Sani and the Kajuru crisis
Danjuma Musa “Opposition can be your friend. Opposition can be the fire that tempers the better sword, as well as the ice that cools a fiery temper. Don’t ever run from it; learn from it!” – Jack R....
View ArticlePolarisation of Nigeria
Undoubtedly, Nigeria is a fractured nation that is experiencing enormous polarizations due to overwhelming presence of tribal sentiments and lack of social capital. Nigeria, a populous nation with...
View ArticleThe answer to Nigeria’s big question
Emmanuel Onwubiko STEPHEN Hawking’s epochal book titled ‘Brief Answers to the big questions,” which was published sometimes last year post-humously, remains one of the finest works of scholarship in...
View ArticleThe worsening insecurity
Ladesope Ladelokun It can’t be a tall order to fathom why Nigeria is not the best place to live at the moment.With unremitting kidnapping,banditry, herdsmen killings sweeping across the country, the...
View ArticleAfrica and China’s Belt and Road strategy
Charles Onunaiju SIX years after it was announced as a new strategy of international cooperation that would engage the practical issues of connectivity within and across nations of the world, the...
View ArticleFinancial autonomy for local governments
The recent directive by the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU) barring state governments from tampering with local governments’ allocations is a welcome development. It is even long overdue....
View ArticleSupplicating for divine wisdom at Ramadan
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano This year’s Ramadan, the “holy month” of the Islamic calendar during which the faithful basically gaze upwards in supplication to the Almighty God comes at an auspicious time...
View ArticleDoes a 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 ArticleMaximising the power of education in nigeria
Kehinde Ajanaku Education plays a major role in the growth and progress of a society. It is a process of continuous learning which can be acquired anywhere at any time and any age. It is the...
View ArticleMama Grace: Effortless elegance @80
Nnedinso Ogaziechi “Oh Nne, batanu, batanu, bia Chibuzo, kedu chin-chin…” Vintage Nwunye Justice, Mama Nguru, Mama Enugu, Ochiri Ozuo – Mrs Grace Obayi… We had stepped in to greet her that December,...
View ArticleJAMB vs University admission fraudsters
Aare Afe Babalola, Ofr, Con, San I have read the interview granted by the Chief Executive Officer and Registrar of the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Prof. Is-haq Oloyede, which was...
View ArticleDMO, EEG & exporters: SOS to President Buhari
It is not news that Nigeria has always been heavily dependent on oil as the main stay of her economy. The negative impact of this endless dependency underlines the need for the country to diversify...
View ArticleLocal council autonomy and insecurity (1)
Emmanuel Onwubiko Two things happened on May 6 about the same time but in two different locations in Nigeria that perfectly addresses the burning issue of widespread insecurity in Nigeria. But an...
View ArticleThe meter asset provider regulation: A game changer?
Tolulope Aderemi Unarguably the largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is constrained in its growth by inadequate power generation, distribution and consumption. This is notwithstanding its...
View ArticleFRSC and Nigeria’s beautiful ones
Banji Ojewale Ghanaian writer, Ayi Kwei Armah, published the pillory, The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born, in 1968, to mock his society of the postcolonial era. It is a savage attack providing no...
View ArticleCertificate of Return: Where did Okorocha go wrong?
IF you read between the lines, the interview the Governor of Imo state, Owelle Rochas Okorocha granted some journalists last week, it reveals the innermost of a man who feels so hurt, so saddened and...
View ArticleUnemployment and the 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 ArticleLocal council autonomy and insecurity (2)
Emmanuel Onwubiko Hence, the definition of local government was made more clear by Kirk Green in (Ola and Tonwe) who submitted thus: Each unit of local government in any system is assumed to possess...
View ArticleThe Nigeria’s educational system and the reign of philistinism
Chiedu Uche Okoye Education is broadly classified into two; namely, formal education and informal education. Before the Caucasoid imperialists colonized Africa, and brought western education to us,...
View ArticleHerdsmen, farmers and national security
One of the issues that have dominated public discourse in recent times is the allegation that the Federal Government plans to pay N100 billion to herdsmen to get them to stop their spate of kidnappings...
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