The recent disclosure by the Country Director of Oxfam international in Nigeria, Mr. Constant Tchona, that no fewer than 94,470,535 people in Nigeria currently live below extreme poverty line, greatly contrasts the pronounced intention by […]
Mixed reactions have trailed the statement by the Minister of Works and Housing, Mr. Babatunde Fashola, which the federal government plans to re-introduce toll plazas on federal highways across the country. He stated this at […]
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State says the state government is in the process of acquiring an estimated 32,000 hectares of farmland for rice cultivation in seven states. Sanwo-Olu made disclosure on Wednesday at the […]
This is not an auspicious time to be asked to give a talk on any aspect of our national life. On a regular day, we may find seven to eight separate stories on any page […]
The saying “life is stranger than fiction”, may conjure images of happenstances that defy the imagination and stretch incredulity. Such occurrences may even engender universal awe and delight. Permit me to postulate a situation where […]
Agitation or call for a reduction in the cost of governance has been rather perennial. I wrote on this very topic sometime in the 1980s for the London-based West Africa magazine. I had then called […]
*Group provides free cataract screening, surgeries to prevent patients from getting blind The World Health Organisation (WHO) has given reasons why more than one billion people worldwide are living with vision impairment. According to the […]
It is curious that President Muhammadu Buhari the other day decried reported concentration of the wealth of the country in the hands of a few people in five states and the Federal Capital Territory without […]
It is difficult to know how our President feels about the alleged wedding arranged and almost contracted by the country’s ubiquitous social media. But it is not difficult to guess that President Muhammadu Buhari has, […]
It is no longer news that Nigeria has an unemployment crisis. As at Q3 2018, the number of unemployed people (completely unproductive or did absolutely nothing) in Nigeria was 9.7 million. That is more than […]
The current public debate among Lagosians is about the news that the Lagos State Government (LASG) is considering total ban on the use of commercial motorcycle (popularly called okada) for public transport in Lagos State. […]
This is a business that a proud man or woman cannot venture into. It requires some level of hands on and monitoring. So we all go to church on Sunday or the mosque on Friday […]
Movement is one of the key functions of any living organism. Naturally human beings, as the leaders of the food chain are expected to take advantage of this prerogative to the fullest. In essence, people […]
Of late, the Central Bank of Nigeria has been in the news. Its decision to set a floor (initially at 60 per cent, but subsequently increased to 65 per cent) on how much of their […]
A reunion is expected to rekindle the past, access the present and proffer solutions to the future. For me, a reunion should not only be about the past. I hope General Magoro and his colleagues […]
Boss Mustapha, secretary to the government of the federation (SGF), says scammers are using his office to defraud Nigerians. In a statement Willie Bassey, director of information in the SGF’s office, issued on his behalf, […]
Many people in Onitsha, Anambra state are “currently trapped” in their houses as a result of a fire outbreak in the commercial city. A resident said a petrol-laden truck, which lost control, exploded after ramming […]
Like an angry tornado, sex for grades is effacing life away from Nigerian universities. Every year, stories abound of how university professors and lecturers seduce and blackmail students. We all hear about it but it’s […]
Bola Tinubu, the National leader of the ruling All Progressives Congress, Bola Tinubu, says it is the responsibility of the people to challenge their political elite and insist on good governance otherwise the political class […]
Have you read President Muhammadu Buhari’s speech at the 25th Nigerian economic summit? Oh, you haven’t? It is a thought provoking and amazing revelation I must tell you. Please take a sit as countryman takes […]
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