New season, same old political tricks
The days of electioneering are here again. Politics has since taken the better part of the polity. It’s all right if the politicians are...
Lies, blatant lies and statistics
While we were up about doing so many other things, in the first half of this year, more than 500,000 people got new jobs...
Playing yo-yo with schools’ resumption
Following the outbreak of the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) and our country’s actions to contain it, government did something commendable. It considered how long...
Blame it on the devil and God
Have you ever wondered how it is all so easy for many Nigerians to namedrop God or even the devil? Well, I am assuming...
Public officers and public-private costs
The news on Thursday night was that President Goodluck Jonathan would be travelling Friday morning to Germany for a ‘private visit’. The statement gave...
Ebola and the fool in us
Like a bad dream, the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) is here with us in Nigeria. No need to restate the obvious, that a certain...
Of citizens and indigenes
Flowing from the views I expressed here last week about how anonymous Nigerians have become due to the poor data system to document citizens,...
Nigerians anonymous
With the spate of terror attacks in our major cities, many citizens have again queried what happened to the security cameras that we invested...
The Commonwealth Game that never was
The world was all in our backyard. The whole city of Abuja was agog and well lit. The splendour resonated in cities like Kaduna,...
Of paternity leave and longer maternity leave
This is great news coming from Lagos State. On Thursday, July 17, the state just announced a new policy creating 10 working days paternity...
