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Op-Ed Editor June 14, 2021

Gbajabiamila, Saraki, Dakuku Peterside, Simon Kolawole, Banky W, Seun Awogbenle, Others for Dialogue on Nigeria’s Vision

Youth advocate, Seun Awogbenle has disclosed that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, Former Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki, Former Director General of the Nigerian…

Temidayo Taiwo-Sidiq May 22, 2021

The Urgency of Now: Youth Advocate, Seun Awogbenle announces book on the need for ‘A Nigerian Vision’

Youth advocate, Seun Awogbenle has announced his new book titled 'The Urgency of Now: Why Nigeria Needs A vision of Prosperity, Protection and Liberty.' The book, with a foreword by…

Toluwanimi Onakoya August 6, 2020

‘The more dysfunctional a system is, the more the need for intentional journalism’ | Hot takes from #ThursdayTalks

"The job of a journalist is to hold people in power responsible; to hold a mirror to society," Kadaria Ahmed's words warmed the audience into a truly riveting, educational and…

Fredrick Nwabufo June 16, 2019

Buhari’s cabinet: To be or not to be?

“It will take the next two months before ministers can come on board. Bringing them in now may disrupt the clean-up going on. So, Nigerians just have to be patient.”…

Op-ed Editor October 30, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Can Maina be Buhari’s turning point?

by Simon Kolawole To cut a long story short, Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina came into national limelight in 2013 when, as chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform,…

Op-ed Editor October 15, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Teach me to fish, please

by Simon Kolawole Two weeks ago, or a little more than that, I was at the midweek service in my church when the testimony of a member was read…

Op-ed Editor October 8, 2017

Simon Kolawole: The forgotten conversations

by Simon Kolawole A keen follower of the perennial debate on the state of the Nigerian union would have noticed some patterns by now: your diagnosis of the problem…

Op-ed Editor October 2, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Making a case for Nigeria’s unity

by Simon Kolawole Nigeria is 57, going by the year of independence, and the consensus in every corner is that we can be, and should have been, better than this.…

Op-ed Editor September 24, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Ethnic pride and prejudice in Nigeria

by Simon Kolawole Riddle: Name the Nigerian ethnic group known for being “arrogant” and “clannish”. I will give you one or two clues to make things easier. They are…

Op-ed Editor September 17, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Python Dance and the bite of Biafra

by Simon Kolawole Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, the army chief, is a famous snake farmer. Naturally, he had no hesitation in unleashing pythons on south-eastern Nigeria to enforce the…

Op-ed Editor September 10, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Of course, Nigeria is highly negotiable

by Simon Kolawole Where do you stand in this ongoing debate on the state of the Nigerian union? I have so far identified four lines of thought (1) pro-status quo…

Op-ed Editor September 3, 2017

Simon Kolawole: 1999 Constitution as “enemy of progress”

by Simon Kolawole With the campaign for #BringBack1963Constitution gaining momentum, how many Nigerians have bothered to read the document? Never mind. In Nigeria, it doesn’t matter. Just repeat what…

Op-ed Editor August 27, 2017

Simon Kolawole: This thing called 1999 Constitution

by Simon Kolawole The most evil document in circulation in the world today, I am told, is the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (amended or not). It…

Op-ed Editor August 20, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Return, resume and resign

If you believe in the evolution theory, you are most likely to believe that the loud calls on President Muhammadu Buhari to “return or resign” happened just like that. You…

Op-ed Editor August 13, 2017

Simon Kolawole: If Nigeria finally breaks up

by Simon Kolawole I hate divorce. I have been using an Airtel mobile line since 2001 when GSM services were launched in Nigeria. And even though they have changed their…

Op-ed Editor August 6, 2017

Simon Kolawole: The pursuit of ‘fiscal’ federalism

by Simon Kolawole What is fiscal federalism? In economics, it is a subfield of public finance that studies the financial relations — revenue and expenditure — between the different levels…

Editor July 23, 2017

Simon Kolawole: The pursuit of ‘true’ federalism

by Simon Kolawole What is federalism? To use the simplest definition at my disposal, federalism is a political system in which powers are shared between two “equal” levels of government:…

Op-ed Editor July 16, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Restructuring Nigeria is Non-negotiable

by Simon Kolawole My 72-year-old mother, widowed since 1976, has not received her pension from the Kogi state government for over a year now (we have, let me confess, lost…

Op-ed Editor July 9, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Goodluck Jonathan and the mystery of Malabu

by Simon Kolawole Ex-President Goodluck Jonathan is back in the news — and, of course, it is not pretty. He has been summoned by a committee of the house of…

Op-ed Editor July 2, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Shifting “cultivation” in Nigerian politics

by Simon Kolawole If you are a newcomer to Nigerian politics, you should be forgiven for thinking Igbo are sworn enemies of northerners (and I mean the “core north” by…

Op-ed Editor June 25, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Restructuring Nigeria without tears

by Simon Kolawole Something is wrong with anybody who says there is nothing wrong with Nigeria. We all seem to agree that something is not working. We all seem to…

Op-ed Editor June 18, 2017

Simon Kolawole: New Nigeria needs New Nigerians

by Simon Kolawole In a “side bar” article I wrote years ago, I noted that the then central bank governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, was still signing the naira as “Charles…

Op-ed Editor June 11, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Matters arising from ‘Kaduna Declaration’

by Simon Kolawole We are in that season again, aren’t we, when political tension is the major topic of discussion, day and night, in Nigeria. On the 50th anniversary of…

Op-ed Editor June 4, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Don’t blame the youth

by Simon Kolawole In 1985, or was it 1986, a top official of the Babangida administration said something that, up till today, I am still struggling to understand. The…

Op-ed Editor May 21, 2017

Simon Kolawole: What happened to transparency?

by Simon Kolawole I need your help please. At the annual Nigerian jamboree to the Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) in Houston, Texas, Dr. Ibe Kachikwu, the minister of state for…

Op-ed Editor May 14, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Predators as Nigeria’s ultimate saviours

by Simon Kolawole For decades, I have been holding on tenaciously to the belief that Nigeria would develop someday. I like to be practical, so I come up with all…

Op-ed Editor May 7, 2017

Simon Kolawole: The options before President Buhari

by Simon Kolawole If you’re like me, you would hesitate to comment on the health of a fellow mortal in a sarcastic and malicious way just for the sake of…

Op-ed Editor April 23, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Sanusi’s home truth deserves introspection

by Smon Kolawole The time has come, I propose, for the expression — “Sanusi stirs controversy” — to be officially classified as a cliché. It would appear each time Alhaji…

Azeez April 16, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Corruption not fighting back — yet

by Simon Kolawole Let me start this discussion by making this declaration upfront: I have a soft spot for Mr. Ibrahim Magu, the acting chairman of the Economic and Financial…

Op-ed Editor April 9, 2017

Simon Kolawole: Searching for the Nigerian identity

by Simon Kolawole Is Alhaji Muhammad Sanusi II, the Emir of Kano, first and foremost from Kano state? Or is he first a northerner, a Muslim or a Fulani?…

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