Where are the job creation strategies?
“I’ve seen weapons of mass destruction in our cities. Poverty is a weapon of mass destruction. Joblessness is a weapon of mass destruction, homelessness, a weapon of mass destruction, racism, a weapon...
View ArticleNigeria and the socialist alternative
By Charles Onunaiju The problem of Africa in general and Nigeria in particular is the carving out of political fiefs before any thought is given to the material condition that can sustain their...
View ArticleTackling ethnic, religious problems
By Rasak Musbau ONE of the important values accepted by most people and nations in the world today is the equality of all men. The idea presupposes that everyone is born equal and should be treated as...
View ArticleHeroes and heroines of 2016
THERE are several people who inspired me to a great deal in 2016. They include ordinary Nigerians who despite the biting economic recession in the country did not give up. They include market men and...
View ArticleA memory of The Gambia
By WALE OKEDIRAN August 2005. It is midnight in Banjul, the capital of The Gambia and I am sprawled on the bed in my room at the Palm Beach Hotel. By the flickering lights of the television set, I...
View ArticleIn memory of Sultan Ibrahim Dasuki
By Abdussamad Dasuki It was Colonel Haruna Dasuki who ordered that I return to the hospital in military style “maza maza dawo asibiti” on what easily became one of the darkest days in my history. On...
View ArticleEighth Senate and bills that impact on youths
By Chuks Okocha Year 2016 will go down in history as the year that the Senate passed legislations that would positively impact on the lives and welfare of Nigerians, especially youths and the...
View ArticleOsita Chidoka’s “Legitimising the Nigerian state: INEC and elections”:...
By Frank Ojiako On November 27, 2016, Osita Chidoka, the immediate past Corps Marshal and Chief Executive of the Federal Road Safety Commission (COMACE) and former Aviation Minister published the above...
View ArticleOritsejafor and burden of leadership: A postscript
By Michael Awe The leaders of the two leading religious bodies in Nigeria are indisputably strategic national leaders. They are very influential considering the size of their followership....
View Article2017 budget can’t end recession (1)
By Odilim Enwegbara FrisT, let me tell Mr. President right away that if he hopes to grow the economy out of recession in 2017, this budget is not the one to do it. This is because it is not only not...
View ArticleOf barrels, oil and bombs
By Mandela I. Archibong Reality has dawned rather sooner than later. News making the rounds has it that the NNPC with considerate backing from the presidency is exploring alternative measures to...
View ArticleThe fall of Camp Zero
By Kelechi Mgboji When the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, told brave troops that December was a month of decision, perhaps not many took him seriously for what he meant in that...
View ArticleAbia’s stagnancy persists (1)
ABIA State has subsisted in stagnation since the emergence of embattled Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu as governor because of two critical cases involving his election pending in the Supreme Court. Obviously...
View Article2017: The way forward for Nigeria under Buhari
WORDS are powerful. They are the vehicles of our thoughts. That’s why, new Presidents, basking in the glow of victory often assume that they can move the public. After all, they have just won the...
View Article2017 budget can’t end recession (2)
By Odilim Enwegbara The false use of inflation alarm — insisting that government should not ever adopt quantitative easing — coming from the same local debt holders (mostly banks) and their top...
View ArticleEconomic recession and the New Year
By Tayo Ogunbiyi The year 2016 will go down in history as one of the most difficult years for Nigerians. It was a year when the nation’s economy passed through turbulent waters that nearly sank the...
View ArticleRecession and the imperative of 2018 census
By ISIAKA YAHAYA No doubt, Nigeria is confronted with the unpleasant realities of economic recession having witnessed a period of economic decline in two successive quarters of 2016. The word...
View ArticleOhanaeze after the January 7 elections
“The Ibo giant is waking from his stupor… I shall now state the facts, which should be well known to all honest students of Nigerian history. Outside of Government College, Umuahia, there is no other...
View ArticleReflections on Yuletide 2016
By VICTORIA NGOZI IKEANO AS activities marking 2016 Christmas season and the New Year wind down, let us cast a look back on how one of the greatest events on earth was celebrated. Millions of people...
View Article2017: Between prophecies and policies
By Adejuwon Soyinka “The best way to predict the future is to create it” – Peter Drucker To start with, let me be upfront in declaring my lack of qualification for the elevated title of a prophet. I...
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