Noise pollution, often perceived as innocuous, does have profound effects on health, property values, well‑being, and social harmony. In Nigeria, rapid urbanization, erratic electricity supply, and explosive growth in mixed-use behaviours have amplified noise levels in residential neighbourhoods. The consequence of the pollution is often intractable and unpronounced while being [...]
Insecurity in Nigeria has become a topic of great challenge to all. It is a matter that a lot of public discourse has been held on but it persists just like a tiger’s spots that cannot be washed away. I have discussed it on this page several times but the [...]
On July 15th, 2025, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) turned twenty-five years in the service of the state and was humbly celebrated without pageantry and fanfare. Ideally, the event calls for greater celebration as imagining the state of the Lagos city without LASTMA would have been a disaster. Practically, [...]
In the last one week, the media, both online and otherwise, have been agog or abashed with issues around the Dangote refinery in Lagos. Prior to that, there had been what I called multiple or instalmental commissioning of the refinery by the Government, notwithstanding the partial completion of same. I [...]
On the 13th day of July, 2025, the death was announced of the immediate past President of Nigeria and a one-time military Head of State, President Muhammadu Buhari, in a London Hospital. Characteristic of death, he stealthily took away the former strongman of the Nigerian military and number one citizen [...]
In the last few months, I have read and listened to several comments of some commentators, particularly high-ranking government officials, on the issue of political appointments into federal government offices, accusing the President of nepotism. Interestingly, this same accusation went for the immediate past President of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari. While [...]
As at the last count, I have written seven articles on the nefarious activities of the then Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC), Limited. This obviously will be the eight of the series in my column. As far back as 2021 when the last regime of Buhari mooted the idea of [...]
The wisdom of the Yoruba elders dictates that bi ebi tan ninu ise, ise buse which literally means when hunger is defeated, poverty is alleviated. Ability to access good food whenever necessary is a core ingredient of poverty alleviation which substantiates the wisdom contained in that Yoruba aphorism. A man [...]
In some of my interventions in the past, I had raised several issues concerning the efficiency of the electricity distribution companies (the Discos). My major quarrel has been with the degree of investment by the companies in infrastructural improvements in their domains. It will be recalled that at a point [...]
In the last few weeks, I have intervened consistently on the issues confronting local government administration in the country; ranging from the structure to the administration; the election and the development issues. In all, I had summed up my position that the local government administration in the country is a [...]