Opinion
8 hours ago
At the conclusion of AFCON 2023, I wrote in this column that the Super Eagles was now in a good place. I said so because the team never lost any match throughout the tournament, except the final in which the host, Ivory Coast, defeated the Super Eagles by two goals to one.
8 hours ago
When nature conspires with nurture to work a miracle for a people, there is ceaseless celebration because it does not happen every day. The late Professor Benjamin Obi Nwabueze who died on October 31, 2023 was one such gem whose gift as an Igbo man, Nigerian, bar man, and human being transcended both time and tenure.
8 hours ago
The recent invasion and looting of food items of warehouses belonging to the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is a worrisome incident that cannot be pardoned for its illegality and greed; and yet cannot be overlooked for its underlying depiction of hunger and anger in the land. Food items looted included those in transit for…
8 hours ago
Nigeria is at a crossroads and Nigerians are trying to find the responses to an economic crisis and currency turmoil. Of course, all manner of symptoms keep appearing!
8 hours ago
he government’s reaction has been customarily caustic and short-fused. Those involved in the looting of a warehouse belonging to the Agric Department Strategic food store, located at Tasha area of Abuja, on March 3. Federal Capital Development Authority (FCTA)
9 hours ago
There is no gainsaying the fact that dispute resolution is a crucial component in every facet of human life and one constant variable in our society, like change, is dispute.
9 hours ago
Given how crucial regional cooperation is to Africa where intra-regional trade is a paltry 14 per cent, there was a surprisingly muted response to the recent death, at 98, of one of last century’s greatest architects of regional integration: Jacques Delors, the former President of the European Commission (1985-1994).
1 day ago
Mr President, you upset me last week Monday during the commencement ceremonials of the food security and agricultural mechanisation programme in Niger State. You said you would fix the farmer-herder crisis in three weeks off the cuff.
1 day ago
Amid the rising cost of governance and increasing public workforce, it is cheering that the Federal Government has decided to implement the report of Steve Oronsaye Committee of 2012. The committee was set up to review ...
1 day ago
Close to 10 years after the gruesome abductions of 276 female students at Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State, Nigeria has become a notorious destination for crimes of mass abductions, especially of school going youngsters.
1 day ago
Nigeria gained independence from Britain in 1960, after several years of colonial rule. Expectedly, Nigeria adopted the parliamentary system of government being the one prevailing in Britain and many other commonwealth countries.
1 day ago
As a citizen of Nigeria and, of course a contemporary of the African evolution; I think that much of the errors that has been imported into our civilisation in the last 30 years (by those of us who had had contact with the western way of living) was really out ...
1 day ago
On the 27th January, 2016, former governor Yahaya Bello was sworn in as the fourth executive governor of Kogi State and led the state uninterrupted for a sterling period of 8 years which ended on the 27th January, 2024. Bello handed over power to his worthy successor Ahmed Usman Ododo who emerged winner of the…
1 day ago
Yes, those who subscribe to the humanist outlook can do more, and make the world a better place, furthering the cause of reason and compassion. This message is not a slogan to attract attention but an invitation to all freethinking minds
1 day ago
Issues revolving around Professor Lumunba’s discourse about Christianity in Africa vis a vis the role of the colonial masters need another critical look in order to put them in proper perspective. In the revered professor’s view
2 days ago
The action of Nigeria in reopening her land and air border with Niger Republic is a clear manifestation of the resolve of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to tackle diplomatically the impasse engulfing the regional body.
2 days ago
It is beginning to appear that our leaders are not ready to read any writings on the walls. They don’t seem to be interested in any risk analysis of these difficult times. They appear too busy to be aware that our democracy isn’t working.
2 days ago
Come Wednesday, March 20, 2024, there is likely going to be a new report on the status of happiness in various nations across the world.
2 days ago
The way in which the high and mighty in Nigeria were weeping during the nights of tribute for Dr. Herbert Wigwe, who, at the time of his demise, was the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Access Holdings, is reminiscent of how North Koreans openly wept when their leader Kim Jong-il passed away in 2011
2 days ago
Sir: About four weeks ago, the news was all over the media that members of the Governors Spouses Forum, during a two-day Drug Abuse Prevention, Treatment, and Care (DPTC) training held on February 13, 2024...
4 days ago
_"Good governance should be an expectation, not an exception" – Abigail Spanberger Astute analysts of the Nigerian government’s actions since May 2023 concur that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu demonstrates a genuine commitment to enhancing Nigeria, particularly in the realms of security and economy, aligning with the provisions of Section 14 (2) of the Constitution. Regarding…
4 days ago
The catch phrase of the present administration in Anambra State is sustainability going by its principles, development plans, manifesto and project implementations.
4 days ago
President Bola Tinubu needed no one to tell him that in government, image matters as much as performance. When he assumed office on May 29, 2023, he demonstrated the courage of a man who did not intend to let dithering and indecisions drive his administration.
4 days ago
The theme: ‘Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress,’ which the United Nations chose for this year’s celebration of International Women’s Day (IWD), cannot be more appropriate as a measure of empowering women towards obtaining their contribution....
4 days ago
Small businesses and consumer goods firms are facing heavy disruption in their supply chain and operational costs due to inflation, currency risk, removal of fuel subsidies leading to a significant increase in energy costs, and scarcity of foreign exchange (FOREX).