OPINION

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE According to Kolapo Olatunde, the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Ekiti State Chairperson, Oyebanji’s achievements include prompt salary payments, pension defrayment, and welfare initiatives like car and housing loans for primary school workers. He also implemented the N70,000 minimum wage, promoted graduate teachers and reinstated sacked workers. …

Opinion: BY JELILI KAYODE AMUSAN MHR The clamour for restructuring has been in the front burner of National discourse for a very long time. At a point, it became an agitation threatening the unity of our Country because the clamour for restructuring seemed to be a conflict between the Southern and …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE To begin with, any assessment of the sub-national level must acknowledge that Nigeria’s federal system is defective and quasi-federalist in nature. Put bluntly, it operates with the ethos of a tightly centralized “Bonapartiststate”. This is the truth of the matter: no matter how well a sub-national …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE I was out of town last Saturday when a sudden phone call shattered my plans for the weekend. My co-tenant informed me of a shocking rent hike by a staggering 75% increase! In one fell swoop?  In a letter to that effect, the Estate Agent, or …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE One reason many Nigerians voted for the All Progressives Congress (APC) was its manifesto commitment to laying the foundation for a Nordic-Scandinavian and German-style social market economy. This is a model that promises a blend of economic efficiency and social welfare that appeal to the aspirations …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE The world has paid its respects to Pope Francis. The ‘exequies’, or papal funeral rites, were a fitting tribute to a life of service. The Pope continued the humility of his earthly journey by insisting he not be buried in the pomp and grandiosity of Saint …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE Nigeria’s current challenges are products of a complex interplay of historical, economic and social factors, including a flawed foundation, poor governance and successive elites’ inability to improve the country’s infrastructure and institutions. This foundational weakness has hindered national progress, resulting in unimpressive development indices. Those in …

Opinion: BY KAYODE AKINMADE  In just a matter of days, all roads will lead to the Gateway State for the 26th edition of the iconic National Sports Festival (NSF). The festival, a celebration of Nigeria’s rich sports and cultural heritage, is billed to feature athletes competing in 33 sporting events, and …

Opinion: BY ABIODUN KOMOLAFE Nigeria’s current challenges are products of a complex interplay of historical, economic and social factors, including a flawed foundation, poor governance and successive elites’ inability to improve the country’s infrastructure and institutions. This foundational weakness has hindered national progress, resulting in unimpressive development indices. Those in …

Opinion: BY OLUWOLE OLADIPO In every society, there are three types of people…the creators, managers, and destroyers- Both the creator and manager could be either positive, or negative, in their creative/managerial roles, abilities, and dealings, in the material world. But, the destroyer has no duality of purpose, rather than just being …