Rule of law matters in $9billion fine
Victor C. Ariole Nigeria’s Attorney-General made a seemingly great submission in front of Senators that allowed his confirmation which somehow fails the test of best practice as seen in the process...
View ArticlePulling 100 million Nigerians out of poverty
Ayo Oyoze Baje Talk is cheap. But purposeful, pragmatic, people-oriented policies and programmes driven by political will in an economically favourable environment could make the desired positive...
View ArticleInternational exposure for Nigeria’s first class graduates (1)
Onuora Nweke SUCCESS is not usually dependent on one’s accurate choice alone; but rather on a number of choices and factors as one journeys through life. Particularly, one’s choice of university to...
View ArticleThe reappointment of Sirika as aviation minister
Oche Victor Elias AS the curtain fell on President Mohammadu Buhari’s first term, the jury was already out on the score card of his first term ministers – that 90 per cent of them performed far below...
View ArticleAwgu Caves: Ugwuanyi steps up crackdown on kidnappers
Laurence Ani From a distance, the undulating landscape of Awgu Hills is a mesmerizing sight, and even more so as you walk deeper into the thick foliage straddling the busy Enugu-Port Harcourt highway....
View ArticleInternational exposure for Nigeria’s first class graduates (2)
The musicians, footballers, dancers, sportsmen and women; people who later make Nigeria proud in different climes and sectors all seem to discover themselves at the international arena. Whenever...
View ArticleFBI and the alleged Nigerian fraudsters
Promise Adiele Presently, various media outlets are inundated with the news of eighty Nigerians apprehended by the FBI in far away United States. Their offenses range from internet scam to money...
View ArticleIf Sudan and Hong Kong should visit Nigeria today…
Banji Ojewale If Sudan and Hong Kong should visit Nigeria today, the world might not be in much shock at the outcome of the trip. I’m sure of two consequences. First, we would be unprepared for them,...
View ArticleNigeria: Rising poverty amid abundance
“Between now and [2020], we must make sure that promises made become promises kept. The consequences of doing otherwise are profound: death, illness and despair, needless suffering, lost opportunities...
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Tasks ahead of Akpabio and Keyamo
Utomi Jerome-Mario Going by the words of President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, August 19, 2019 at the retreat for the ministers that; ministers will be responsible for the development and...
View ArticleThe assault on Ekweremadu
Benjamin Obiajulu Aduba I was on vacation and did not have access to internet or much of worldwide news, so missed out on the “Ekweremadu Story”. But I want to be on record with my views. The anger...
View ArticleWhither goes Nigeria?
NIGERIA could be likened to a cat with nine lives as it emerged from a protracted civil war, bloody religious uprisings, and political troubles not dismembered. However, some countries, which are...
View ArticleThe ‘offensive’ on brand Nigeria
Afeez Odunoye NIGERIA is entangled in a not so fantastic reputation management situation. Mentioning Nigeria in some quarters now holds the possibility of driving shivers of threat. The repugnant state...
View ArticleX-raying the socio-economic consequences of illicit trade
Akinremi Sobowale The rising growth in international trade and globalisation, in the last few decades, has inadvertently resulted in significant growth in illicit trade. The size of illicit trade has...
View ArticleTask before the new Enugu Police Commissioner
Chris Nwaude The recent sudden surge in security challenges in Enugu state under the watchful eyes of the now redeployed Commissioner of Police, Mr. Suleiman Balarabe truly exposed his lack of...
View ArticleIn search of ennobling leadership virtues in Nigeria (2)
Ojike John Akiri Our search for future leadership candidates in this great country must start now and not at the twilight of this government, when all manners of aspirants will be emerging under the...
View ArticleNew outlook of Igbo in Lagos
Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene It is heartening to note that the APC administration of Lagos State lead by Babajide Sanwo-Olu is living up to the expectations of running an inclusive government. This is...
View ArticleRe-branding Nigeria? Why not!
Ayo Oyoze Baje “Negative perception about Nigeria is generated by Nigerians because we don’t believe in ourselves, even in the press. If nothing is done, the image we have as a country of 419-ers,...
View ArticleCrisis, revolution, and the nation of our dreams
Jerome-Mario Utomi No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected- Julius Caesar (100-44BC) An interesting sidelight to this topic was elicited by a conversation with a group of...
View ArticleImo and infrastructural emergency
Emmanuel Onwubiko By On Sunday this week, I boarded the Air Peace airline to Owerri, the Imo state capital for a singular reason of personally witnessing the beginning of the remaking of history in the...
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