Tuesday, 19th March 2024
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13 Mar
I refuse to be a silent part of a world that has raised most men to be ignorant. A world that has almost made relevant conversations a secret and an uncomfortable circumstance - one person’s curse and burden to endure.
13 Mar
Nigeria's economy is bleeding profusely. The bleeding didn’t start recently. It started in trickles many years ago when the knowledge of Nigerian economic managers was relatively low and resources were sufficiently in abundance to overwhelm the avoidable leakages.
13 Mar
Communication is the exchange of verbal or non-verbal information between two or more people. It is an integral part of our existence, with early humans using cave drawings for sharing information. Even today, research repeatedly shows how crucial effective communication skills are to succeed in all endeavours.
12 Mar
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, is appropriately worried that some faceless people on the social media are calling for a coup in the country. He said recently: “Whoever is making that call does not love Nigeria.
12 Mar
ALL development programmes implemented by Nigeria since independence have always been conceived in Britain and America. Nigeria began with National Plans 1960-1985, then the Structural Adjustment Programme (SAP) 1986-now.
12 Mar
It is no longer news that the continued collapse of the naira in the foreign exchange (FX) market is already eliciting desperate and panicky measures from the monetary authorities.
12 Mar
The Nigeria Data Protection Act 2023 (NDPA), is Nigeria’s main data protection legislation. The NDPA was enacted and came into effect on June 12, 2023. 
12 Mar
As we celebrate the International Women’s Day, there are needs to take practical steps to implement a robust agenda that would address the inequality gap and lack of inclusivity affecting women in Nigeria.
12 Mar
University of Lagos Muslim Alumni (UMA) organised its 29th Pre - Ramadan Lecture captioned “Economic Reforms for Nigeria: Challenges and Prospects for the Future”.
11 Mar
Recently, the National Assembly set up two separate Committees to undertake a review of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (As Amended).
11 Mar
Today, my focus is on the adoption of Steve Oronsaye Report on the restructuring and rationalisation of the federal bureaucracy comprising agencies, parastatals, and commissions by the Executive Council of the Federation on February 26.
11 Mar
The National Assembly appears upbeat, as lawmakers begin another amendment of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

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