Issues/Policy
‘The Daura Man Is Very Clever’
This week’s topic is indeed the conclusion of the whole matter I began three weeks ago on a thematic area: ‘Why Buhari is a man of the decade (1&2)’. It has been part of my […]
Articles by Omoniyi Osadare
Issues/Policy
Buhari, Sylva And The Petroleum Ministry By Jerome-Mario Utomi
In the construction of any business strategy, Kenichi Ohmae, a world-acclaimed management consultant and author of; The Mind of a strategist, among other things, noted that three main players must be taken into account; the […]
Issues/Policy
Social Safety Net Programme And Poverty Alleviation In Nigeria By Davidson Aminu
Nigeria like most developing countries of the world is faced with problems of youth and graduate unemployment, high rate of poverty and low economic growth and development. The high rate of unemployment among the youth […]
Politics
How Do You Stop Nigerian Politicians From Being Corrupt? By Tony Ogunlowo
Corruption has been the bane of our lives ever since Nigeria came into existence: every year billions and billions of Naira of public funds are stolen with very few prosecuted. Our judiciary is laughable and […]
MEDIA
Children Yearn For Secure, Prosperous Nation, As Nigeria Celebrates 59
Daily, they listen to tales from their parents and peers on how seamless and effective things work in more organised climes. That, perhaps, explains why Nigerian pupils are perplexed the way things are in their […]
Editorial
Guardian (NG): When Is A Good Capital Vote In Budgeting?
The 2020 budget proposals of the Federal Government appear to be currently beset with many challenges akin to what currently plagues the current 2019 budget. In preparation for the presentation of the 2020 budget to […]
News
Siasia’s Mother Regains Freedom
Former Nigerian footballer and coach, Samson Siasia’s mother, Ogere Siasia, has been freed 76days after she was kidnapped from her home in Bayelsa State. Mrs Siasia has been kidnapped for Ransome before. She was abducted […]
Issues/Policy
OBJ: South Africa Is Addressing Xenophobia, I Hope Returnees Will Go Back
Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has expressed optimism that South Africa is addressing xenophobia. Speaking with journalists in Abeokuta, Ogun state capital, on Saturday, Obasanjo said he believes the South African government is putting adequate measures […]
Law
Falana: DSS Not Petitioning NJC Over Judge Who Granted Sowore Bail
Femi Falana, senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), says there is no plan by the Department of State Services (DSS) to report a federal high court judge to the National Judicial Council (NJC) for granting Omoyele […]
News
Police Arrest, Detain Four Cops For Extorting Software Developer
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four policemen for allegedly extorting money from a software developer whom they accused of Internet fraud. The police spokesman, Bala Elkana, told The PUNCH on Sunday that the […]
Video
How To Fight Poverty In Nigeria — Kpakol
After 59 years of independence, a large portion of the Nigerian population lives below the poverty line. In this interview, former Chief Economic Adviser, to then President Olusegun Obasanjo, Prof. Magnus Kpakol, says that only […]
Religion
Obedient Children and Children of Disobedience (2) By Femi Aribisala
How can a girl tell if she is a woman? If she has to prove she is a woman then the devil is at work. For example, the devil says she can wear a very […]
News
EFCC Operatives Learn New Money Laundering Tactics
The Inter Governmental Action against Money laundering in West Africa, GIABA, has exposed officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to latest trends in Anti-Money Laundering and Countering Financing of Terrorism. The five- […]
Issues/Policy
New China at 70: The Path You Take Determines Your Future By Zhou Pingjian
Since the founding of the People’s Republic of China on October 1st 1949, the Chinese people have brought enormous changes to the country, creating an unprecedented miracle of development in the world history. Once labelled […]
Issues/Policy
UK, US Democracy: Might Nigeria Help To Heal? By Minabere Ibelema
The United Kingdom and United States are Nigeria’s role models in democratic governance. At the end of colonial rule, the UK bequeathed Nigeria with its parliamentary form of democracy. But after some tumultuous years, a […]
Issues/Policy
Buhari’s ‘Foreign Calvary’ Solution By Sonala Olumhense
Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari arrived in New York last week against the background of a sad legal hoopla about having been “insulted” on television by a citizen. And then he demonstrated why it is virtually […]
Government
Seyi Makinde Warns Contractors: Offer Me 50% And See What Happens To You
Oyo State Governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, was on the state’s broadcasting corporation recently, where he fielded questions from panellists and residents of the state on the activities of his government in the first 100 days […]
Politics
So, To Whom Will Gbajabiamila Report Buhari? By Emmanuel Aziken
When Speaker Femi Gbajabiamila penultimate Friday vowed to report the country’s service chiefs to President Muhammadu Buhari over their failure to personally honour a meeting, he raised questions about the competence and capacity of the […]
Politics
Buhari’s Body Language By Emmanuel Aziken
It was on the sidelines of his first outing with the Lagos press as minister of information in the fourth quarter of 2015, that Alhaji Lai Mohammed said that President Muhammadu Buhari was looking for […]
Religion
‘The Church Will Fight For Him’ — CAN Defends Osinbajo On N90bn Allegation
The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) says the church will defend for Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo in the N90 billion allegation levelled against him. Supo Ayokunle, CAN national president, made this known on Friday when he […]