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But even from the more respectable versions, it is difficult not to come away with the impression that the photograph is symbolic of the growing feeling in the South East that after a long, harrowing spell in the wilderness, Ndigbo might…

The major problem of this Policy Document is that it fails to address the most fundamental issues faced by most other previous similar documents - i.e. the 'how' issues! We all know the problems; we know why we've the problems; and we also…

There are very few books that capture the breadth and depth of Nigeria’s contemporary leadership and development experience against the background of its history as Samuel Orovwuje’s Federalism Leadership and Development.

When Mr. Dominic Adesegun lost his vehicle at gunpoint along the Benin-Ore Road, he thought it was end of the world not only for the vehicle which he thought could not be recovered but for the obvious misconception about the seeming…

This year, Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) estimated the population of the country to be about 184 million. This huge figure makes Nigeria the country with the largest population on the African continent and the world’s…

Hon. Justice Mohammed Idris of the Federal High (and a Court of Appeal Justice-designate, having been elevated to the higher Bench), was obviously in a hurry to dispense with the case and move on. Section 396(7) of the Administration of…

The British and American governments have criticized the $8.1 billion fine imposed on the nation’s leading telecommunication firm, MTN, by the Central Bank of Nigeria for alleged roles in alleged illegal dividend repatriation and other…

Former American President Barrack Obama’s valedictory speech remains one of the greatest in the annal of political speech-making. I lifted the lines below from that speech finding them significantly relevant to this piece.

Among the basic essential amenities required for quality life in any given community, water falls within the top ranks in order of importance. This fact has remained indubitable over the years, prompting several governments across the world…

This opposition, it must be said, has liquidity of the type that government itself does not have. The US Dollar rain by a major opposition party at their convention in Port Harcourt is a dire warning in this direction.

In recent times, forecasts about the outcome of the 2019 elections by the Economic Intelligence Unit of The Economist of London, and the United States Institute of Peace, have been hotly debated.

My attention has been drawn to announcements on radio in Ekiti State and publications on Social Media, suggesting my invitation to appear before the Fact-Finding Committee set up by the Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi on the…

The reports of Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu's trial by now have swept through the ears of the ardent followers of the Nigerian news. One of the remarkable takeaways from the trial was the court’s recent action during the hearing of the case on…

The book, why nations fail: The origins of power, prosperity and poverty by Turkish-American economist, Daron Acemoglu and British political scientist, James A. Robinson, the authors agreed that nations fail because of weak institutions and…

A week ago, I stumbled on an article titled: “Africa and the burden of Leadership (The Guardian, Nov. 7),” written by Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, banker, investor and entrepreneur, former Managing Director of Access Bank Nigeria, our…

In 2011, however, all of that changed in Ibadan, the birthplace of African television, as the nation was put on the right track with the launch of GOtv which also premiered the advanced DVB-T2 digital broadcasting standard.

On his election as the Speaker of the 8th Lagos State House of Assembly on June 8, 2015, Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Ajayi Obasa, assured Lagosians that he will preside over a Legislative House they will be proud of. Obasa assured that under his…

For ROLAC, an anti-corruption programme funded by the European Union, but managed by the British Council, the journey started with an assessment of the use and implementation of the Freedom of Information Act 2011

On the 19th of February this year more than a hundred girls were kidnapped from the Government Girls Science and Technology College, Dapchi in Yobe state by a faction of the dreaded Boko Haram.

Many years ago, I was in Abuja to attend an international workshop on one of those human development issues that used to engage a lot of attention in those days: sustainable development goals, maternal mortality, maternal morbidity,…