OGA POLICE, YOU ARE NOT IMMUNE TO THIS CORONAVIRUS By Mayowa Tijani
Before the lockdown in Ogun, Lagos, and the Federal Capital Territory was announced four weeks ago, I drove to Ibadan for a special assignment and for some personal engagement. Strangely,…
KYARI CASUALTY By Femi Macaulay
It has been a week of passionate tributes and intense counter-tributes following the sudden exit of Abba Kyari, 67, who was President Muhammadu Buhari’s powerful and influential Chief of Staff…
BETWEEN PROF. OSINBAJO AND ABBA KYARI By Seun Bisuga
Millions of Nigerians hold a wrong perception about the relationship that existed between Vice President Yemi Osinbajo and the late Mallam Abba Kyari up to the extent that many still…
THE 5K NAIRA REPUBLIC By Sam Omatseye
I PITY the almighty naira. This is not what it is supposed to be. It has seen its plum days. It did not only rule; it reigned. It did not…
SOUTHWEST GOVERNORS AND FACE MASKS
A little over a week ago, Southwest governors resolved to enforce the wearing of face masks by south-westerners in order to further enable the fight against COVID-19. Despite all their…
WHY CONTROVERSY OVER FG’s PALLIATIVES PERSISTS
The distribution of palliatives by the Federal Government to cushion the effect of the Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on poor and vulnerable Nigerians in parts of the country has been…
IS IT TIME TO LIFT THE LOCKDOWN ? By Simon Kolawole
Perhaps the biggest COVID-19 debate in Nigeria today is: should the lockdown be lifted? Residents of Lagos state and the federal capital territory (FCT) have been under a lockdown…
WHERE IS COVID-19 TAKING US ? By Kole Omotoso
And the other side of the question is also valid-COVID: where are we taking COVID-19? Whichever one of these two questions we answer first we will need to put…
COVID-19: CAN AFRICA AFFORD LOCKDOWN ? By Prof. Charles Soludo
This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should…
CORONAVIRUS: AS LOCKDOWN ENDS TOMORROW, DOCTORS SEEK EXTENSION
Ahead of the imminent review of the lockdown imposed on the Federal Capital Territory, Lagos and Ogun states by the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), the Nigerian Medical…