Nigeria’s poor ranking on TI’s corruption index
Matthew Ayibakuro Transparency International has just released its annual Corruption Perceptions Index for 2019. There are no surprises on Nigeria’s position on the global Index. For 2019, the...
View ArticleFight the virus, not the chinese
Ikenna Emewu The covonavirus (nCOV-2019) is fast spreading, now to over 20 countries. The fear coronavirus spreads is far bigger than the deaths and infections put together. But a worse viral load is...
View ArticleNew minimum wage and Ugwuanyi’s care for workers
Theresa Chinweuba I was not among those who were surprised when news hit the airwaves, online and print media that Enugu state government has approved the payment of the N30,000 new minimum wage to...
View ArticleI have a dream: Nigerian version
Promise Adiele On the 29th of January 2020, the Hubert Humphrey Alumni Association in conjunction with the US Consulate held a lecture at the prestigious Mountain Top University to commemorate the...
View ArticleNigeria’s support helpful to fight coronavirus
Chu Maoming With bruised faces or soaked in sweat, Chinese medical staff are going all out to fight the battle against the novel coronavirus epidemic. When the virus struck, numerous doctors and nurses...
View ArticleOsinbajo and the lamentation of the ‘Ancient Mariner’
Ojewale Banji After the sailors of the The Rime of the Ancient Mariner by English poet, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, had rowed into the frigid waters of the Antarctic, they experienced short-lived relief...
View ArticleMan, music and life expectancy
Kayode Ojewale Death is not the opposite of life but a part of it – Haruki Murakami, Japanese novelist. In Nigeria today, mortality rate is not massively reducing as expected even with the advent...
View ArticleNigeria’s response to emergency health issues
Alex Enemanna The year 2020 has again tested our preparedness and ability as a nation to take adequate steps to protect our citizens in cases of emergency disease outbreak in line with the core...
View ArticleAgenda for incoming NAHCON boss, Hassan
Abdulsalam Mahmud The incoming Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON), Barrister Dhikrullah Hassan, is certainly a lucky ‘chap’. This is not necessarily...
View ArticleThe implications of establishing regional security in nigeria
Gozie Irogboli When the opinion of one of the respected top politicians of the old era was sought concerning the overthrow of the government of Alhaji Shehu Shagari by the military in 1983, he replied...
View ArticleBrexit: Britain’s historic moment
NWABUEZE AKABOGU The long awaited British departure from the twenty eight nations European Union (EU) finally became a reality precisely on the hour of 11GMT on Friday 31st January, 2020 when the...
View ArticleHow much’s a Nigerian’s life worth?
Pains are in my heart. My mood is foul. I am sad. My state of mind is consequential to the happenings in the country. I love Nigeria, I will forever cherish my citizenship, not for me the restless...
View ArticleMore laurels for Obi and Adichie
My decision to dedicate this column today to former Governor of Anambra State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the last presidential election, Mr. Peter Obi, and...
View ArticleAmotekun: Curbing senseless killings via regional coalition
Of recent in Nigeria, there was no issue that had dominated national discourse like the Western Nigeria Security Network (WNSN) codenamed Operation Amotekun. Amotekun as fondly called was formed by...
View ArticleThe Oshiomhole-Obaseki conundrum
Yinka Olujimi The Godwin Obaseki administration in Edo State on Wednesday reduced to rubble a hotel belonging to Citizen Tony Adun, a known ally of the national chairman of the ruling All Progressives...
View ArticleMy own don beta: Feedback galore
When last year-end I wrote an article entitled “With Glo, our own don beta in 2020”, published in this column on December 30, I never envisaged a deluge of email responses and an avalanche of...
View ArticleRestoration of federal civil service-wide induction training
Isaac N. Obasi The news of the organization of a five-day induction training programme for newly recruited officers (grade level 07-10) by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation...
View ArticleMuch ado about okada ban
Ayodele Okunfolami Barely a week after debunking reports that a definite decision had been taken on the operations of commercial motorcycle and tricycles, Lagos State Government came with a ban on...
View ArticleThe pillars of crime in Nigeria
Oludayo Tade Prior to his ascendancy to the exalted number one position in the country, ‘General Daura’ had promised to block corruption loopholes, fix the economy and end the problem of insecurity....
View ArticleGovernor Zulum’s worthy example
At a time so difficult to find inspiring stories in and about Nigeria, a time when good news from Borno State is rare,and the grim statistics of bloodbath and material losses remind us dishearteningly...
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