Public Affairs

An alarming exodus of the almajirai to the South of Nigeria is setting nerves on edge in many places. These...

For Janet Okwaraji and Sikiratu Yekini, mothers to two late Nigerian footballers,  Samuel Okwaraji and Rashidi Yekini, relief came from...

The recent poverty index report from the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) shows that about 82.9 million Nigerians live in extreme...

Faced with a depressed economy and the grim reality of an inevitable decline in revenues, this is not the time...

The appetite of our government officials for all things foreign has continued even in the face of our gloomy economic...

There was nothing shocking in the ‘2019 Poverty and Inequality in Nigeria’ report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS)...

Lawlessness appears to have become a staple in the country. Nothing underscores this more than the reckless breach of the...

When considering those who make up the “poorest and most vulnerable” members of our society who should be eligible for...

The repatriation of $311 million Abacha loot to the Nigerian treasury could not have come at a better time. The...

Abacha Loot: “I AM happy to confirm that the Federal Government of Nigeria on May 4, 2020 received $311,797, 866.11...

There is a saying in some Nigerian tongues, notably the Yoruba, that what you sometimes seek from extreme distances may...

The pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to relax the lockdown on Lagos, Ogun states and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,...

At a time the coronavirus plague is imposing a severe strain on the health systems of most countries, research is...

It is quite ironic that kerosene, which is a common domestic fuel among the society’s poor, is today one of...