13+ hour ago   (618+ words) A few days into the administration of Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Rilwan Disu, one sentence from his inaugural address appeared to stick in the national memory: impunity is over. Many Nigerians understandably heard that as a warning to policemen. But…...

10+ hour, 17+ min ago   (137+ words) FG to BRICS: It’s High Time Rules of Global Governance, Finance Were Rewritten THISDAYLIVE Inviting foreign investors to take advantage of Nigeria’s investment opportunities, he urged them to view the country “as a gateway to Africa’s expanding market under the…...

13+ hour, 19+ min ago   (891+ words) The payment of CATA to academic staff signals that agreements matter, argues ELIJAH BASHIRI The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) became synonymous with prolonged industrial action, and university strikes became almost a recurring feature of Nigeria’s academic calendar. That…...

12+ hour, 58+ min ago   (259+ words) Rafiu Ajakaye, PhD There was something unique about the late Sardauna: not only was he known for his infectious love for Arewa; the Sardauna was a folk hero among northerners for how he welded the north together with equitable development…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (611+ words) THE real issue is better management, not reversal, contends UCHE UWALEKE Yet, the debate should go beyond the immediate attraction of cheaper petrol. Nigeria must ask a more fundamental question: what is the most economically sustainable way to use the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (295+ words) Abike Dabiri-Erewa has built her political reputation on results rather than noise. As Director of Diaspora Mobilisation for the APC Presidential Campaign Council, she now carries that approach into one of the campaign’s more delicate assignments. Her experience runs deep....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (320+ words) Abdulmumin Kofa turns 50 this year, marking half a century that has taken him from a young lawmaker to one of the National Assembly’s most closely watched political operators. He entered the House of Representatives in 2011 at just 34. Despite his age,…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (345+ words) In today’s Nigeria, the past seems to have suddenly come roaring back at us with a rampaging urgency and untidy vengeance. The “ restless past” has come alive as a dimension of time with historical urgency. Rightfully, the most topical memoirs…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (285+ words) “You have the patience, the strength and the passion to achieve your ambitions, your goals and your dreams. All you have to do now is try’’ For some, repeated setbacks would have sounded the death knell. For Adebutu, they appear…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1071+ words) KATHLEEN OKAFOR urges women to take critical role in repositioning their votes before the forthcoming elections Over the years particularly since the Beijing Conference of September 1995, women generally have been asking for their right to equal opportunity. About 17,000 participants and…...