Once upon a time, it was against the law in Nigeria not to use the seat belt in a moving car. In fact, the Federal Road Safety Commission made so much noise about the subject that you just had to know about it, unless you were living under the rock...

Ibadan and its cars Ibadan and its tiny cabs Once they were rickety But now they are reloaded But now the size I can’t stand the size As tiny as they come As overloaded as they come One, two, three, four passengers All crammed in at the back One...

The Code provides a very good basis for making pubic officers stay within acceptable limits in their conduct and carriage by making them realise that public office comes with a huge moral demand and ultimate good faith. It is a no brainer that most...

It is not for nothing that the Code of Conduct for Public Officers, under the Nigerian Constitution restricted certain officers of state from maintaining and operating a bank account outside Nigeria. It was apparently meant to curtail any effort to...

Nigeria’s problem is not so much about the lack of rules but more with the breach thereof and impunity.  Take for instance the provisions of the ‘Code of Conduct for Public Officers’, which forms part of the Nigerian Constitution, in the Fifth...

Just how did we get here? How did we get to a situation where our annual budget proposal would be a mere compilation of figures totally out of sync with society’s needs, circumstance and needs? It must have started gradually and with time we lost...

The Independent National Electoral Commission has recently announced its plans to conduct 78 re-run elections across the country, pursuant to judicial decisions ordering it to do so. The reason for the fresh conduct of these elections is that the...

I truly do not like it when I have to write about an issue in our country and I have this déjà vu feeling that I already wrote about it in the past. That has been the recurring feeling every time one writes about the country’s budget proposals. One...

Last Friday provided us another opportunity to remember our military men and women who died for the country in various conflicts and wars over the years. It also allowed us an opportunity to stand in solidarity with the troops still standing up to...

Just when you thought you have heard the most ridiculous of it, another one pops up. We are a people given to drama of all sorts. But the political drama is the one that takes the cake in our climes. Not many states serve us more political dramas...