The frenzy over the Labour Party is not yet over; thanks to a new admirable bride, Peter Obi. But the Labour Party must now arise and respond to the challenges of professionalising, institutionalising and building enduring political structure for...
By Mustapha Oluwatoyin Hassan There is a cult of ignorance among some Nigerians, and there has always been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the...
By Bamidele Johnson In February, my wife and I went to Ibadan where we spent two days, during which all I ate for breakfast, lunch and dinner was amala. I flitted from amala vendor to another-to the barely disguised...
By Yushau Shuaib “Take the law into your hands… You need not report to any authority to kill any blasphemer!” I was shocked to the marrow when an Imam, during a Juma’at service in one of the mosques in...
This is the sort of thing my wife said could happen to me if I didn't do nything about my overworking and under-caring for myself. However frequently she may have warned in the past, hearing it afresh from a...
The Speech Of Senator Professor Sola Adeyeye As He Declares His Support And Called On our #FaceOfHope23 Osinbajo To Declare And Contest! By Sola Adeyeye My name is Sola Adeyeye. I am here to report for duty not as...
By Festus Adedayo So I was at the Alausa Governor’s Office in Lagos. Accessing the governor was like seeking needle in a haystack. His Press Secretary sent words up that an irritant interloper had come to ferret response to...
By Amusa Temitope Victor The 12th goal of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) is about Sustainable Production and Consumption. It is likewise referred to as Responsible Production and Consumption which means that the word Sustainable can be relatively juxtaposed...
By Daily Trust In a space of just two days last week, 23 travellers heading to Kaduna were burnt alive in a commercial bus at Sabon Birni, Sokoto State. No fewer than 15 worshipers killed as they prayed in...
By Rachel Toku-Appiah While many parts of the world are experiencing a decline in birth rates, in Africa we see a very different picture. By 2030, a fifth of the world’s population will be from the continent. As millions...
