The Atiku-Obi ticket
The Atiku-Obi ticket is the first time a pair as close to the Awolowo ideal and idea of governance would come close to being elected the president and vice. Chibuike Achigbu The electoral pair of...
View ArticleBuhari: Still the alternative
Is there any alternative to Buhari in 2019? Who is sure Nigerians would allow the locusts in PDP to again invade the land? Anthony Kolawole Sometimes, I am lurched into serious thinking, just to...
View ArticleMinimum wage: Governors so callous
I think for most governors the challenge to pay what the NLC is demanding is not much of inability, but inexplicable unwillingness to pay! Ebere Wabara Let me declare from the outset that most Nigerian...
View ArticleAtiku, Ihedioha and 2019
As a man with immense legislative and execute experience spanning 16 years, Ihedioha truly understands where the shoe pinches the Imo people. Kingsley Egbunine It is not a mere coincidence that Alhaji...
View ArticleBiafra, Buhari, King Darius of Persia
Contrary to the far-sightedness of Darius and the forethought of the Americans, the Nigerian civil war leaders unfolded a scorched earth programme in post-war Biafra Nwachukwu Ngige King Darius I (522...
View ArticleMinimum wage, maximum conundrum
The minimum wage quest could precipitate the kind of maximum conundrum that will make for huge losses in the fragile economy and unnecessary deaths… Emma Agu There can never be any question about the...
View ArticleMinimum wage: Challenges and reality
These days that reality has dawned on labour leaders, they now resort to their original call to service to humanity, demanding for N65,000 minimum wage. Yomi Obaditan The nation is about to witness...
View ArticleThreat of cancer-causing school uniforms
Recently, the SON alerted Nigerians about cancer-causing substances found in school uniform materials made by two China-based companies. Kayode Ojewale Cancer remains one of mankind’s deadliest...
View ArticleBuhari and WAEC certificate saga
Any aspirant with superior certificates needs not present WAEC certificate to the electoral umpire. The academic requirements merely begin with WASC… Carl Umegboro Pursuant to Section 131(d) of the...
View ArticleRetooling Nigeria’s governance system
It is imperative to retool the governance system by professionalising governance in such a manner that only the best get the job of carrying out its affairs Emmanuel Ikechukwu Igbo The blame for the...
View ArticleAtiku and the Nigerian dream
The Nigerian system needs a leader with an understanding of our challenges and sustainable solutions to innovate novel local industrial capacity… Ekpa Stanley Ekpa The socio-political wave of the...
View ArticleOshiomhole, APC and bad losers
The bad losers, as they have been described by party leadership, have desperately and sadly resorted to self-help by unleashing a free-for-all in the party. Sufuyan Ojeifo Democracy would lose its...
View ArticleUnending controversies over Buhari’s WASC certificate
Instead of the unending focus on Buhari’s certificate one would have thought that Nigerians would be demanding changes to the constitutional requirements Wale Sokunbi Of all the many serious issues for...
View ArticleDemocracies of direct and indirect primaries
Those that argue that direct primaries reveals the true will of the people waters the representative republic we imbibed from the developed democracies. Ayodele Okunfolami Before this election cycle,...
View ArticleClash of cultures revisited
Acho Orabuchi As African immigrants work relentlessly to pass down their culture to their children in the Diaspora, they’re cognizant of the fact of the existence of a significant clash between their...
View ArticleASUU strike: Issues in contention
Oludayo Tade …we have elected and we have chosen to elect people who do not have education. And because they are not educated, they cannot give education -(Emir Sanusi Lamido, 2018) Like a thief in...
View ArticleResolving wage crisis by aligning with leaders’ pay
Anji Ojewale “No society can surely be flourishing and happy, of which the far greater part of the members are poor and miserable” -Adam Smith (1723-1790) Scottish economist and philosopher Why...
View ArticleBlockchain technology and agriculture
Bolaji Akinboro Blockchain technology is a decentralized digital ledger that keeps immutable records of transactions. It maintains a network of computers working together as well as independently, to...
View ArticleTowards securitisation of intellectual property rights
Nwora Ike Obiora Intellectual Property (IP) refers to conceptions of the mind, such as inventions, literary and artistic works, designs and symbols, names and images used in commerce. IP Rights are...
View ArticleBanning Okada, Keke operations in FCT
No explanation is good enough for why Okada and keke operators should take advantage of government’s magnanimity to drive against traffic Danladi Akilu Tricycle and motorcycle operators represent a...
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