Of Power, Expectations and Fulfillment
By Abiodun KOMOLAFE “Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.” — Albert Schweitzer, 1875 – 1965. It is a long...
View ArticleImproving the welfare of prison inmates
By Bolaji Odumade Naturally, we have sufficient number of Nigerians speaking out on the poor state of infrastructure, unemployment, inflation, and corruption, among others. Sadly, however, no one seems...
View ArticleObiano and investors’ renewed confidence in Anambra
By Chukwudi Enekwech AT a time when many state governors are missing in action in terms of providing developmental projects in their states, Anambra State has a different but pleasant story to tell....
View ArticleImportance of transparency in public finance
By Akintola Benson Oke One of the basic features of democracy is accountability. Every democratically elected government is accountable to the people, to whom it owes its existence. Prudent and...
View ArticleObaseki’s first 100 days in office
By Idemudia Oviosun FROM virtually every indication, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, governor of Edo State has made quite an impression on the people of the state – myself inclusive as he clocked 100 days in...
View ArticleBarack Obama, model president (1)
IN the new American era when the presidency is a daily reality show, it is sometimes tempting to shrug: every dispensation brings its own idiosyncrasies. In less than 30 days, a White House senior...
View ArticleReflections on Ogun Youth Convention
By Soyombo Opeyemi Knowledge is important but it cannot alone develop a society. You need passion. You need foresight. A leader who has a consuming passion for the welfare of the citizens will always...
View ArticleSpirit is eager, but the body is mulling
SOME Nigerians yearn to relocate permanently to Nigeria! Some are making serious plans to return home for good, but they worry about security problems and social maladies in the country. Before I get...
View ArticleSagay, the Constitution and appointment of CJN
By Chris Akiri On page 2 of the February 1, 2017 edition of the Nation newspaper, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), Chairman, Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, forcefully inveighed against the...
View ArticleFashola: A tough road to travel
By Emeka Nnaka IT was like a shuttle in a projectile–let’s call it the BRF projectile. Of course, BRF being Babatunde Raji Fashola, the three-in-one Federal minister in charge of Power, Works and...
View ArticleVictor Kalu: Exit of an iconic scholar
By Abia Onyike THE passage of Victor Eke Kalu on December 27, 2016 was a rude shock to his friends, family and numerous admirers. The iconic scholar, polemicist, author and writer was a man of steel....
View ArticleShifting narratives over Buhari’s health
Since President Buhari left Nigeria for London on medical leave, over a month ago, Nigerians have been fed with differing and sometimes conflicting statements over the health status of the number one...
View ArticleOf NAFDAC, imported garri and disposable syringes
By Sufuyan Ojeifo A report in the social media regarding the existence of imported Indian garri (our local staple) in a Nigerian supermarket in Lagos was greeted with incredulity. When I called the...
View ArticleASUU and the fight against corruption in Nigerian universities
By Henry A. Onwubiko Our people say that an itch of the buttocks never really subsides unless it attracts public opprobrium. I am an unrepentant foot soldier of the Academic Staff Union of Universities...
View ArticleExploring biomass as energy source
By Martins Eke Biomass can be defined as organic matter generated from a living thing or a previously living thing. This biomass which can be generated from homes, agricultural farms, forests,...
View ArticleTasks before Akeredolu
By Yinka Adeosun SINCE he was sworn in on the 20th of January, 2017 as the 45th president of the United States of America, Donald Trump has left no one in doubt that the campaign promises he made were...
View ArticleThe challenge of African Union Commission
By CHARLES ONUNAIJU IN reinstating the long-standing tradition of having smaller and less influential States to head the executive body of the regional body, the heads of state of the 54-member Africa...
View ArticleAnaemic national corruption
AT the risk of being charged with blasphemy, do you know that advance fee fraud (simply known as 419) started in early Christendom long before it domiciled in Nigeria? The case of Esau and Jacob as...
View ArticleThe Enugu State traders empowerment scheme scheme
By Louis Amoke Recently, Governor Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State was at the Ogbete Main Market, Enugu, to flag-off an empowerment scheme for the traders in the state, tagged “Enugu State Traders...
View ArticleThe assets recovery meeting at Addis Ababa
By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku President Muhammadu Buhari’s initial response to the efforts to recover the Abacha loot was a syllabus of errors. Some errors have rights. Others don’t. Those errors that...
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