The primacy of strategic national interests, ambivalence on human rights, the whimsical observance of the rule of law, divergent economic and political ideologies, muscularity and isolationist foreign policy goals by …
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Kayode Ojewale (1984-2024): Departing soon at noon
January 17, 2025 would have marked the 41st natal anniversary of Solomon Kayode Ojewale, the young man who was beginning to be noticed as a regular name in Nigeria’s vast …
Read More »Ceaseless strikes in Nigeria’s health sector
Health is wealth, says a popular adage. There is hardly anyone alive who does not need medical attention during his or her life. Thanks to medical and health sciences, which …
Read More »Banks, CBN, naira commoditisation and other matters
Gradually but steadily, the buying and selling of the naira (banknotes), also known as commoditisation, is fast becoming a ‘major’ business, but constituting an affront to the effectiveness of the …
Read More »Trump’s America, Nigeria and the world – Part 2
He has severally called many heritage media outlets ‘fake news,’ calling for the licences of some media like NBC and ABC to be revoked. The post Trump’s America, Nigeria and …
Read More »As Nigeria’s Supreme Court prepares for Rivers State proxy wars
Depending on what view one takes of the matter, February 10, 2025 promises to be Proxy Wars Day at the Supreme Court of Nigeria in Abuja. The post As Nigeria’s …
Read More »The right of access to justice in Nigeria
Article 7 of the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights (Ratification and Enforcement) Act, 2004, states that “every individual shall have the right to have his cause heard.’ The …
Read More »Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the visionary leader Lagos needs
As Lagos State continues to evolve as Nigeria’s commercial and cultural heartbeat, the need for transformative leadership has never been more pressing. The post Abike Dabiri-Erewa as the visionary leader …
Read More »Why is EFCC not using modern crime-busting formats?
Just over a week ago, a young operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, named Halisu Sahabi, was shot dead when their team raided a house at night in …
Read More »Between ‘plan to’ and ‘plan on’
The preposition, ‘on’, features in a good number of phrasal verbs. A phrasal verb consists of a verb with a preposition or adverb (or both at times), with a meaning …
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