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Chief Julius Momo Udochi was the first Nigerian Ambassador to the United States of America, 1960–1965.

Trump would be the forty-seventh president of the United State of America. In his first coming, which no one – except Doug Casey, a starry-eyed pollster – really prophesied, he was the forty-fifth.

The strained relationships between former governors and the successors they handpick have become legendary in Nigeria. Although it’s common for godfathers and godsons to turn against each other after a period of initial cooperation,

Jurisprudential thought establishes the corresponding principles of rights and responsibilities. Three logical inferences stem that thesis. One, no right is absolute. Two, the fundamental right to freedom of expression in enlightened democratic societies

There are times, when certain remarkably classy developments take place, to the enrichment and happiness of American politics, that one does not need the clairvoyance of the French astrologer – Nostradamus, who died in 1566

Sokoto State, which already has its plate full due to the nefarious activities of the terrorists operating freely in 13 local government areas of its Eastern border with Zamfara State, might find its security situation terribly

Appointments of ambassadors or high commissioners by the President is a constitutional obligation. There should not be any delay in such appointments. Section 171 of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

We now live in a world that is daily undergoing what has been called a polycrisis—crisis situations that are not only fundamental, but are also interlinked in ways that affects several regions of the world. In administrative terms

It is amazing how time flies as Governor Godwin Obaseki of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP relinquished power to his successor, Senator Monday Okpebholo of the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Tuesday, November 12, 2024.

Section 18 of Nigeria’s Fiscal Responsibility Act (FRA) 2007 states that the “President shall submit the Appropriation Bill to the National Assembly not later than September 30th of each year.” And Section 19 of the Act says “the National Assembly shall consider and pass the Bill within 90 days of receipt.”

To maintain independence and to fund projects, African countries must build sovereign wealth funds and development banks to underwrite big infrastructure projects.

In 2019, I wrote a piece narrating the harrowing experience of customers with virtually all the banks in Nigeria. A friend of mine who is a seasoned banker by all accounts, read it and came to me to explain the challenges of the banking system.