Brexit and the triumph of boris johnson
Nwabueze Akabogu The historic victory of the flamboyant and charismatic Boris Johnson as the new British Prime Minister and successor to Theresa May did not come as a surprise after all to political...
View ArticleBuhari and the challenge of revitalising the economy
Charles Onunaiju Despite the persistent claims of a divided country tottering on the brink and whose only balm of restoration lay in political restructuring and other similar geopolitical...
View ArticleSowore: Between revolution and protest
Promise Adiele Nigerian playwright Femi Osofisan, in his play ‘Morountodun’ creatively recreates the Agbekoya uprising of 1969 in the Western part of Nigeria. According to the play “ordinary farmers...
View ArticleDealing with open defecation in Nigeria
Hameed Oyegbade Isn’t it just shocking that 47 million Nigerians are practising open defecation? It’s real! According to the 2018 Water, Sanitation and Hygiene National Outcome Routine Mapping (WASH...
View ArticleCommon man’s juicy portfolio
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano FOLLOWING the accelerated Senate confirmation of all 43 ministerial nominees, President Mohammadu Buhari is expected to swear them in any moment from now. He needs to get his...
View ArticleMaking Ondo judiciary vibrant
Fisayo Falodi The place of judiciary as the third and very important branch of government has become indisputable. Globally, vibrant judiciary is recognised as the last hope of the common man....
View ArticleThe new power sector roadmap
Jerome-Mario Utomi A nation that cannot control its energy sources can’t control its future- Barack Obama, the Audacity of Hope. Just the way the Federal Government came up with the electric power...
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Lear Sharibu: some of the facts that will count
Emeka Asinugo, KSC It has always been said that religion is the opium of the world’s people. And it is in this context that I want to remember Lear Sharibu today, the innocent young 14-year old student...
View ArticleSowore and the revolution now protest
Nigeria and indeed Africa do not lack good stories. Events happen in this part of the world with the speed of light. Before one episode is finished, another has opened in quick succession. I can go on...
View ArticlePresidential leadership prize for Anambra enterprise
Uzor Maxim Uzoatu It is a measure of its laudable enterprise drive that Anambra State emerged as the best supporter of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) in Nigeria. Anambra State dusted all...
View ArticleObasanjo’s letter and the national question
Ayo Baje “After all, no one is stupid enough to prefer war to peace. For, in peace sons bury their fathers. But in war, fathers bury their sons” -Herodotus Let us begin with the quaint questions: Do...
View ArticleThe need for investigative journalism
Comrade Ogbu A. Ameh An investigative report is one that reveals new findings, based on the work and research of a reporter. He does some preliminary research before launching an investigation or even...
View ArticleEnugu remains secure, tourism-friendly state
Emmanuel Ikechukwu-Jonathan The 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria provides that it is the cardinal role of the government to ensure protection of lives and property. This informed...
View ArticleOrji Kalu as Senate Chief Whip: From A-Z (2)
On February 15, 2014, one sycophantic group known as Mezie Abia Organization took a full-page advertorial in SATURDAY INDEPENDENT to pour tirades on the trio of Femi Adesina, Eric Osagie and my humble...
View ArticleUgwuanyi’s resolution of community’s decades-old feud
Laurence Ani Given the camaraderie displayed by the large delegation from three autonomous communities on a thank-you visit to the Enugu State Government House that Wednesday afternoon, an observer may...
View ArticleRe-thinking Nigeria’s foreign policy
Charles Onunaiju Foreign policy is essentially a nation’s critical fundamentals which it formulates and articulates as its framework of international engagements and projects it to the arena of the...
View ArticleHadiza: Anchoring NPA ship on operational efficiency
Ayo Bajo “THE price of greatness is responsibility.” — Winston Churchill. Amongst the attributes of effective and impactful leadership in any field of human endeavour are the unfailing factors of...
View ArticleWhen things go wrong
It has been a frustrating, anger-filled period in Nigeria. Across the land, tensions flare, the people’s patience is growing thin. It’s as if the country has lost its soul, and the leadership its...
View ArticleJammu and Kashmir: Beyond repeal of article 370 of the constitution
Inwalomhe Donald Repeal of article 370 is a measure to prevent international terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir which endangers or takes innocent human lives or jeopardizes fundamental freedoms, and stop...
View ArticleBuhari, Sowore and the revolution now protest
Skc Ogbonnia Most of us who held our noses to support President Muhammadu Buhari again in the last election had hoped for true change, if he was re-elected. Two months into the second tenure, while it...
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