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Femi Oyetola and mischief makers

By Muhammad Adamu There are allegations of extortion and intimidation making the rounds on the Internet against Femi Oyetola, the cerebral son of the former Governor of Osun State and the current Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, Adegboyega Oyetola. According to these accusations, Femi purportedly visits top officials in the Ministry and demands money ...

Enhancing Nigeria’s development: A comprehensive approach to ESG issues

Importance of young people investing in agriculture

Osun and illegal mining: A cancerous tumour that must be tamed

High cost of living: Nigeria paying for years of agricultural neglect and insecurity

Caution on creation of State Police

Economic hardship: Holding Governors, Council Chairs accountable

By Waheed Adekunle The current socio-economic reality in the country has called for the attention of all and sundry particularly the commoners who have practically become the victims of circumstance in the face of maladministration and malfeasance being meted out to them by the key actors in the states and local government areas in the ...

Nigeria’s hardship: One GCFR, many Presidents

Nigeria’s hardship: One GCFR, many Presidents

By Jimoh Olorede, PhD Nigeria is one of the most naturally endowed nations of the world. She has potentials for greatness. Coupled with natural endowments, the country is also rich in human and capital resources. However, there’s a major problem with this country — the followers are as bad as their leaders! Most often, we ...

Hardship, high cost of living and looming protests across the country

By Abraham Achimugu The Nigerian economy has mostly been grappling with a myriad of challenges over the years however, in recent times, these issues have been worsened by the federal government’s decision to remove fuel subsidies which have resulted in problems such as; a high cost of living, a growing sense of insecurity and general ...

NBTE’s unbundling: Migrating mass communication graduates from generalists to specialists

NBTE’s unbundling: Migrating mass communication graduates from generalists to specialists

By Jimoh Olorede, PhD Mass Communication Programme which started in Nigeria about sixty-four years ago, before its commencement in many Nigerian Polytechnics, first with Jackson College of Journalism (named after John Payne Jackson, the publisher of Lagos Weekly Record), and later Department of Mass Communication, at the University of Nigeria, Usukka in 1960, has now ...

National security: Special intervention squad, its impacts and prospects

National security: Special intervention squad, its impacts and prospects

By ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi The development of a nation in all areas is linked, and could be directly proportional to its security architecture and dynamism. In many areas, and by many scholars, security has not only been seen or perceived as the absence of war but also the general well-being of the citizenry of that ...

Vox populi, vox dei?

By Bolanle Bolawole There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself. Every time I appoint someone to a vacant position, I make a hundred unhappy and one ungrateful. I am the state” – France’s King Louis XIV. France’s Bourbons king, Louis XIV (Born: 5 September, 1638; Died: 1 September, 1715), also ...

Why services are vital to the next age of business

By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head, HP Nigeria It seems like it’s the end of work as we know it, given the significant transformation and changes in recent years. The growing need for hybrid working environments has led businesses to explore new ways of securely linking systems and staff. Meanwhile, many institutions are wrestling with a ...

Time to temper the headlines on Nigeria’s security challenges

By Bayo Onanuga I woke up Tuesday to read some hair-raising headlines about kidnapping and killings in our country. “Over 17,000 Nigerians abducted under Buhari and Tinubu,” screamed one newspaper that described the incidents as an epidemic. Another newspaper wrote “2,423 people killed, 1,872 kidnapped in eight months of Tinubu.” There was yet another scary ...

Workforce Solutions: An unexploited strategy for business growth

By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head at HP Nigeria Globally, organisations still grapple with providing the assets, tools, and bespoke solutions employees require to succeed in today’s flexible workplaces. This is quite surprising, considering that it’s been a while since the widespread adoption of hybrid models. HP’s engagements with Chief Innovation Officers (CIOs) and Information Technology ...

Tinubu and the quest to secure Nigeria’s natural resources

By Temitope Ajayi For many decades, Nigeria’s move towards rapid development and economic growth was impaired by poor revenue despite the country’s abundant natural resources. The country’s unsavoury economic situation was also compounded by the almost crippling foreign exchange crisis of the last eight years, accentuated by insufficient supply of dollars into the economy. With ...

Dapo Abiodun’s Supreme court victory and Ogun’s renewed hope

By Lekan Adeniran (Chief Press Secretary to Governor Dapo Abiodun) On Friday, January 19, the Supreme Court affirmed the victory of Governor Dapo Abiodun as the Ogun State governor. A five-member panel of the court led by Justice John Okoro held that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, failed to prove allegations ...

Non-aligned movement and Nigeria’s quest for equal access to capital

By Tunde Rahman Is the Non-Aligned Movement still around? Is the organisation still in existence? That was the weighty question Professor Ikechukwu Okoro, a visually impaired Nigerian and Iowa State University don, slammed on me the moment I informed him of my mission in Kampala, Uganda. Professor Okoro and I had met on our way ...

Adeleke’s White Paper: A product of impunity, judicial mockery, nullity

By Waheed Adekunle Dissecting the declaration of the Osun State Governor, Senator Ademola Adeleke on the kingship issues in Igbajo, Ikirun, Iree, Awo and Abere as contained in the ‘White Paper’ recently issued by the state government, it is crystal clear that the Adeleke’s government was on a vendetta mission. The only motive being to ...

Osun and Segilola gold: Governor Adeleke has said nothing new

By Ismail Omipidan About a year ago, the Governor Ademola Adeleke-led government claimed that Adegboyega Oyetola diverted the dividends accruing to the State from Segilola Mining firm. Till date, they have not provided any empirical evidence to ascertain their claim. This morning, I read another press statement from the state government, the fourth in the ...

In eight months of Tinubu administration, Nigeria’s stock market leads the world

By Bayo Onanuga The Nigerian economy is looking good in some sectors. This is not a harebrained assessment, despite the high inflation and the unstable exchange rate of the Naira. Those who doubt this don’t need to look far, for a reality check. The economic boom is happening at the Nigerian Exchange, where stockholders are ...

Life expectancy and economic situations of Nigeria

By Adémólá Òrúnbon Life expectancy is a measure of the length of life expected to be lived by an individual at birth. Improvement of life expectancy to at least 70 years by 2020 and above is one of Nigeria’s health policy targets. Life expectancy is frequently utilised and analysed in the composition of demographic data ...

Osun and faceless contractors: Adeleke’s Govt, politics of due process somersault

By Waheed Adekunle A phrase from a maxim of equity says, “he that comes from above is above all. He that is of the earth is earthly. Thus, he who comes to equity must come with clean hands.” For clarity, this means that a person who makes a claim in equity must be free from ...

The whys and wherefores of Mr. President’s education drive

By Fredrick Nwabufo Education is a recipe for generational transformation and an inviolable promissory note for securing the future. A nation secure and assured is one with the requisite investments, policies, initiatives, interest, ambition, and avidity for education. Educating children is empowering the future. There is no future without the children, and there is no ...

NBC’s latest ranking of Ogun and reaffirmation of Abiodun’s savvy on digital economy

By Olaniyi Ajibola The latest ranking of Ogun State alongside Lagos State as the top states in Nigeria with mobile Internet subscriptions in the year 2023 by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBC, has undoubtedly confirmed the speedy trajectory of digital economy by the administration of Governor Dapo Abiodun, since his assumption of office in ...

Tinubu, ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ and the power of creative economy

By Temitope Ajayi While extolling Funke Akindele, the Nollywood filmmaker for her recent box office accomplishment, President Bola Tinubu lauded the growing contribution of the Nigerian creative industry to the economic growth of the country. He acknowledged its pivotal place as not just a medium for artistic expression but also a source of enormous soft ...

SUPA: The new frontier for shared prosperity

By Temitope Ajayi With the increasing demand for blue collar workers in Europe, North America and Asia, the Federal Government, through the Industrial Training Fund, is now working to up the skills of artisans in Nigeria which, in turn, would boost the nation’s economy through skilled manpower and labour export. Of recent, Denmark, Germany, UAE, Estonia, ...

Blackmail, scandal and the Augean stable of university education in Nigeria

By Bolanle Bolawole Recently, an undercover reporter blew open the scandal of overseas university education and its deleterious effect on our educational system and national development. But it is not as if we have not always been aware that many of the certificates brought home from abroad by our folks are sub-standard and do not ...

What Time is it for Nigeria?

By Obiageli Ezekwesili There is Time for everything. Figuratively speaking, a person or country can be asked, “What Time is it?” with an intention to trigger a deep rumination from those who should know or care. The start of the New Year after a bloodied end of 2023 with yet another mass brutal killings of ...

Sanwo-Olu and one-way riders

By Zayd Ibn Isah Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State asserted himself as its true number one law enforcer when he apprehended motorcyclists for riding in the wrong direction along the Lagos-Badagry expressway. In a short clip which went viral on social media, the Governor, evidently incensed, directed his security aides to arrest and detain ...

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