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Looking pale and unkempt, they scrambled to the scene, bent down in a cluster, and with bare, dirty hands, began to scoop food off the tarred road. Seemingly delighted at their luck, oblivious of vehicles that sped by and passers-by that watched bewildered, they ate in rush. It was a rare offering for the almajiris.…

Professor of Sociology and former Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Lagos, Lai Olurode, in this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, said government’s plan to outlaw the Almajiri system of education will reshape the children’s lives and help tackle poverty and illiteracy among the population. But he warned that the policy must be inclusive and…

On Tuesday June 25, state governors of the Southwest took what looked like a practical step to solving the pervasive insecurity, which is now buffeting the region when they made a strong case for the establishment....

The incident that occurred at the Nigerian Embassy in London penultimate Monday where a Nigerian destroyed five diplomatic vehicles and two others belonging to visitors...

Despite constituting more than 60 per cent of the country’s over 200 million population, Nigerian youths have constantly been left...

Co-convener of the Not Too Young To Run movement, Samson Itodo told ENO-ABASI SUNDAY euphoria that greeted the emergence of five under-40 lawmakers...

The end of President Muhammadu Buhari’s first term in office and that of 29 state governors on May 28, this year, marked 20 years of unbroken democratic rule in the country. The smooth transition witnessed at the centre and across the states on May 29, despite the acrimony that trails the outcome of some of…

More than a decade after the death of Stephen Oladipupo Owomoyela, popularly known as Dr. Orlando Owoh, his stance on the consumption of Cannabis Sativa, better known as Indian hemp or marijuana, seems to have become a prophecy that might even contribute to lifting the country out of its economic woes. In one of his…

The immediate past President of Resident Doctors Association at the Federal Neuro-psychiatric Hospital, Yaba, Lagos, and psychiatrist, Dr. Raliat Akerele, in this interview with GERALDINE AKUTU, said for medical marijuana to be effective in Nigeria, the government should fund large-scale research into the crop. Can you explain the gradual adoption of marijuana in health therapy?…

As the country continues to contend with widespread insecurity, calls for the establishment of state police has remained on the front burner. The proponents of state police believe that Nigeria is too large to be governed by an ill-equipped central police force with a dysfunctional command structure where state governors, though the chief security officers…

Retired Director of the State Security Service (SSS), Dennis Amachree spoke with SUNDAY ODITA on how state police can work in Nigeria What is your take on establishment of state police to complement the activities the regular (federal police) as constituted today? It is a welcome idea. We have been proposing state police as a…

Nigeria, and indeed Africa is haemorrhaging in an organised crime, which is aided by the elites, multinational companies and modern technologies.