Buhari’s redemptive last chance
IF anything will undermine President Muhammadu Buhari’s second term it is his needless romance with the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). There are critical issues to engage our country’s...
View ArticleDemocracy: Beyond symbolism and drama
Charles Onunaiju Whatever informs the designation of a particular day as “democracy day,” the fact remains that no single event no matter how watershed, epic, epochal or even significantly milestone...
View ArticleThe menace of extreme poverty
Daniel Ighakpe A prophecy found in God’s inspired Word, The Bible, in 2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 1, shows that this world is now in its “last days,” characterized by “critical times hard to deal with.”...
View ArticleThe menace of extreme poverty
Daniel Ighakpe A prophecy found in God’s inspired Word, The Bible, in 2 Timothy Chapter 3, Verse 1, shows that this world is now in its “last days,” characterized by “critical times hard to deal...
View ArticleJune 12 and the rebound of truth
Tayo Ogunbiyi When he wrote In Julius Ceaser that the evil that men do live after them, legendary Writer, Williams Shakespeare, was alluding to the fact that evil deeds in history are often more easily...
View ArticleNo more excuses for not performing
The battle of which political party wins the leadership positions in both chambers of the National Assembly has come and gone. It’s indeed self-satisfying that the election of principal officers held...
View ArticleBuhari and the 9th National Assembly
The National Assembly elections which had been the subject of many negative allegations and intrigues eventually held and ended on a whimper on June 11, with the chosen candidates of the ruling All...
View ArticleThe legends of Aso Rock
Sufuyan Ojeifo PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s second tenure began with a low-key inauguration at the Eagle Square in Abuja, a scenario that decidedly flowed from the President’s persona of prudence. His...
View ArticleThe tasks before Sanwo-Olu
Ayo Oyoze Baje The picnic is over. It is all down to the brass tasks of governance. What more, of one of the world’s fastest growing city-states, Lagos, Nigeria. The All Progressives Congress, APC has...
View ArticleAttention: Dialogue with all parents
Promise Adiele Parents please kindly take your time and read this piece. When I use ‘parents’, I refer to adults who play the onerous role of taking care of children in a capacity that confers on them...
View ArticleCorruption perpetuates poverty and inequality
Anxiety grips the masses as vortex of corruption, poverty, unemployment, bad leadership, and inequality in the distribution of wealth ferment the restiveness and consequent violence that may eventually...
View ArticleInadequate electricity supply and the solar energy option
Patrick A. Ogbe Generally, a human being has a lot of needs. From time immemorial however, the three basic needs of man has always been food, shelter, and clothing. In contemporary times, however,...
View ArticleAturu, Ubani and the rest of us
Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Part of the irony of life is that villains appropriate the glories of the exploits of brave men. Even when these men fight wars so that there will be no wars, and shed their...
View ArticleDiaspora remittance: Positive indication of human capital development
Inwalomhe Donald Diaspora remittance is placing emphasis on the evolution of global market capitalism – the diffusion of knowledge, and investment in training and skills of people. Nigeria is becoming...
View ArticleD.C. Osadebay: Unsung Premier of Mid-West Region
Chima Nwafo When in November 1945, Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe invited Dennis Osadebay, then a Customs officer, to be the master of ceremonies at the first lecture to be delivered by Prince Abyssinia Akweke...
View ArticleImo now ready for business
Charles Odibo In the lead-up to his inauguration and swearing in on May 29, 2019, as the sixth democratically elected governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha invited a number of dignitaries, business,...
View ArticleThe 2019 election and its monitors
Although the 2019 election has come and gone, the conduct of that election will continue to be a subject of discourse in the years ahead. It may even attract many doctoral dissertations. It is one...
View ArticleThe 2019 JAMB cut-off mark
Adeze Ojukwu Management of Joint Admisssions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) has sparked fresh controversies over academic standards, with the approval of low cut-off marks for this year’s admission...
View ArticleThe panacea to air crashes
Josephat Eze It is not for nothing that nations all over the world, particularly the developed economies are annually investing massive funds in building the requisite human and technological capacity...
View ArticleCouncil autonomy: Implications for grassroots development
Onuora Benedict Nweke Through the Nigeria Financial Intelligence Unit (NFIU), newly created out of the Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), the Federal Government has set June 1st, 2019 for the...
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