This conversation is borne out of my recent experience on the plight of my friend’s father who is a retired military officer and who rose to the rank of a General in the Nigerian Army before retirement. In the last few years, he has been unwell, thereby demanding what I consider [...]

Physical planning is at the heart of every sustainable society. It is the deliberate process through which land, resources, infrastructure, and human activities are organized to achieve harmonious, functional, and aesthetically pleasing human settlements. In Nigeria, however, physical planning has been historically weak, reactive and often compromised by poor governance, corruption, [...]

This discourse borders on a matter that sits at the intersection of education, ethics, and national development, that is, the regulation of honorary degrees in Nigeria’s tertiary institutions. The discourse is critical at this time as the abuse of the awards has become alarming, and while other African countries in the [...]

At the recent commissioning of the 30 km Lagos–Calabar coastal road on May 31st, 2025, the President of Nigeria, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, under the compelling need to preserve the coastal lands abutting the ongoing road infrastructure, directed that no land should be allocated within 50 meters of the road. [...]