Opinion

On February 27, 2020, Nigeria announced its first COVID-19 case.  Weeks later states in Nigeria including Lagos, Abuja, Rivers, and Kaduna, initiated full or partial lockdowns in a bid to slow down the spread of the virus. While the aim of the lockdown is to save lives, stay-at-home directives will...

In a time when economic uncertainty continues to cast a long shadow over Nigeria’s informal sector, one man is steadily turning the tide—Prince Adekunle Oyedepo. With a vision rooted in empathy and a deep connection to his people, Prince Adekunle’s Kwara South Petty Traders Support Scheme is not just...

Between 23 and 25 of August, 2023, members of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) will converge on Abuja for this year’s Annual General Meeting where they will elect new set of leaders to pilot the affairs of the regulatory body for the next two years. Expectedly, a lot...

When the Governor of Gombe State, Muhamadu Inuwa Yahaya, was elected two years ago, expectations were very high among the populace principally because of his antecedents as a tested leader with both private and public sector experience, a performer, who will likely change the inherited narrative in the governance...

Today marks a significant milestone in Nigeria's democratic journey — ten years since the beginning of a new era of progressive governance with the inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari in 2015. What seemed nearly impossible at the time became a defining moment for our nation’s political landscape. Fast forward a...

I like the theme for this year’s International Youth Day which we mark today: ‘International Solidarity: Creating a World for all Ages’. It is very appropriate for this inaugural ‘Omoluabi Summit’ which has as its theme, ‘Character as Leadership’. Both character and leadership are for the young and the...

It's a pity that in this clime, we play politics with everything including the lives of unsuspecting members of the public. In spite of all that the State of Osun Government did in Ejigbo to avert the disaster that would have followed if the returnees from Ivory Coast had been...

He liked to be called Aminu Adisa Logun. These are names he so much cherished and protected until his last breath on Tuesday July 7, 2020. If you must add anything to his name, it has to be the ‘mni’ acronym, which indicated his attendance of the prestigious National...

Let’s begin with this story a retired Colonel of the Nigerian Army told me recently about the man Muhammadu Buhari, who was assuming duty as General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Mechanized Infantry Division, in January 1981. “I was a Captain then,” the retired Colonel said. “General Buhari had just been...

You have possibly watched the 1998 action-thriller film with the above title, starring Will Smith. It was the box office hit story about a group of people plotting to kill an American Congressman, and the tape of the plot was discovered. Well, an Enemy of the State struck in Nigeria...