Nigeria’s growing insecurity
Olutayo Tade The growing fear of insecurity and the consequent worthlessness of lives of Nigerians have been further affirmed by the deaths recorded across the country last week: (Plateau (over 200...
View Article2019: Why Kalu will lift Abia to APC (1)
Ebere Wabara With the entry of former governor of Abia State, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, into the All Progressives Congress (APC), it is certainly a death knell for the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Abia...
View ArticleSuper Eagles and the curse of Argentina
Tayo Ogunbiyi In local football parlance, when a football team constantly thrashes another soccer squad at every given chance, the one on the receiving end is often referred to as the ‘wife’ of the...
View ArticleOf national conversations, presidential debates and big ideas
Sufuyan Ojeifo The late business mogul, philanthropist and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, put his nose to the grindstone to be president of...
View ArticleThe perils of abuse of power
Tochukwu Ezukanma In one of those instances of fuel scarcity in Lagos State, I drove to a fuel station, and, like the other motorists, parked my car in the line for petrol. In a more sane society,...
View ArticleAs 2019 general election approaches
Steve Obum Orajiaku While some aspiring and existing politicians have slightly begun to roll out their drums in preparation for the next senatorial, gubernational and presidential elections in...
View ArticleThe problem with NNPC
Dan Onwukwe Very so often, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) is in the news for the wrong reasons. It appears the corporation has become inured to controversies. The NNPC without...
View ArticleGrieving nation and need for restructuring
Jerome-Mario Utomi Justice, in the words of Thomas Aquinas, is the act of rendering to each person what is truly his or hers and, comes in two different forms; commutative and distributive. While...
View ArticleLike NNPC like Nigeria’s mundial output
Victor C. Ariole “In theory there’s no difference between theory and practice. But in practice, there is” Van de Snepsheut. Every progress has been enabled by what people do. Out of theory they test...
View ArticleFashola, landlords and the housing crisis
Wale Sokunbi Minister of Power, Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, recently proposed a new house rental model under which tenants would pay their rents monthly in arrears, and not annually in...
View ArticleRepositioning Lagos State Pension Commission
Akintola Benson Oke It is now common knowledge that the government of Lagos State led by Governor Akinwunmi Ambode fully recognises the enormous value that knowledge and skills training bring to bear...
View ArticleThe triumph of Saraki
Femi Salako The Supreme Court on July 6 discharged the Senate President, Dr. Bukola Saraki of the remaining three count charges of false assets declaration and money laundering. The Code of Conduct...
View ArticleWinners and losers of 2018 World Cup
Victoria Ngozi Ikeano The “world’s greatest sports fiesta”, Federation of International Football Association (FIFA)-organised World Cup, will be rounded off this weekend with the finals slated for...
View ArticleGovernment by speculation
Lewis Obi In the last 50 years or so, excepting the military coups, pogroms, and the civil war (1966-70) nothing has been as threatening in Nigerian life as the mass killings of Nigerian farmers and...
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Driving sustainable economic growth through plant conservation
Nkemdili Nwadike In 1991, the Hunger Project, a global non-profit strategic organisation committed to the sustainable end of world hunger, awarded the Africa Leadership Prize for Sustainable end of...
View ArticleThe ISIS threat alert
Tayo Ogunbiyi Recent reports by a United Kingdom newspaper, The Sun, that leaders of the terrorist group, Islamic State, are sneaking battle-hardened jihadists from Syria into Nigeria to train...
View ArticleThe grand opposition coalition
Robert Obioha When aggrieved members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) led by Buba Galadima announced the formation of the Reformed All Progressives Congress (R-APC), last week, it was certain...
View ArticleRussia 2018: The Super Eagles’ performance
Oliver Ejike Uja Nigerians love football. The passion for the game is such that each time the Super Eagles play the atmosphere is always electrified and Nigerian supporters are one of the most adorable...
View ArticleAtiku and 2019 election
Udenna Orji Nigeria is at a crossroads. We have, in the last three years, witnessed a horrendous descent to the fringes of anarchy and a failed state. Collectively, our hopes for a better life have...
View ArticleSupreme Court’s verdict on Saraki
Sufuyan Ojeifo The exculpation of senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki, last Friday, by the Supreme Court in the false asset declaration suit filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes...
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