Opinion

      By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye, SAN The legality of lawyers accepting legal fees in US Dollars within Nigeria sits at a complex jurisprudential intersection of state sovereignty, freedom of contract, and executive police power, in this instance, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), and the agency’s mandate…

    By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye SAN In June 1945, in Okinawa, a 22-year-old teacher named Keiko Mori was ordered to tell her 30 students to commit suicide with hand grenades rather than surrender. She refused. And she told her students, “Live. No matter what they say, you must live.”…

    By Asiwaju Kunle Kalejaye SAN Recently, Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo state launched his Presidential Campaign Office in the Federal Capital, Abuja. He is running for the Office of President in the 2027 National elections. He is running on the platform of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM). The…

    By The Conscience Chronicler   The Scene That Haunts Me I saw her this morning. A young mother at a bus stop in Lagos, her two daughters, perhaps five and seven, on either side. And there she was, head bowed, eyes locked on her phone screen, thumb scrolling…

    By The Conscience Chronicler We begin not with a map, but with a mirror. To understand the deception of colonialism, first see the two faces it presented to the world: one, a benevolent mask of duty; the other, the grim visage of extraction. At its core, colonialism is…

    By Jerome-Mario Utomi   The arrival and distribution of another batch of high-capacity transformers to communities across Delta State is emerging as another significant chapter in the Niger Delta Development Commission’s renewed intervention in electricity infrastructure, with residents and community leaders looking forward to improved power supply and…

    By Tony Usidamen Unless you have been deliberately avoiding the news lately, chances are that you have heard something about the Dangote Refinery Initial Public Offering (IPO). It is difficult not to. Open your email or banking app, and you are likely to find an invitation to subscribe.…

    By Ayeni Olubunmi Grace Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) is essential to developing the practical skills needed for employment, entrepreneurship and national development. However, inadequate funding remains a major challenge to the growth and effectiveness of TVET institutions. Many technical schools in Nigeria struggle with insufficient…

  By Ayeni Olubunmi Grace A country’s economic development relies on skilled technical professionals—the builders, technicians, and engineers who construct and maintain essential infrastructure. Yet across many Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) institutions, practical workshops sit under-equipped or filled with obsolete machinery. Chronic underfunding in vocational education is…

    By Rev. Stanley Ihedigbo The birthday celebration of the Vice-Chancellor of Wesley University, Ondo, Rt. Rev. Prof. Sunday Samuel Obeka, provides another opportunity to celebrate a distinguished servant of God, scholar, administrator and leader whose life has been marked by commitment to faith, education, service and human development.…