Quality representation is possible in Idemili
Ejike Anyaduba IT is fair to argue that his stay in the National Assembly was quite momentous. In less than five months he had sponsored motions that touched on the economic life of Nigerians and made...
View ArticleNigeria’s ‘gunshot’ democracy
Abiodun Komolafe Those who are familiar with the history of the Israelites will understand why their story in the wilderness will not be complete without a mention of how, at a stage, they had...
View ArticleNigeria: Any hope in 2020?
Chiedu Uche Okoye Nigeria, a nation of nations, is an immensely blessed country. A heterogeneous nation-state, it has both material and human resources. Is Nigeria not one of the most populous...
View ArticleBetween Operation Amotekun and State Police
Jerome-Mario Utomi It is pedestrian knowledge that socioeconomic problems which are the product of human actions and reactions are not static. They change with time and place. What is a social or...
View ArticleNigeria: Any hope in 2020?
Chiedu Uche Okoye Nigeria, a nation of nations, is an immensely blessed country. A heterogeneous nation-state, it has both material and human resources. Is Nigeria not one of the most populous...
View ArticleEdo and the politics of self-endorsement
Mike Igaga In recent time, the governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, seems to have realised that he needs a second term. For governor that can unilaterally orchestrate the suspension of the national...
View ArticleThe governor’s Villa visit: Opportunity for a new beginning
Bamidele Oba Last Monday, Abdulrahman Abdulrazaq, Governor of Kwara State was in the Presidential Villa to keep an appointment with President Muhammadu Buhari. Though the Governor claimed he came to...
View ArticleBiafra war: Fifty years after
January 15, 2020 marked 50 years after the end of the fratricidal Nigeria/Biafra war. The war which broke out in 1967 between the breakaway Eastern Region called Biafra and the rest of the country...
View ArticleA new case for Commonwealth based on trade
Muhammadu Buhari The United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union is now all but certain. Only the passage of time will reveal what their new relationship shall be. But with this new arrangement,...
View ArticleThe danger of politicising the National Assembly Service Commission
Adebayo Makinde AT the end of the year Get-Together/Awards Ceremony organized by the Senate Management for the Staff of the Senate, the President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan reassured the nation...
View ArticleThe shape of prophecies that won’t come to pass in 2020
Banji Ojewale IT is as reasonable to represent one kind of imprisonment by another, as it is to represent anything that really exists by that which exists not!-Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) English writer...
View ArticleLeapfrogging Human Rights in a leap year
Emmanuel Onwubiko NO doubt the year 2020 is a leap year which means that we have a well packed year going by the deficit of twenty four hours in this calendar year. What this means is that whatever is...
View ArticleINEC and the weak electoral system
Chidiebere Nwobodo Every democracy, whether developed or developing, is rated by its electoral transparency, credibility and fairness. A democracy can be said to have come of age, when the electoral...
View ArticleNigeria’s local languages as endangered species
Babatope Babalobi WENTY nine Nigerian minor languages had become extinct, while another 29 minor languages are in danger of extinction. Three Nigeria’s major languages -Yoruba, Igbo, and...
View ArticleConnectivity and the development agenda
Gbenga Adebayo ECONOMIC growth is underpinned by information and the technological infrastructure that enables access to it. It is the foundation upon which economic decisions are made; income gains...
View ArticleOil palm rejuvenation in Edo state
Ayo Oyoze Baje THE sad story of the utter neglect of the natural resources Nigeria has in abundance but prefers its foreign, processed derivative is often told. For instance, back in the 1950s and...
View ArticleLooking ahead of 2023 handover
ONE of the unique things about modern Presidents, political scientists say, is the ability to command the nation’s attention. They are perhaps the only public leaders with the ability to select issues...
View ArticleAmotekun and quest for centrifugal federalism
Banji Ojewale Long before we offered Amotekun, aka Leopard, a visa to relocate from the jungle and be our guest here among human beings, Major General MuhammaduBuhari had taken the unprecedented step...
View ArticleEnugu council poll: Ugwuanyi’s drum beats of inclusiveness
Francis Igata When on December 4, last year, the Enugu State Independent Electoral Commission (ENSIEC) released the timetable for local government election in the State, it laid to rest wagging tongues...
View ArticleCoping with CAF’s conundrums
Ayodele Okunfolami We all do silly things. That is why I consider brandishing “I told you” on the other party that is being forced to eat its words or is suffering the consequences of not taking heed...
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