again become the epicenter of global economic anxiety. What began as shadow warfare between...

Africa and the Deadly Dust from Iran

  Azu Ishiekwene These are sad times. Who could have believed that after the US and its allies destroyed Iraq in search of “weapons of mass destruction” and...

FCCPC: Tell us, is air travel also not for the poor?

  By Bola BOLAWOLE turnpot@gmail.com 0807 552 5533, 0803 251 0193 David Alechenu Bonaventure Mark, remember him? This man was the military governor of Niger state...

ADC:The War Within

  Since it’s launch few months ago, the fledgling African Democratic Congress,ADC have had its own fair share of crisis informed by cobbling together of high...