Diary of two American visitors
A couple from Nigeria visited America for the first time for two insightful weeks. They were marveled at how structured and organized the American society is. They profusely heaped praises on the...
View ArticleWorld Water Day and Water Resources Ministry
By Basil Obasi AS the world celebrates the 2017 World Water Day, the Federal Ministry of Water Resources has undertaken a critical review of how it has fared under the stewardship of Engr. Suleiman H....
View ArticleStill on Hammed Ali and his uniform
THE issue of whether the Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Col Hammed Ali should wear the uniform of the organisation he is heading has sharply divided the country. While some...
View ArticleCelebrating World Poetry Day
By Fred Doc Nwaozor On March 21, the world commemorated the 2017 World Poetry Day. A decision to proclaim March 21 as an annual World Poetry Day was adopted during the 30th session of the United...
View ArticleContinuity and dividends of democracy in Anambra
IN the past 18 years of our nascent democracy, one noticeable missing link in the way we operate our kind of democracy is lack of continuity in policy formulation and implementation. More worrisome is...
View ArticleThe need for caution on Ife mayhem
By Tayo Ogunbiyi IT is no longer news that the ancient town of Ile-Ife was recently engulfed in an ethnic clash. According to unconfirmed reports, about 49 lives were lost and properties worth...
View ArticleThe clash in Ile-Ife
Ile-Ife, the peaceful ancient city to which the Yoruba trace their ancestral roots, erupted in violence on March 8, as an altercation between a female indigene and a Hausa man in the Sabo area of the...
View ArticlePay-TV and the need for parental control
By Mimi Ucheagwu THAT the Pay-TV industry has redefined home entertainment is not in doubt. It has continued to expand and enrich its content to cover different areas of interest, including sports,...
View ArticleA dysfunctional realm (1)
“Indeed, I have found that we came close to uncovering the deep divisions in the corridors of power which finally surfaced in the events of 21 December (1997) as the reported extracts from the...
View ArticleGetting Nigeria out of economic recession (2)
By Iliyasu Gadu From the findings of the various committees, the root of the matter had to do with the twin factors of declining productivity in the American economy and the fierce economic competition...
View ArticleExpunge the immunity clause now
Nigeria, after several perfidious years of democracy, still faces a bleak future primarily because of the culture of corruption that has permeated the entire society. Amusingly, it is even more...
View ArticleNigeria’s confused political parties
By Israel A. Ebije Nigeria is practising a democratic system where the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is acting as opposition within itself while the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is...
View ArticleSenate and ominous signals over invitations
THERE are ominous signals about the present democratic dispensation. It is a cause for concern for Nigerians who believe in the continued unity of this country, the principle of separation of power as...
View ArticleGetting Nigeria out of economic recession (3)
By Iliyasu Gadu As a nation that seeks to protect and preserve its economic fortunes for the present and the future, what response can Nigeria muster in this under the radar of American economic...
View ArticleSenate, drama and suicide-prone Nigerians
THE circus drama in the Senate over Ibrahim Magu’s confirmation as EFCC boss, compelling the NCS boss, Col. Hameed Ali (rtd), to appear before the Senate in Customs uniform, Senator Dino Melaye’s...
View ArticleEzeude, Beloxxi and youth leadership in Africa
By Ikenna Emewu THE Chief Executive and founder of Beloxxi Industries, Obi Ezeude, is today delivering a lecture on leadership of the younger generation of Africans at the London Stock Exchange. He...
View ArticleThe peace mission of Gov. Seriake Dickson
I congratulate Governor Seriake Dickson and his reconciliation team on the marvelous breakthrough they have achieved in their reconciliation assignment. The news does actually get better every day as...
View ArticleNigeria is a funny country
Nigeria is a funny country, we cry when we are supposed to be quiet, while we keep quiet when we are supposed to cry. I see no end to Nigeria’s problems. In 1999, the Speaker of House of...
View ArticleThe wonder geriatric centre Anenih built at UCH Ibadan
By Folu Olamiti Though the processes of growing, maturing and dying are natural phenomena, yet, the fear of managing old age marks the beginning of wisdom for many mortals. And the fear is not...
View ArticleTinubu, a Nigerian product that is working
By Akinwunmi Ambode I am humbled and honoured to stand today on behalf of the people of Lagos State and Lagosians in diaspora to salute and congratulate Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu on many fronts...
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