A few weeks ago, Nigerians were startled by a legislation that had largely escaped public awareness. This legislation, which has since undergone substantial amendment carries profound implications for the financial health of every Nigerian, sparking widespread controversy. The law raises…

The Nigerian Navy’s “Operation Delta Sanity,” launched for increased maritime surveillance, led to the arrest of over 14 rogue oil vessels in Rivers State alone in the first quarter of this year. This is in addition to 90 badges, 74…

In order to prevent the permanent loss of experts, Africa must design its own home-grown incentives to encourage those who have japa-ed to Japada. It is gratifying that the Nigerians In Diaspora Commission (NIDCOM) has mapped out some programmes that…

I believe that it was my mother’s prayer that saved my life on a day that would have been my last day on earth. It was on a fateful day in 2002, at Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria…

“I am surprised that lawyers can be so blind as to suffer the principles of law to be discredited.”  – Ralph Waldo Emerson, The Fugitive Slave Law, 186 (1851) There is a joke that when he or she wants an…

…the requirements of a JAMB admission letter, NIN, and BVN are crucial in accessing the student’s loan in Nigeria. These requirements help to validate the academic status, identity, and financial history of loan applicants, thereby ensuring that funds are disbursed…

Nigeria’s President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu. [PHOTO CREDIT: Official Twitter handle of Nosa Asemota] Last week, Nigeria was faced with what Yoruba call Egbinrin ote. When afflictions come in multiple, they become a plague. A plague is almost synonymous with Yoruba’s…

The future has broken in on the present. Solomon says God operates in times and seasons: “To everything there is a season, a time for every purpose under heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die.” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2).…

The labour leaders should return to the glorious traditions of Comrades Wahab Goodluck, Hassan Sunmonu and Ali Chiroma, in which productive political education was regularly conducted, and union activities were funded mostly through workers’ union dues, not “donor” funds. When…

…to practise journalism in a country where you can easily be declared a terrorist or non-citizen, requires the journalist operating like a guerrilla fighter. To worsen matters, the Sahrawi journalist, by virtue of his/her nationality has to work in three…

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR. In some of my treatises as a columnist years ago, I had written that beyond other rudimentary ingredients and supplements of leadership, Nigeria needs a leader who is a healer-in-chief and a unifier by example.…

Picture credit: Emmanuel Ikwuegbu on Unsplash Our national anthem instructs us to “help our youth the truth to know, in love and honesty to grow.” So while we may have squandered the legacy bequeathed us, it’s not too late to…

Dear brothers and sisters! The global situation today is also facing so much uncertainty. Humanity is still confronted with an incredible amount of misery and suffering. While many are still affected by the wars and insecurity, others are facing violence…

Central to our concerns is the importance of responding to current geopolitical dynamics in our region and, indeed, in the world, in a manner that protects our sovereignty. American global hegemony has come under challenge from many countries and rising…

Former Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State. It was an ecstatic atmosphere at Ogbonicha-Alloma in Ofu Local Government Area of Kogi State as available results of the governorship election in the state on Saturday, 21 November, 2015 showed that the…