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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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, ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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Nigeria’s tech journey is an ongoing process that involves the active involvement of its government as well as its people. As of 2021, Nigeria’s population totalled to 211 million people. In 2020, 50 percent of the its population were able to access the Internet, but only 41 percent of Nigerians possessed a smartphone. The Nigerian ...
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By Temitope Ajayi As the new year 2024 begins with a positive outlook, Nigerians can look forward to a great and economically rewarding year as the federal government is set to launch a massive consumer credit system in the country. While seeking the mandate of Nigerians during the last electioneering season, President Bola Tinubu was ...
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Defecting from one political party to another has in recent times, become the order of the day for most of the country’s political stalwarts. According to records, the first known political defection in Nigeria was in 1951 when members of the National Council for Nigeria and Cameroon (NCNC) defected and joined the Action Group (AG). ...
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By Adémólá Òrúnbon The recent Plateau massacre has been one among too many. Condemnations have since trailed the unfortunate development. Vice President Kashim Shettima, like many others, took time to visit the affected areas, his message was resounding, including his earlier repeated calls for an overhaul of the nation’s security apparatus. The VP was emphatic ...
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By Dakuku Peterside The passing 2023 was a year of significance for Nigeria’s political and economic landscape. Reflecting on the year underscores the need for heightened vigilance against the emergence of small ,yet consequential political challenges that threaten our democratic fabric. Domestically, the ascent of Peter Obi and the Labour Party during the 2023 elections ...
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It used to be a great privilege and status symbol to work at The Nigerian Stock Exchange up till 2010, before the palace coup at the board sent virtually all of us in the management packing. The rest they say is history, but our sympathy for the system remains absolute. During our days, staff attrition ...
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By Yekeen Olawale Wakeel Oranmiyan is an important character in Yoruba and Benin mythology. Though, the youngest of Oduduwa grandchildren according to Ife oral tradition, eventually became the most powerful and famous of them all. According to Ife’s list of traditional rulers as catalogued in Oonis Palace, Oranmiyan, the sixth Ooni of Ife had the ...
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By Rafiu Ajakaye In 1867, a former US Secretary of State William Seward committed $7.2 million of taxpayers’ money to seal a deal that bought Alaska from Russia, triggering a flurry of reactions that culminated in the media historically dubbing the development ‘Seward’s folly’ and calling it an outright waste of public resources. Poor Seward ...
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By Yekeen Olawale Wakeel Culture refers to the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, encompassing language, religion, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. It plays an important role in the lives of individuals and the society as a whole. Besides, it helps to accumulate, control and organise the human experience and it ...