Month: May 2020

Apart from accentuating the pathetically weak state of Nigeria’s health sector, the COVID-19 outbreak has also exposed the country’s perpetual neglect of its children. These two are of course, amongst several other things that need […]

Some persons will wonder why a Catholic Priest should write in positive regard of the celebration of Ramadan. The world has been challenged by religious fanaticism. Religious fanatics accept only the fundamentals of their religions. […]

I know Ibrahim Gambari quite well. I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation. He was then a senior lecturer at […]

Continued from yesterday In the 1999 Constitution produced by Justice Nikki Tobi (1940-2016), the members of the National Council of State were reduced. This was contained in Decree No. 24 of May 5, 1999, which […]

The last seven weeks must go down as Nigeria’s season of dilemma with the coronavirus pandemic outbreak. In a way, the ugly season of sudden death and griping fear known to have emanated from far […]

In the last few weeks, there have been reported cases of ‘mysterious’ deaths of high calibre persons in the highly populous and commercial city of Kano. Although officially Kano has recorded and confirmed about 693 […]

Prof. Sola Fajana is the former vice chancellor, Joseph Ayo Babalola University (JABU), Osun State. In this interview with UJUNWA ATUEYI, Fajana, a professor of labour economics and human resource management decried the age-long neglect […]

While the internal business environment is within the control of business owners, the same cannot be said of the external business environment. The single most important influence in today’s external business environment are disruptions due […]

Gladys Uwaleke Students with disabilities require special education tailored to meet their unique needs. In Nigeria, it is mostly obtained in school-bound settings which have now been greatly affected by the outbreak of coronavirus otherwise […]

“The President has approved that this administration should implement the Oransanye report. It has reviewed the whole of the size of government and has made very significant recommendations in terms of reducing the number of […]

So much hysteria is strewn in the way of 5G, the fifth generation of wireless telecommunications technology. One way to understand the difference between the present, and 5G technology, is to remember, “New Improved,” the […]

If the Abacha repressive regime were a soccer team, Professor Ibrahim Gambari would be one of the “1st eleven players” or at least a quarter back on the reserve bench in the government squad. Though […]

Iknow him quite well. I was the one who in 1981 brought him to the UN at his request as a member of the Nigerian delegation. He was then a senior lecturer at the ABU. […]

The already thirteen year old trial of former governor Orji Uzor Kalu of Abia State is to recommence for another twenty years probably. EFCC by now is looking to regather its 19 witnesses for a […]