Atiku/Obi ticket: Path to economic recovery
The Vice President (VP) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is constitutionally empowered to literally guide and direct the path of the economy. Esin Etim Esin By his own admission, the incumbent...
View ArticleAnother ASUU strike and Nigerians’ suicidal silence (2)
By our silence and indifference to ASUU’s perennial patriotic struggles to democratize education, Nigeria is certainly singing her swan song… Joseph A. Ushie This is where Nigerians are shamefully...
View ArticleUnemployment is unAfrican
Unemployment rate has not been so high as expressed recently that no fewer than 21 million Nigerians are unemployed. Victor C. Ariole There is something unique about Nigerians you won’t notice it...
View Article2019: Will Nigeria bungle it?
Looked from every angle that matters, 2018 was an outrageous year, a kind of year that makes you hunger for good news in 2019. Dan Onwukwe Bliss it is to be alive. That,I believe, will be the reaction...
View ArticleUdom and industrialisation of A’Ibom
Udom designed a road map that would guide his administration in the onerous task of lifting the state out of the backwaters of industrial underdevelopment Bassey Essien Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa...
View ArticleTFP: NNPC and triumph of national interest
OMS has made a success of the crude evacuation lines. The Corporation thus decided to have the company replicate that success story on the TFP. Sufuyan Ojeifo The Nigerian National Petroleum...
View ArticleFunding 2019 budget with diaspora remittances
It is clear that Nigeria’s Diaspora remittances for 2017 can fund 2019 budget and pay part of Nigeria’s foreign debt for 20 years. Inwalomhe Donald President Muhammadu Buhari recently presented a...
View ArticleDeadly sniper-treated beans: Matters arising
Government agencies, private institutions and individuals issued press statements and public alerts on the toxic effects of consuming sniper-treated beans. Kayode Ojewale “Healthy citizens are the...
View ArticleAFCON 2019: Another own goal by CAF
Ayodele Okunfolami Egypt and South Africa are the only countries that met Confederation of African Football’s December 14, 2018 deadline to show interest in hosting the African Cup of Nations (AFCON)...
View ArticleUnraveling the Zamfara conundrum
It was commendable effort that the police repelled attacks from armed bandits at Mahanga Forest in Birnin Mogaji LGA of Zamfara State. Ayo Oyoze Baje “He who does not punish evil, commands it to be...
View ArticleYuletide blues in Nigeria
How do you celebrate Jesus, the Friend of the poor, when at Yuletide a great number of His friends fare even worse on His birthday than at other times? Banji Oyewale In a Nigerian State, a crowd of...
View ArticleNeedless confusion over 2023
Confusion in APC over 2023 is needless… The APC is double-speaking on which of the Southern zone will clinch the presidency in 2023 Robert Obioha Recently, the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, was...
View ArticleWhy Buhari should be re-elected
President Buhari most serious challenge in his re-election bid has been the economy and it is not because he has not done much or even well Charles Onunaiju By the groundswell of popular support and...
View ArticlePastor Tee: Servant of God marks birthday
This is the testimony of Pastor Tee, a.k.a. Tunde Benjamins-Laniyi, a.k.a. PTBL, a son and servant of God, Pastor of the Throne Room Parish… ___ In the year 1952, when the Redeemed Christian Church of...
View ArticleBuhari’s regime a house of cards
Chukwuma Udegbunam, I think we can all see where President Buhari is taking our blessed country to. This man who won election through identity politics cannot fight an election of ideas. He is now...
View ArticlePDP refugees and Enugu APC
Ejike Eze Recently, Deacon Okey Ogbodo, one of the factional chairmen of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Enugu State, accused some highly-placed members of the party of complicity in the burning...
View ArticleThe last Minimum Wage (2)
Eric Teniola On the conviction of an employer under this section for failing to pay to a worker wages not less than the national minimum wage, the court may make an order that the employer convicted...
View ArticleNeed for credible 2019 elections
It is no gain saying the fact that the 2019 elections are pivotal to the success and sustenance of the country’s democratic structures and credentials. It is a time people believe there should be...
View ArticleWhy Rivers had a peaceful Christmas holiday season
The evil plans hatched by the crisis-torn Rivers State APC to generate insecurity to mar the holiday season failed, totally. Simeon Nwakaudu The Rivers State APC governorship candidate, Mr Tonye Cole...
View ArticleDissecting Osinbajo’s comment on the 2023 Presidency
As part of the reactions that greeted Osinbajo’s clarion call to the Yoruba, some non-Yoruba have labelled him an ethnic jingoist. Abiodun Fanoro Year 2023 and not 2019 may turn out to be a defining...
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