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By Jimoh Olorede After election into power, politicians in Nigeria should demonstrate commitment and concentrate on governance with intent to deliver on their electioneering campaign promises to the electorate. It’s however unfortunate that many Nigerian politicians believe everything is politics, thus play ‘politics’ with everything. It’s regrettable that Nigerian youths, whose number takes the largest ...
By Otuedon Vincent There is a saying “Powerful Leaders build weak institutions, wise Leaders build strong institutions.” Nations always have to choose between having powerful leaders and wise Leaders. Africa is blessed with “Powerful Leaders,” but weak institutions and President Tinubu is one of the most powerful leaders in Africa currently. Whether he would blend ...
”And ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars: see that ye be not troubled: for all these things must come to pass, but the end is not yet…” (Matthew 24: 6) As Nigerians are drenched in cries of agony, so is the air also thick with rumours of coup d’état or military take-over. ...
By Jide Akinseye, MD/CEO Flip Farm Resort Tunde and Femi were childhood friends who grew up in the same small town. They both had a passion for investment and dreamed of securing their financial future. However, as they grew older, their paths diverged. Tunde went ahead to invest in farmland they were both given the ...
By Waheed Adekunle Socrates, a great philosopher once said: “an unexamined life is not worth living.” This simply means that it is important to use our highly developed thinking faculty to raise our existence above that of mere creatures. Eating, sleeping, working and procreating can’t distinguish us from animals. Without thinking, life is not worth ...
Tunde and Femi were childhood friends who grew up in the same small town. They both had a passion for investment and dreamed of securing their financial future. However, as they grew older, their paths diverged. Tunde went ahead to invest in a farmland they were both given the opportunity to purchase while Femi chose ...
By Mohammed T. Abiodun On the 15th of February 2024, subscribers to MTN’s services across major cities in the country could neither make nor receive calls, or use data services on the network. The downtime lasted for about four hours, and the internet fumed with frustration over the disruption. In a statement by Senior manager, ...
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 ...
By Adewale Akinola Adekunle Introduction Nigeria, a nation rich in resources and potential, faces multifaceted challenges on its journey toward sustainable development. Addressing Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) issues is imperative for fostering economic growth, social equity, and environmental sustainability. In this article, I will explore actionable strategies for the Nigerian government to effectively tackle ...
By Waheed Adekunle In Osun state, it amounts to stating the obvious saying that illegal mining has come to stay. This development has become a pain in the neck of citizens of the state particularly dwellers of the gold-rich rural communities. The discovery of the huge deposits of mineral resources in Osun which ordinarily should ...
By Adémólá Òrúnbon Nigeria is endowed with lots of natural and human resources with a large expanse of fertile land and estimated to be the most populous country in Sub-Saharan Africa. And it has different sectors such as agriculture, solid minerals, sports and entertainment, tourism etc, yet the citizens live in abject poverty subsisting on ...
By Otuedon Vincent While State Police have become inevitable to tackling the nation’s security challenges, we must accept the fact that though we have journeyed years into our independence, we still have not walked far from our primordial sentiments that is now a grave threat to the noble idea of state police. This is the ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
