Tackling unemployment in Abia
By Okechukwu Keshi Ukegbu Unemployment constitutes a nagging socio-economic problem in Nigeria. Millions of youths roam the streets of the country unemployed on a daily basis. This problem has...
View ArticleVarsity unions and the earned allowances strike
By Oludayo Tade On December 4, 2017 the Non-Teaching Staff Unions (National Association of Academic Technologists (NAAT); Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Universities (SSANU); and Non Academic...
View ArticleLibya: The tragedy of a promising nation
By Amb. Akinkuolie Rasheed THE NATO-led military campaign which eventually destroyed Libya started in early 2011 and Muammar Khadafi, the Libyan leader, was killed in October the same year by dissident...
View ArticleNigeria and the restructuring option
By Emmanuel Ikechukwu Igbo There comes a point in the journey of a nation when it becomes imperative to make a fundamental turn in order to make remarkable progress. This also applies to Nigeria as she...
View ArticleBuhari at 75
By Peter Ovie Akus President Muhammadu Buhari means different things to different people. To some, he is a religious bigot and an ethnic chauvinist while others see him as an incorruptible,...
View ArticleUmeh and Anambra Central Senatorial poll
By Ifeanyi Afuba IN the countdown to the January 13, 2018 rerun of the Anambra Central Senatorial zone election, veteran of the APGA struggle, Victor Chukwunonyelu Umeh, stands at the threshold of...
View ArticleFunding the insurgency war
By Peter Ovie Akus The announcement last week by the Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, (after the meeting of the National Executive Council (NEC) whose members are drawn from Nigeria’s 36 state...
View ArticleOndo city development: From platitudes to action
By Yinka Adeosun The easiest way to incur the wrath of royalty is to refer to Ondo as a town. As far as the royal class is concerned, Ondo is now a city, and not a town, whether it possesses the...
View ArticleNigeria: A primer on stoking separatism
By Russel Andrew Crowe Calls for the rebirth of the defunct Republic of Biafra have been increasingly heard on the streets of Nigeria in recent times. Since the reunification of Nigeria and Biafra in...
View ArticleBoosting Ease of Doing Business in Ogun
By Soyombo Opeyemi Recently, the media was awash with the news of Ogun State losing about N5 billion monthly to illegal haulage revenue collectors. This is a lot of money, especially in this time of...
View ArticleSorry condition of widows
By VICTORIA NGOZI IKEANO A widow is a woman who has lost her husband. And what do we call a husband that has lost his wife? As defined by the Encarta English dictionary, while a woman whose husband has...
View ArticleAppraising the Lagos Security Trust Fund model
By Tayo Ogunbiyi A few days ago, the Lagos State Government held the 11th Town Hall Meeting on Security which coincided with the 10th anniversary of Lagos State Security Trust Fund (LSSTF). At the...
View ArticleThe essence of Nnamdi Kanu
By Aloy Ejimakor A little over 47 years ago, Nigeria’s tragic, violent Civil War came to a close. It was fought by forces on one side which, in reality, wanted to preserve the Nigerian confederation...
View ArticleBefore another dollar bazaar
The controversy trailing the recent approval of $1 billion from Extra Crude Account by the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) to the Federal Government in its prosecution of the war against the Boko Haram...
View ArticleAwaiting the names of recipients for national honours
By ERIC TENIOLA The process for the award of National Honours has begun. Hopefully the recipients will be known before April. It will be the first time President Muhammadu Buhari will bestow such...
View ArticleNigeria has failed, neither APC nor PDP can rescue her
By Brady Nwosu No doubt about it, Nigeria is an illusion. It is not only a failing state, but it has failed both man, and God, who endowed her with resources in more that sufficient measures. All the...
View Article2019: Atiku and that love letter from Okonkwo
I read with interest but huge sense of disappointment, the article written by a certain Churchill Okonkwo entitled: LETTER TO ATIKU ABUBAKAR BY A DISSATISFIED NIGERIAN which sadly has gained currency...
View ArticleBaggage of 2030 sustainable agenda
By Jerome- Mario Utomi There was a veiled agreement among stakeholders at a recent gathering in Lagos that the governments in Nigeria at all levels are shirking the traditional but universal...
View ArticleBuhari and the perception deficit
By Percy Owaiye As a young primary school pupil, I remember sitting on a tree branch one Saturday evening, and hear General Murtala Muhammed reel out the names of dismissed military officers in one of...
View ArticleSecrets of successful public admin in Lagos (1)
By Akintola Benson Oke The task before public sector entities in contemporary times is very daunting, indeed. In particular, the challenges confronting the governments of multicultural, cosmopolitan...
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