Category: Article & Personal Opinions

OPEN LETTER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA ON THE NEED TO SCRAP THE NATIONAL YOUTH SERVICE CORPS (NYSC) SCHEME To: The President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, The National Assembly, And All Relevant Stakeholders. Subject: Call for the Abolition of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Scheme Dear Sir/Madam, We write as concerned…

Happy Birthday Orji Uzor Kalu: 66 Candles. One Outstanding Balance. By Chidi Ekeh  On the day Orji Uzor Kalu turns 66, Nigeria owes itself the honesty of holding both things at once the roads he built, and the money he stole to build them. There is a photograph I keep returning to, not because I…

Evolving Trends: Nigerian Legal Practice in a Globalised World – Reflections from the NBA-SLP 2026 Conference By Dr. Olukayode Ajulo The just-concluded 2026 Annual Conference of the Nigerian Bar Association Section on Legal Practice (NBA-SLP), held at the National Theatre, Lagos, under the compelling theme “Evolving Trends: Nigerian Legal Practice, Global Perspectives,” which I had…

When Giants Clash: The Echoes of War and the Price Humanity Pays By Dikko Falilat Kehinde War, they say, is like fire, once it starts, it consumes not only the dry grass but also the green. Today, the rising tensions among United States, Iran, and Israel remind the world of an old truth: when elephants…

BWALA BASHING ON AL JAZEERA : WHAT NEXT ? By Dr. Bisi Olawunmi. First responders have had their field day of reactions immediately Daniel Bwala , Special Adviser on media and policy communication to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu literally got roasted during a public affairs programme on Al Jazeera, a global television station. Bwala has…

Plateau Bleeds While Leadership Plays Politics: A Nation on the Brink of Anarchy   The disturbing scenes coming out of Plateau State are not just another “incident” — they are a grim reminder that Nigeria is gradually sliding into a dangerous abyss. Reports confirm that dozens of innocent Nigerians have been slaughtered in cold blood,…

A Thousand Ways to Spend What You Don’t Have By Olaitan Adesina There is something almost poetic about a government that cannot grow its revenues but has mastered the fine art of multiplying aides. In Ondo State today, Internally Generated Revenue limps along like a reluctant civil servant on a Monday morning, but Governor Lucky…

Reclaiming Praxis: Reviving Amotekun’s Community Roots By Sola Ajisafe, Esq Ondo State, a frontier State with multiple entry points and shared boundaries, faces escalating security challenges. Kidnappings, killings, and terror grip communities. Government actions under Aiyedatiwa seem reactive, contradictory, and unfocused. As Chief Security Officer, the governor needs synergy with security agencies like the Artillery…

Imado (Wathorg) and The Slave Story By Sola Ajisafe, Esq ” _Imado iba se bi Elede a ba ilu je, eru i ba j’oba ko ni ku eni kankan” – Yoruba Wise Saying (When a leader is like a wild elephant, “Wathorg” destruction follows_  Over a year ago, I wrote about the dangers of leaders…

Free Speech Is Not License for Anarchy. By Olaitan Adesina I have read several elegantly written and legally textured articles demanding or appealing for leniency from the Honourable Minister for the Interior, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo in the matter of Emorioloye Owolemi, the self-acclaimed Director General of Asiwaju Media Team, an organization which parades itself as a…