By Farooq Kperogi
I have been in Nigeria in the last few days for the public presentation of Dis Life No Balance: An Anthology of Diasporan Voices, the book I co-wrote with Professor Moses Ochonu and Dr. Osmund Agbo. I … Read the rest
Former Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) chairman, Prof. Attahiru Muhammad Jega, amid prevailing challenges in Nigeria, has recommended some reforms, including constitutional restructuring, governance cost-cutting measures and economic diversification for a better country.
Jega emphasised the importance of learning from … Read the rest
The centre did not quite fall out in Ondo State. Governor Rotimi Akeredolu has done the right thing even if reluctantly. He persuaded himself to end the needless crisis and take another medical leave and very reluctantly leave the state … Read the rest
It is barely 12 days to Christmas but the usual excitement that fills the air is no more. The spirit of Christmas in Nigeria keeps dying with each passing year.
By now, shopping should have been in top gear, tailors … Read the rest
A World Bank report has indicated that Nigeria’s poverty level has taken a notch higher, at the backdrop of the recent economic and fiscal reforms.
The key reforms include the removal of petrol subsidy and the foreign exchange market rate … Read the rest
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Tuesday, said his administration was prioritising and improving Nigeria’s health sector through massive investments and an increased allocation of funds to the sector in the proposed 2024 budget.
He, therefore, appealed to Nigerian health workers … Read the rest
By Jide Akinsemoyin
For Nigeria to grow its economy from its current GDP of $390 billion to a projected $1 trillion, will require the banking sector to provide much more credit to the real economy than it currently does. The … Read the rest
The apex socio-political group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has asked the Federal Government to release the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, as a Christmas gift for the South-East region.
The Vice-President, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Chief Damian Okeke-Ogene, … Read the rest
By Farooq Kperogi
It should be made clear from the outset that I am overwrought with immense grief by the heartbreaking but unintentional killing of 126 innocent men, women, and children celebrating Maulud at Tudun Biri village in Kaduna State … Read the rest
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