Ndigbo and 2019 election
This is the moment for the leadership of Ohanaeze to prove that it has the interest of Ndigbo at heart and the capacity to drive the destiny of the Igbos Matthew Onyebuchi Agu The emergence of former...
View ArticleReturn of the EEG: What the National Assembly should do
Industry operators are praying earnestly that members of the National Assembly promptly and patriotically approve payments for the outstanding obligations. Cami Ezenwa When last year, the Federal...
View Article2019 and the Buhari imperative
Nigeria has made far much progress under the Buhari presidency in the last three than PDP’s sixteen years. Emma Umohinyang In the next few months, Nigerians will face the challenge of another round of...
View ArticleDiaspora Fundraising: A hoax or candor
People in the Diaspora are resigned with the fact that if not now they will in the future witness the loss of a loved one. Acho Orabuchi Succor is on the way to various communities in Nigeria,...
View ArticleA clarion call for a new leadership order
Let us answer this clarion call, to elect a new order of leadership in our country that would move the country forward Ugo K. Muoh As we inch closer to Nigeria’s upcoming elections in 2019, we the...
View ArticlePeter Obi: Atiku’s thunder
Optimists still believe that Governor Obiano might still vote for Peter Obi when such a vote really counts, if APGA does not field a presidential candidate. Lewis Obi The choice of Peter Obi by Atiku...
View ArticleChanging the political dynamics of Lagos
No one has ever challenged and defeated an incumbent governor of Lagos. In fact, no governor of Lagos State has ever lost a second term election! Gboyega Akosile In a period of three weeks, the...
View ArticleAs World Bank applauds Anambra State
Of greater satisfaction to the World Bank team was that Anambra was adjudged outstanding in all the areas of the bank’s intervention in the South-East Chris Egbuna The recent recognition of Anambra by...
View Article2019: We must get it right
The second term is never a must for all politicians. But in Nigeria, every political actor thinks the second term is a constitutional right. Robert Obioha President Muhammadu Buhari recently assured...
View ArticlePruning the number of political parties
Can increasing the number of registered political parties be an answer to people-focused socio-political and economic evolution of Nigeria? Amos Oladele At the latest count, we now have 91 registered...
View Article2019: The Buhari/Atiku contest
Ahead of 2019 elections, PDP on 26 March, 2018, formally admitted its blunders and maladministration and tendered apologies for the colossal failures. Carl Umegboro Africa’s most populous nation,...
View ArticleThe prophecy of Fashawe’s mum on Atiku
Mrs Lydia Ijamolayemi, Fashawe’s mother, had a different opinion. She advised Atiku to leave the Customs and embark on the journey God had destined for him. Eric Teniola The emergence of Alhaji Atiku...
View ArticleLifetime Achievement Award: Florence Ita-Giwa
It is not every woman that answers to the name “Florence” that is a Nightingale, but in politics Florence Ita-Giwa has proved to be one of them. Chika Abanobi Show us your Mama Taraba and we will show...
View ArticleCelebrating UI at 70
UI is what it is today because some people sacrificed their yesterday for the betterment of our today. We are indeed beholden to our forebears. Sunday Saanu From Faculty to Faculty, drums will rumble...
View ArticleDavidson Akhimien’s presidential bid
Davidson Akhimien makes no pretense about his vision to see that Nigeria’s less privileged would be the thrust of his administration if voted into power. Frank Oshanugor Once again, as Nigeria is on...
View ArticleCurbing wastage of public resources through IPPIS
In 2006, the federal government conceived the idea of IPPIS to provide a reliable and comprehensive database for the public service Abisola-Fernandez Abisola Nigeria society has always criticised the...
View ArticleAtiku and 2019 presidential poll
Atiku never left any one in doubt as to his determination to move into the party convention as a front runner to clinch the party’s presidential ticket. Nwabueze Akabogu The popular saying that some...
View ArticlePopulation: Not the problem
Nigeria should be thinking of optimising the African space instead of thinking of population policy that could never hold water Victor C. Ariole There are more cats in Switzerland than there are human...
View Article2019 and arms proliferation
The minister went further to reveal the damning fact that Nigeria’s porous borders contributed to the proliferation of the illegal weapons. Ayo Oyoze Baje Dear reader, consider this thought-provoking...
View ArticleAtiku Presidency: What is in it for Ndigbo?
It is time we put on our thinking and bargaining cap, to begin to ask, what is in an Atiku presidency for the South East? Okey Nsorigwe Before I am accused of belittling the office of the Vice...
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