Why the National Assembly must ratify decriminalising attempted suicide
By Olutayo Irantiola At the 80th United Nations General Assembly High-Level Political Declaration Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases and Mental Health, Nigeria reaffirmed its global commitments to...
View ArticleAbia at 35: From moments of promise to permanent standard
By David Nzekwu Anniversaries invite nostalgia. But their deeper purpose is examination: what was built, what was lost and what must now endure. At 35, Abia’s story is one of remarkable promise,...
View ArticleOtu’s $1bn PPP revolution and transformation of Cross River
By Linus Obogo There comes a time in the life of a state when the diction and rhetorics of governance change from aspiration to action, from promises to projects, and from the language of possibility...
View ArticleNigeria’s troubling housing deficit
By Pat Onukwuli There is something deeply troubling about a country where millions dream of owning a decent home, yet it remains out of reach for most. In Nigeria, housing is too often reduced to...
View ArticleCauses, solutions of Abuja flooding
By Adamu Kasimu The Nigerian Meteorological Agency (NIMET) indeed had issued flood warnings of severe flooding and FCT was included among other states. Flood is just a rise in the level of water above...
View ArticleGadzama effect: Legal challenge shaping the future for lawyers in Nigeria
By Adeshina Adebanjo The ongoing legal challenge initiated by Chief J-K. Gadzama, SAN, against the decision of the Legal Practitioners Disciplinary Committee (LPDC) is increasingly taking on a...
View ArticleEstablish your ranches on the blood, bones, graves of Nigeria’s Middle Belt
By Iyorwuese Hagher I write today with a heavy heart but a clear conscience. I write not out of hatred for the Fulani or any ethnic group, not against livestock development, and certainly not against...
View ArticleAir Peace picketing: Questions that still demand answers
By Fred Chukwuelobe The targeted violent disruption of Air Peace operations by the unions may have disappeared from public consciousness but the consequences remain. Air Peace has put its losses at...
View ArticleDialectics of alternative low-cost energy sources: The Chikumbutso claims
Between belief and disbelief lies the battlefield of human progress. The Heretic of Harare In a modest corner of one of Africa’s southern countries, Zimbabwe, far away from the celebrated centres of...
View ArticleStrategic communication: Nigerian govt agencies and need to build trust
By Israel Fagbemigun One of the most recurring problems confronting Nigeria since independence is not simply the failure of government policies, but the growing distance between government and the...
View ArticleBeyond stage life: Dolly Parton lived with quiet purpose, leaving a lasting...
By Ebuka Ukoh Fame can easily overshadow the person behind it, but Dolly Parton’s life was defined by something far greater than stardom. Her passing on August 25 at the age of 80 closes an...
View ArticleKigali: The city that refused to die
By Tayo Ogunbiyi From the scars of genocide to clean streets, orderly citizens, seamless mobility, and a booming tourism culture, a few days in Kigali, Rwanda’s capital, offered me an unforgettable...
View ArticleMazi Okoro Agwu’s 75 years of unequaled kindness
By Ikenna Emewu On August 28, 1951, a child was born into a family, the first of many – the Nnachi Agwu Agbai family of Amaeke, Amoso Edda. When he was 32, the tide of his somehow tortuous journey...
View ArticleEnding Edo’s public revenue fragmentation through consolidation
By Patrick Akhere Ebojele Governor Monday Okpebholo has renewed his commitment to strengthen financial discipline, reduce revenue leakages and ensure that money generated by government institutions is...
View Article2027 poll: Cliffhangers and the beauty of democracy
By Bobson Gbinije “All the ills of democracy can only be cured by more democracy”– Alfred Smith (1873-1944). Democracy, by isochronal and intertextual condensing, including but not limited to...
View ArticleUba Sani’s infrastructure revolution
By Adamu Muhammed By any reasonable measure, infrastructure is one of the clearest tests of governance. Roads connect communities. Hospitals do not campaign; they save lives. Markets, abattoirs and...
View ArticleAir Peace picketing: The questions that still demand answers
By Fred Chukwuelobe The targeted violent disruption of Air Peace operations by the unions may have disappeared from public consciousness, but the consequences remain. Air Peace has put its losses at...
View ArticleFRSC–Indian university training: Building resilient personnel for safer...
By Ohaeri Osondu The recent training programme organised by the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in collaboration with Rashtriya Raksha University, Gujarat, in India, on stress management and...
View ArticleConsequences of reintroducing fuel subsidy?
By John Okiyi Kalu A close reading of my note yesterday will reveal that my position aligns with the position taken by Mr. Peter Obi yesterday at the NBA conference in Port Harcourt. The difference is...
View ArticleKperogi and economics of Atiku’s subsidy dream
By Kayode Adebiyi Farooq Kperogi is right about one thing: Atiku Abubakar’s obsession with President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s old forfeiture controversy and the Chicago State University saga has yielded...
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