Re-founding Nigeria and Buhari’s next level
Charles Onunaiju Despite sustained and interrupted civil rule in the nearly past two decades, the Nigeria’s State is essentially wobbling and growing hollow. The ideals of the State expressed in its...
View ArticleWase and the race for Speakership
Imran Muhammad Halilu As Nigerians get set to usher in the 9th National Assembly, especially the House of Representatives, in June this year, they await the emergence of a Speaker that would not only...
View ArticleIta-Faaji and a culture of ‘no consequence’
Caleb Adebayo As is commonplace in Nigeria, we have again witnessed another avoidable tragedy that has claimed lives- including children- and left many heavy hearted. Ita Faaji was not the first of its...
View ArticleDiversifying nigeria’s economy
Gregory T. Okere Nigeria is endowed with vast reserves of solid minerals, including, but not limited to, precious and base minerals, industrial minerals, energy minerals and metals. The country was a...
View ArticleBuhari’s second term expectations
Iliyasu Gadu Following his re-election for a second term in office, those who have always held the belief that President Muhammadu Buhari is Nigeria’s messiah have found added ammunition to further...
View ArticleCBN and the economy going forward
Arize Nwobu Considering the characteristics of the Nigerian economy which had made it to be resistant to guidance and discipline and remained factor-driven for 58 years, the Central Bank of Nigeria...
View ArticleSustaining Amosun’s legacies: An Inescapable reality
Olusegun Adeleke Legacy is the only thing that outlives every human being. Though, the type of legacy one leaves behind determines how the person will be celebrated, remembered or otherwise. And for a...
View ArticleWhy Ihedioha must be different
Sam Nwokoro THE people of Imo state last Saturday overwhelmingly elected former Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Chief Emeka Ihedioha from Aboh Mbaise to be their Governor for the next four...
View ArticleBitter lessons from Adesanmi’s death
Ayo Oyoze Baje PERMIT me for being personal here but at the end, we all stand to gain from the hard lessons it teaches us all. Let us talk about death! Oh yes, we loathe it, detest it, fear it and...
View ArticleAccountability: A powerful deterrence to building collapse
Tochukwu Ezukanma IN saner countries of the world, a workman takes pride in the quality of his products. Apart from the pecuniary incentives of his labor, he appreciates his moral obligation to society...
View ArticleBuhari’s victory: Obiano, Umahi & Ndigbo
IN Nigeria’s democracy, contests for elective offices are political warfare. The winner takes all—the balderdash about “all-inclusive” government is sheer rhetoric. There is nothing like that in...
View ArticleBuilding collapse as engineering absence
Victor C. Ariole I am not an engineer but fate always expose me to engineering splendours and wonders. I grew up in a village called Yamoussoukro and it seemed people knew one another in that village...
View ArticleScrap supplementary polls now
BY every measure, every standard, the supplementary election last Saturday that took place in five states – Bauchi, Benue, Plateau, Kano and Sokoto – was a sham. I don’t think it met the minimum best...
View ArticleBuhari, Atiku and Nigeria’s future
Maimuna Salami The greatest challenge facing the democratic process in Nigeria, as in most developing nations, has to do with the management of the post-election transition process. The political...
View ArticleLagos Building collapse: Another avoidable tragedy
Ayo Oyoze Baje There must have been tears in heaven-and torrents of it! That is, for the 10 year-old school boy who died on his birthday; the traumatized parents, including one Mrs. Adedayo Adedoyin...
View ArticleImproving Nigeria’s rural health sector using cleaner energy SOLUTION
Akunna Sophia Ofili REGARDED as a human capital development, the health care sector of a nation is one of the bedrocks of its existence. Societies attach great importance to issues surrounding their...
View ArticleBudgeting for power, works and housing
Fidelis Toochukwu Onyejegbu THE power, works and housing (PWH) sectors play vital roles in the growth and development of any economy such that getting it right in these sectors (alongside a few other...
View ArticleAfrica and protection of children’s rights
Carl Umegboro AFRICA’S foremost sage and rights activist, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, on August 2, 1996 groaningly emphasized, “Africa is renowned for its beauty, its natural heritage and prolific...
View ArticleAntidote to corruption revisited
THE Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation – Declaration of Santiago in November 2004 aptly said, “Corruption is a serious threat to good governance and deters investment. Therefore, fighting corruption is...
View ArticleProviding lasting solution to building collapse
Kayode Ojewale WOULD the Ita-Faaji building collapse in Lagos on March 13, 2019, which left many casualties in its wake be said of a tragedy foretold but ignored? How would a three-storey building have...
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