I am compelled to ask this question because of what I knew before I came in contact with my Principal, Adegboyega Oyetola in July, 2019, and even afterwards.
I am aware that Oyetola reluctantly accepted to serve as the Chief of Staff to Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola. I am equally aware...
Across the world, as countries and economies slowly reopen, Africa lags behind. We were last to experience the coronavirus—and we expect to be the final continent to flatten the curve.
Some may say it is too early, that the crisis still too deep and the recovery too distant to dwell...
In some other lands and climes, elections are held on weekdays, in which people cast their votes, and proceed to the office, or other places of endeavor.
But here, we must first die many times before our death, when elections approach. Many are the doomsday scenarios painted, that we do...
Our national level security response has been uncoordinated and ineffective in wiping out threats.
Everyone who has been concerned about the danger that insecurity has posed to national cohesion will appreciate the importance of securing a collective understanding of the problems and the solutions.
No one who is in a position...
Niger State, in recent years, like every other part of the country, has been having its own share of insecurity problems, mostly by armed bandits who have held the state, particularly Niger East hostage; maiming, kidnapping and rendering innocent citizens homeless, while also destroying their means of livelihoods.
This barbaric...
In 2019, following the passage of the #NotTooYoungToRun law, which lowered the eligibility criteria, for public office in Nigeria and the general election that followed, out of the 991 seats in the 36 state House of Assemblies, only 20 members were between the ages of 25 and 30. In...
