Power, works and housing: A vote for consolidation
As we approach the second term inauguration of President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration on May 29, many analysts are busy proffering suggestions on the next Buhari cabinet and what the president...
View ArticleUnemployment and our economy
Jerome-Mario Utomi Each time I question some of the theories advanced by successive administrations as reasons for unemployment rate in the country, one thing seems to standout. Aside from the...
View ArticleOML 11: The crude, the bad and the oily
Caleb Adebayo A few weeks back, word came from the State House in Abuja that the President had via an official communication mandated that the long-dormant OML11 Joint Venture should have its...
View ArticleThe United Nations (UN) and a growing campaign of calumny against Nigeria and...
Adeyemi Ishola In the recent past, some international organisations, including agencies of the United Nations, have been issuing some reports whose parameters are unknown and whose outcomes raise a lot...
View ArticleJustice Mamman Nasir and boundary disputes
Eric Teniola Of all the tributes poured on Justice Mamman Nasir, the late Galadima of Katsina, who died on April 13 this year at 89, his work in solving boundary problems was overlooked. Yet his...
View ArticleDoes VAT increase portend Yellow Vests?
Tope Akinyode Nigerian workers always posit that “their take-home pay does not take them home.” Such is the tale of the Nigerian worker – who lives miserly because he earns poorly. The Federal...
View ArticleKidnapping now revolution in North
Muhammed Ishaq The main problem is not the kidnapping but what causes it. Quote me, if our elite cannot tackle the root causes of kidnapping, which are poverty and illiteracy, I support kidnappers to...
View Article2023 MAP: THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CALCULATION
AGADA IKECHUKWU No vehicle can run indefinitely without a refuel, just as no tree can hope to remain sturdy without water and sunshine. Without a doubt, the events of recent weeks have invested in...
View ArticleMay Day: Celebrating workers in Lagos
Akintola Benson Oke AS is well known, every 1st of May, Nigerian workers join working people all over the World to celebrate May Day, otherwise called, Workers’ Day. This year, organized labour in...
View ArticleFor peace and stability
Kingsley Martins It must be somewhat disappointing to most Nigerians that, unlike 2015, this year’s general elections did not end on an amicable note jointly bestowed by the spirit of good...
View ArticleOyo State and its comparative advantages
Abiodun Raufu Vice President Yemi Osinbajo once said that a forward looking governor is one who can run his state as if he is running a country. It is a sensible advice on self-sufficiency and the...
View ArticleOmotola and speaking truth to power
Ayo Oyoze Baje “Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.” – Dietrich Bonhoeffer Name it: Brilliance, beauty and...
View ArticleThe looming anarchy
There have been plenty of broken hearts to go round in Nigeria. No thanks to the frightening upsurge in banditry, kidnapping and bloodletting across the land . The statistics are heartrending....
View ArticleData security and privacy policy
Zacheaus Akanni Technology advances at a supersonic speed. This advancement has led to the generation, collection, processing, and transfer of gargantuan amount of data at an exponential rate....
View ArticleImperative of maximising Nigerian-made inventions
Ayo Oyoze Baje For the umpteenth time, one is compelled to urge President Muhammadu Buhari to institute a policy, for Nigeria to identify and maximize the huge potentials of scientific and...
View ArticleX-raying the lapses of CTP in the North
Carl Umegboro Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States of America in 1856 said, “Actions speak louder than words”. Similarly, a renowned author, Orison Swett Marden once said, “All who...
View ArticleGood news for local governments
Nigeria recently took a bold step forward in the battle against corruption and the quest for local government autonomy as it rolled out a list of initiatives to address the unfortunate emasculation of...
View ArticleHow to save planet earth
Kayode Ojewale The earth does not belong to man, man belongs to the earth – Chief Seattle (1786 -1866), Suquamish and Duwamish leader. April 22 of every year is International Mother Earth Day, a...
View ArticleControversy over zoning of principal offices of NASS
Nwabueze Akabogu AS the tension after the 2019 general elections appears to be gradually easing off, the nation’s attention has now shifted to the election petition tribunals which, constitutionally...
View ArticleAbuja prostitutes: A collective moral dilemma
Promise Adiele Recently, the media was awash with the news that some ladies, suspected to be prostitutes, were arrested in Abuja by the police. Accusations have trailed the arrests with sections of...
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