Perspectives on Senate and NLNG dividend
The NNPC spokesman said dividends from the NLNG were paid into an account managed by the Corporation as a major shareholder in the business. Salisu Na’inna Dambatta The Senate in the first week of...
View ArticleOpportunities of China’s open market
Many would argue that China as major responsible power should take deliberate measures or steps to grant access to her market… Charles Onunaiju “China has a big market of over 1.3 billion people and...
View ArticleSecurity agents and 2019 election
Security agents have a responsibility in ensuring free, fair, credible and non-violent election. They are required to guarantee the safety of the electorate Davidson Aminu The role of security agents...
View ArticleDifficulty in passing down the culture in a foreign land
There are many impediments to the learning of a secondary culture while in a foreign land and they have hampered our children’s capacity to learn the Nigerian culture. Acho Orabuchi Most African...
View ArticleUnveiling the Atiku persona
A thorough inspection of Atiku’s persona would easily reveal a man of principled integrity, detribalized, broad-minded, entrepreneurially shrewd Chris Nonyelum At this point in the political evolution...
View ArticleA promise kept in the land of promise
Ime Atim At this point in the history and political life of Akwa Ibom State, one cannot but agree with Late General Sani Abacha when he labeled the State “Land of Promise”. Akwa Ibom state since its...
View ArticleCurtailing the abuse of social media
Being a platform that encourages unrestrained communication among users, social media produces the kind of fun that grabs people’s attention. Tayo Ogunbiyi Social networking sites which started from...
View ArticleNigeria beyond 2019
Robert Obioha As the political campaign for the 2019 general election is about to begin, it would be advisable for Nigerian politicians to think “Nigeria beyond 2019”. Those aspiring to lead all of us...
View ArticleSouth East roads, extortion and cost of living
The immediate consequence of the criminal extortions by the police is the skyrocketing of cost of living generally in the South East. Emmanuel Onwubiko For a week, I traversed the entire South Eastern...
View Article2019: There will be revolution in Nigeria – Bishop Osagie
Former President of Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) Lagos chapter and General Superintendent of Powerline Bible Church, Ijesha, Bishop Lawrence Osagie, is saddened by the crises Nigerians are...
View ArticleOrji Kalu and the revocation of bail: Matters arising
My concern now is that as the trial is winding down, the judge may have inadvertently put a spanner in the works with this order of bail revocation Richard Akinnola Hon. Justice Mohammed Idris of the...
View ArticleDo they still believe their lies that Buhari hates Christians?
President Buhari has shown great love and compassion to those who unduly hate him, even to those who spent their hours praying and wishing him death Sharon Faliya Cham In 1999, not long after Obasanjo...
View ArticleThe huge debt burden and how we got there (1)
In spite of the draconian measures, our debt burden kept increasing. There was even stalemate between the Nigeria government and the IMF over the debt issue Eric Teniola Nigeria’s debt stock increased...
View Article2019: Between ease of doing business and ease of doing fraud
The President is carrying out difficult reforms for the future growth of the country, such as the implementation of the ease of doing business… Garba Shehu Election campaign begins tomorrow, November...
View ArticleNdoma-Egba and the NDDC Board
What has been the effort of the Ndoma-Egba-led board towards the fulfillment of the mandate of the interventionist agency? Michael Jegede On November 4, 2016, a new Governing Board of the Niger Delta...
View ArticleRemembering Alex Ekwueme
Dr. Alex Ekwueme will be remembered mostly for championing the struggle for the restoration of democracy in Nigeria. He was the leader of G34… Chukwudi Enekwechi How time flies! It was only one year...
View Article2019: Issue-based campaigns
Ayo Oyoze Baje As the presidential campaigns kick off, towards the 2019 general elections a lot of contentious issues will certainly occupy the public sphere. These will include the troubled polity,...
View ArticleKhashoggi: The critic as hero
We must not simply consider the critic as displaying the characteristics of heroism only when he indulges in his act with the finest sense of altruism. Chris Nonyelum Although Jamal Khashoggi, the...
View ArticleWhy APC is panicky over Atiku/Obi ticket
For many voters, the Atiku/Obi ticket, is is een as a partnership that will coordinate a rescue of the many problems currently facing our country. Dan Onwukwe In politics, some moments blaze merrily...
View ArticleSelf-medication is kiss of death
The potential risks of self-medication among many others include incorrect self-diagnosis, complications, and resistance and addiction to such drugs. Kayode Ojewale In Nigeria, the open sale of drugs...
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