Unnecessary fuss about feeding the hungry in Houston
Ejike Anyaduba Since the wife of the Governor of Anambra State, Mrs Ebelechukwu Obiano, fed the homeless in downtown Houston, the US, it has been a herculean task trying to convince a few persons that...
View ArticleCurtailing the menace of okada riders in lagos
Tayo Ogunbiyi Motorcycle, popularly known as okada, is now one of the primary modes of transportation commonly used in the country. Most people opt for okada for many reasons. Some do so because it is...
View ArticleCelebrating Tambuwal at 54
Muhammed Bello Today, Rt.Hon. Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, Governor of Sokoto State, clocks 54. Like previous years the day will be marked low-key. Not that there are no reasons to roll out the drums and...
View ArticleTaking pressure off Lagos-Abeokuta expressway
Seyi Bakare It was like a Christmas gift. Two days to the 2019 Christmas celebration, Governor Dapo Abiodun drove through Lagos-Abeokuta Road to Ota, Ogun State, to inspect two roads being done at Osi...
View ArticleThe lies about religious persecution in Nigeria
Sharon Faliya Cham Just like that, without defining her status as to whether she sees herself as the global police or the global judiciary or the global arbiter of matters concerning nations of the...
View ArticleAs Tinubu, Bakare find their voices…
Yinka Olujimi Have you heard? They are back in the news, hugging the limelight! While they were “away,” a lot happened in the country. But for very strategic reasons – mostly personal – so what, a...
View ArticleTime to listen
Eric Teniola THIS HOUSE HAS FALLEN-NIGERIA IN CRISIS is a 327-page book written by Mr. Karl Maier who lived in Nigeria as a foreign correspondent for two years, from 1991-1993, and returned often on...
View ArticleLiquidity for green finance: The stripped bond alternative (1)
Emenike Omeye The need to bridge the huge infrastructure gap in Africa is increasingly a front-burner issue for financial policy makers across the continent. Whilst the lack of critical...
View ArticleRe-thinking Africa-China relations
Jerome-Mario Utomi “To know about the road ahead, ask those coming back.” – Chinese proverb. Each time I read African historians’ account on how civilization and development got to Africa, and...
View ArticleAppraising Lagos State 2020 budget
Ayo Oyoze Baje Several factors come into play that eventually affect budget predictions and their attendant performance.These include the institution’s current financial situation, available funds and...
View ArticleAtiku Abubakar on 2019 Nigeria: My explications
“The bitter truth is that Nigeria is still in the throes of economic instability, with more people losing jobs and the attendant outcome of more children being out of school and more families having...
View ArticleImproving the integrity of our elections
How to identify your enemies before they destroy you, is a tested toolkit that has become as relevant in management as it is in politics. Knowing genuine threats and how to prevent them from causing...
View ArticleLiquidity for green finance: The stripped bond alternative (2)
Emenike Omeye As noted above, the poor investment appetite that results from this situation creates significantfinancing challenges for smaller issuers, including most sovereign issuers in Africa and...
View ArticleSafety of inmates in Nigerian correctional centres
INWALOMHE DONALD The electrocution of five awaiting trial inmates at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre in Lagos is an unfortunate tragedy that should be condemned. It demonstrates the need to review the...
View ArticleRestructuring and Igbo presidential bid
CHUKS OGBONNA Nigeria, the amalgam of Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914 by the colonialists, is still pussy-footing over the grave issue of balanced structure of the federating units. The...
View ArticleAs the curtain draws on Chukwuemeka Ike
Promise Adiele Shakespeare’s play “As you like It” is a creative work that I do not admire much even if I have dissected the text many times before enraptured students. Not because it is established in...
View ArticleUdom and A’Ibom’s economic revolution
Wale Odunlami What immediately comes to mind whenever Akwa Ibom State is mentioned in connection with resources is the fact that it is the biggest oil bearing state in Nigeria, and actually contributes...
View ArticleAfrica: The US/France rivalry underway
Osa Blackson The United States Deputy Secretary of commerce on Wednesday June 26 2019 announced at the opening ceremony of the U.S. Africa Business Summit in Maputo Mozambique that ‘’the Trump...
View ArticleThe coming of Amotekun
The governors of the South West states recently took a bold step in the effort to boost security in their domain with the launching of a region-wide security outfit tagged “Western Nigeria Security...
View ArticleA call on young adult Africans
Emeka Asinugo Despite its magnificent history and the enormous wealth that nature bestowed on it, myriads of political, social and economic problems have continued to plague the African continent for a...
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