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Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu should urgently declare a state of emergency in the Lagos State school system so that school kids, the future of the state, will not perish under the avalanche of moral decadence, physical abuse or bullying, cultism and death. By the way, those who think Lagos State Government was rash and should have…

Insecurity is the biggest plague afflicting Nigeria right now. It is carried out principally by Boko Haram and Islamic State of West Africa Province insurgents; bandits or kidnappers, now designated as terrorists; herdsmen feeding their cattle on farm crops and attacking farmers who dare to protest; others, like ritualists, robbers and cultists. The President, Major…

Some argue that the unconscionable N100 million nomination form and expression of interest fees for presidential aspirants of All Progressives Congress is a clever way to breach Section 91(2) of Nigeria’s Electoral Act which provides that, “The maximum expenses to be incurred by a candidate at a presidential election shall be N1,000,000,000.” So, the more…

Despite not being fully persuaded about the argument for an ethnic nominee for the President of Nigeria, one can understand and sympathise with the Igbo insistent outcry to provide Nigeria’s President in 2023. The purported threat of a total lockdown on election days throughout South-East by Ohanaeze Youth Council, if both the All Progressives Congress…

Yes, there is a Nigerian state or country but no one can swear that there is a Nigerian nation. That was the matter that author, Chinua Achebe, was trying to interrogate in his last book, There Was A Country. In a personal memoir mixed with Nigeria’s history, Achebe presents, in the manner of narrative fiction, a…

It’s no longer news that Atiku Abubakar and Peter Obi are the respective presidential candidates of Peoples Democratic Party and Labour Party. All Progressives Congress’candidate is work-in-progress as of the time of this piece. Anyone, who has experienced the anguish that visited Nigeria upon the advent of PDP and APC unto Nigeria’s political state should…

In the recently concluded presidential primary of the opposition party, Peoples Democratic Party, Ovation magazine publisher, Dele Momodu, who once worked with Bashorun MKO Abiola’s Concord newspaper stable, threw his hat into the fray. Anyone who was surprised at the audacity of Momodu may need to be reminded of the stated choice of American President…

After losing out to hoodlums who derailed their #EndSARS train through violence in 2020, Nigerian youths now seem to be regrouping to seize political power with their votes in the forthcoming 2023 general elections. And Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State has paid them judicious notice on that score. Led by some musicians, actors, skit makers, comedians,…

One must admit that the matter of same faith presidential ticket is a bit tricky in Nigeria. But running mates only matter because presidential candidates only need to fulfil constitutional requirements. And the possibility of the running mate enhancing the ticket is merely incidental, as Nigeria’s Pentecostal community may have come up strong for Pastor…

Between 1999 and the end of 2021, the Academic Staff Union of Universities went on strike for 60 months and seven days. As for 2022, it’s more than five months and still counting, unfortunately. ASUU affiliates namely Senior Staff Association of Nigeria Universities (SSANU), Non-Academic Staff Union of Educational and Associated Institutions (NASU), and National…