A nation and its challenges at 56
Yesterday, Saturday, October 1, Nigeria turned 56, having received political independence from the British colonial masters on October 1, 1960. Ordinarily, the day ought...
Another disastrous Olympics outing
Nigeria has come back from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Brazil empty-handed, just as it did in the London 2102 Olympics.
The disastrous outing...
Nigeria in economic recession
The federal government last week acknowledged what every discerning Nigerian knows already.
Finance Minister, Kemi Adeosun, told the Senate on Thursday, July 21 that Nigeria...
Rio 2016, mere jamboree
THERE are times you need a miracle to escape peril. Nigerian athletes will fancy a dose of the preternatural as they compete in the...
Mass retirement of Police chiefs
The compulsory retirement of 21 assistant inspectors general (AIG) of police who were senior to the new acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Ibrahim...
Time for INEC to conclude all re-run polls
After so much pussyfooting, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) last week expressed its commitment to conclude suspended elections in Rivers, Imo, Kogi and...
Learning from UK’s EU exit
The world woke up on Friday, June 24 to the news of the United Kingdom exiting European Union (EU), an organisation it bestrode like...
As flexible foreign exchange policy kicks off
After one year of unnecessary and costly stonewalling, the federal government finally agreed to a flexible foreign exchange (forex) policy that would allow the...
Buhari’s needless medical tourism
When the news broke penultimate week that President Muhammadu Buhari would be seeking medical attention in the United Kingdom over what his media aide,...
Imperative of restructuring Nigeria
When last week former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, called for the urgent restructuring of Nigeria if the country is to make any progress, he...
