BY endorsing a bill to fund the “completion” of the Ajaokuta Steel Complex as 2018 wound down, the Senate reminded the world how terribly ill-served Nigerians have been by their elected representatives. Passed earlier by […]
In no other facet of life is Nigeria’s underwhelming development as stark as in the rural areas. The poverty there is extreme; social infrastructure is non-existent. In the midst of the vacuous electioneering babble, a […]
What politicians have been does not reliably foretell what they may do in office. The need for them to get the votes is one reason. So, what appeals to voters is what they say. How […]
“Voters need to believe the probity of the democratic process itself, and in the long run, all Nigerians win with free and fair elections” –Carl Levan, Op-ed page, New York Times, December 6, 2018. All […]
Another cycle of presidential election debate in Nigeria holds on January 19, 2019, on the home stretch to the February 16, 2019 presidential election. Presidential election debate is an American innovation which was formalised with […]
Each time we run into stormy weathers of life and fall on hard times, it’s natural to look to people around us for succour. If our kith-and-kin can’t offer a bailout, we are out of […]
There is a quip from the Holy Bible, to be found in the Book of Psalms 37: 25. It says that ‘I was young and now I’m old, but I have never seen the righteous […]
Though I had some pressing issues that were yet to be resolved, my spirit was high as I drove that October afternoon. This was probably due to the music from the car cassette player and […]
Is ASUU your ASUU or is ASUU our ASUU? This question recently vociferated from my subconscious place very vociferously to the extent that I even seemed to feel inside me a vociferous mob. Oyibo! Akukwo! […]
“The parable of those who take protectors other than the Almighty is like that of a spider who builds for itself a dwelling, and surely the weakest of all dwellings is the dwelling of a […]
The report presented the other day by the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CJP), whose research findings claimed that no fewer than 251 journalists are currently in prisons worldwide, is a sad and regrettable […]
The tenures of IG Sunday Ehindero and Mike Okiro that were extended by the administrations of former President Olusegun Obasanjo and Yar Adua respectively. Obasanjo extended the tenure of Ehindero by one year. Former President […]
The board of directors of 9mobile says Adrian Wood, chief executive officer of Teleology Holding, exited the company because he could not meet his obligations to the consortium. In a statement released on Wednesday, the […]
The reported burning by suspected herdsmen of a 250-hectare rice farm owned by the Governor of Benue State, Mr. Samuel Ortom, is a heinous act that cannot be condemned strongly enough. The arsonists who are […]
Students have been charged to be resolute and consistent in their studies, so as to measure up with the global standards and make informed decision when necessary. A legal practitioner, Mrs. Ariola Awokoya and Senior […]
MISSANG OYAMA Veni, Vidi, Vici-I came, I saw and I conquered. The above statement reportedly originated from a letter Julius Caesar wrote to the Roman Senate around 46 BC, after achieving victory against Pharnaces II […]
I met a man at an intersection in one of the towns of Nigeria, as he headed for where he called No man’s land. I didn’t know where the place was. Nor had I heard […]
Desirable as it is for the country to embrace a new minimum wage that will impact more positively on workers, the present clamour needs to be taken with great caution, else a seeming truce between […]
We, all of us, must find a way of changing the narrative about the security situation in the country. Before now, we were largely worried only about Borno State, then Yobe and then Adamawa. These […]
When people complain incessantly that nothing seems to work in Nigeria, they often wholly fix their accusatorial gaze at the politically visible citadels of power where high State officials like the President and state Governors […]
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