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ICPC and this cancer called corruption

Joel Oladele, Abuja I pledge to Nigeria my country To be FAITHFUL, LOYAL AND HONEST…,” Those are the first two lines of the Nigeria national pledge. I don't know if I'm the only one who gets emotional while reciting the pledge. I often struggle to control my tears because to me, those are not just ...

Rachel Jantiku: Tax rights and obligations, two sides of a coin

Why Namibia must act now to guarantee fiscal stability for energy investors and avoid delays

Time for Military, Navy to vacate pipelines protection for NSCDC

Anatomy of Presidential engagement

Powers Behind the Throne: Era of ‘Go and See Rauf’ Appears Gone!

Sulaimon Sobiye: Ogun Tribunal and matters arising

Reading through different narratives on social media on what transpired at the governorship election Tribunal sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital today, left me wondering how the menace of media sensationalism and misinformation have gone deeper into the fabric of our Society. That political thugs invaded the premises of the court where the ...

As Governor Fintiri commences second term

The 2023 Adamawa governorship election was not only tough for Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri, it shocked him to his marrows. Fintiri said, he didn’t only contest against Senator Aishatu Dahiru Ahmed Binani, but against powerful people in Abuja. Governor Fintiri further said, it was an attempted coup d’état against him. The aftermath of the April ...

Agricultural policies for women in Tinubu’s government

BY Dr. E.O Ogunsalu, Phd,MNIM, MNIIA There is a low level of high breed seedlings importation into the country. The land use act of the Federal Government is not helpful and has contributed negatively to agricultural development in the country. Some State Governments have acquired large expanse of fertile land and left the indigenes with ...

Fuel subsidy: Time to decide whether to empower tiny few or all Nigerians

By Ismail Omipidan Over the years, one thing has been very clear about Nigeria and its leaders: we do not lack good ideas and initiatives. What is lacking is courage and political will to do the right thing at the right time. This is why I commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for having the courage ...

Technocracy: Roadmap to successful Nigerian economy

The Nigerian economy is built on a faulty foundation. Like all foundations, it requires considerable skill to strengthen and upgrade an already faulty one. A faulty foundation cannot support the weight of a structure, or keep it firmly on the ground. Therefore, it is only an adept team of individuals that can salvage a foundation ...

Hon. Olaide Akinremi: Keeping a date with the next level

By Akeem Adebiyi Really, he stunned the keen watchers of democracy and political observers when he emerged as the only elected federal lawmaker to represent Ibadan North Federal constituency at the green chamber in Ibadan city in the 2019 Federal elections. They were quite taken aback owing to their perception of him as a greenhorn ...

Combating counterfeiting through product authentication

Counterfeiting, the act of imitating, making illegal copies, or making something look like the original, usually goes with the intent to steal, destroy, deceive or even replace the original. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development reveals that African countries are target destinations for counterfeit goods such as pharmaceuticals, foods and beverages. Unfortunately, the ultimate ...

Extension of Immigration Chief’s tenure is in the interest of the nation

By Balarabe Isaac The instigated protest against the extension of the Acting Controller-General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Idris Isah Jere by President Muhammadu Buhari, the Commander-in-Chief of the Nigerian Armed Forces is misplaced at best, at worst, ridiculous from faceless group going by the name ‘Concerned Nigeria Immigration Stakeholders’. This group should be ...

Day ‘Mr Gatwick’ called at Gateway Agro-Cargo Airport

By Kunle Somorin Parroted as the man who owns Gatwick and former adviser to the United States President Donald Trump, an iconic investor was in town. His visit was fortuitous but nonetheless memorable. He had come to bury his equally well-decorated late father, Nigeria’s first professor of medicine, Theophilus Oladipo Ogunlesi, who passed on a ...

President Buhari’s Benue record speaks for itself, let the people of Benue speak for themselves too — Garba Shehu

In a series of apparently syndicated editorials, this country’s newspapers – the Daily Trust and ThisDay – have attempted to lay the blame of the dire security situation in Benue State entirely at the feet of the outgoing president. As for the man who has actually presided over Benue State for the past eight years, ...

Four biggest losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections

By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Real losers of 2023 Nigerian general elections are not the electorate who were deprived of their rights to freely choose candidates of their choice nor the first-timer youth who were disappointed by the Nigerian state nor the candidates who lost or won as declared by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). ...

Re: Open letter to his Excellency, Mr Gboyega Oyetola

I was astonished to have read a statement in form of a letter from one Diran Odeyemi, who did not disclose his current designation in a political contraption in Osun State under the aegis of the Peoples Democratic Party PDP, citing many unacceptable inferences why the All Progressives Congress APC governorship candidate, Mr Gboyega Oyetola, ...

Ogun Guber: Let’s have honour among losers

By Kunle Somorin In a keenly contested gubernatorial election like we had last Saturday in Ogun State, it is trite to say that there would be only one winner and 12 losers. Close watchers opined that the winner would either the incumbent, Dapo Abiodun or his hard-fighting clansman, Ladi Adebutu. A few pundits thought the ...

Osun: Understanding the issues before Appeal Court

By Ismail Omipidan Last Monday, the litigants in the Osun governorship tussle appeared before the three-man Appeal panel, in Abuja, led by Justice M.L. Shuaibu. But for the magnanimity of the panel, the counsel for all the parties would have lost the opportunity to give the “Chemistry and Biology” of their briefs. Once the justices ...

Abiodun: A date with Providence

By Funmi Branco THE gang-up was massive. At the eleventh hour, and when it mattered most, friends turned foes and associates turned persecutors. Criticism underlined by pure mischief took over the airwaves and naysayers shouted themselves hoarse, railing against the people’s governor. Their conscience captured by the rustle of naira notes, they called him every ...

Abiodun: Why he deserves a second term

By Kunle Somorin About 45 months ago, Prince Dapo Abiodun came to office amidst massive hope and expectation from the people of Ogun State that at last a leader had come to truly guide Ogun to progress, development and the realisation of her destiny. The mood all over the State, at the time he took ...

Chronicles of undergraduates during Naira scarcity

Last year, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), through its Governor, Godwin Emefiele, announced the redesigning of the naira. The Governor, however, gave an initial deadline of January 31st 2023 for the phase out of the old note. The deadline was, however, extended to February 10, 2023 due to the scarcity of the new notes ...

Gov. Sanwo-Olu: A timely balancing force in Cosmopolitan Lagos City

By Prof. Ojo Emmanuel ADEMOLA Lagos (as a derivative of the constitutionally created State of Lagos) is peculiar in many respects and can be signed-post as a micro Nigeria. In population and diversity, it’s about a tenth of Nigeria’s uncertified 200 Million people (population wise) for the Fulanis/Hausas’ North East (NE) and North West (NW); ...

Challenging 2023 election results on sole ground of failure to upload or transmit election results electronically amount to embarking on voyage on a sea without shore

By Olumide Olaiya In the past few days, divergent views on the hydra-headed issues thrown up by the Presidential and National Assembly elections of 25th February, 2023 have been expressed by lawyers and non-lawyers via write-ups and news media interviews. It is interesting to note that some views gained very wide acceptability simply because the ...

Dapo Abiodun: A date with history

By Funmi Branco The 2023 presidential and National Assembly elections have come and gone. Prior to the elections, there had been a lot of trepidation, anxiety and tension across the country, including Ogun State. But the elections turned out to be mostly peaceful. Regardless of the imperfections in the system, a president-elect, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed ...

2023: Teacher Obasanjo wants to teach us nonsense

By Ismail Omipidan “These elections have not lived up to the hopes and expectations of the Nigerian people and the process cannot be considered to have been credible.” The above quote from Chief EU observer Max van den Berg, in 2007, summed up the outcome of the 2007 presidential election supervised by former President Olusegun ...

Strengthening Nigeria’s democracy through civic education curriculum

Over the years, Civic Education as a subject has become a major component of inculcating moral, culture and values into children in primary schools across the country. The Nigerian Educational Research and Development Council (NERDC) recently presented Electoral Education Curriculum and Teacher's Guide for primary schools in a move to use the civic education curriculum ...

Now that CBN’s incongruous new naira policy has paralysed micro and small businesses

By Ola Emmanuel The skit maker chose a very auspicious location to pass the message across. Crossing the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, with the fast-moving vehicles on top speed in both direction, she struggled to climb over the divide in an attempt to cross to the other side. She was on call and passing a message as ...

The happiness we deserve: Post-Convocation Reception Speech — Rev. Fr. Nwauzor Pius Chibuike Ph.D

I came across something of interest, which motivated me, and I would love to share it with you, it says, “You are smart enough, beautiful enough, and strong enough! Believe it and stop letting insecurity ruin you. Nothing holds you back more than your own insecurity. Do one thing every day that scares you; for ...

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