Afe Babalola
“I intend to highlight how the resuscitation of the bank would boost education and reduce unemployment amongst the youths of this country”.
Inadequate funding of “education and youth unemployment” are two issues which continue to attract public discourse in Nigeria. … Read the rest
Dear reader, consider this thought-provoking quote: “From records by the United Nations Centre for Peace and Disarmament, I understand that there are approximately 500 million assorted firearms in West Africa. Of these 500 million, 70 per cent, approximating 350 million … Read the rest
Tony Anenih
Anthony Anenih, the political leader, chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party who has died aged 85, was one of the most important figures in the story of Nigeria’s return to civilian rule, and a founding father and a major influence … Read the rest
Prof. Usman Yusuf
The Professor Usman Yusuf saga is obviously sapping the energy and the health of the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) of which he is the Executive Secretary. It all started last year when a group called United Youth Alliance Against … Read the rest
Buhari and Atiku
POLITICAL activities have now gone full scale, with the conclusion of the primary elections of the political parties. However, the questions on many lips in Nigeria today are: Who should be the president of this great nation, come 2019? … Read the rest
Kemi Adeosun
Something revivifying has happened to the National Youth Service Scheme (NYSC).
Just when it was being canvassed that the scheme no longer served any useful purpose beyond supplying cheap and largely indifferent labour and should be scrapped, it caught … Read the rest
National Chairman of the APC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole
Chief John Odigie Oyegun, former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) must be having a good laugh wherever he is. If he is just finishing a meal, he can afford to pick his teeth and belch from the … Read the rest
By Aniebo Nwamu
Nnamdi Kanu always strikes while the iron is hot. His reappearance after more than one year has dominated discussions online and offline, generating anxiety in some quarters and ecstasy in others. Some political candidates are already trembling, for the great … Read the rest
Ray Ekpu
It is Mark Twain, that man of abundant wit, who said that “every man is a moon with a dark side he doesn’t show anybody.” So you can hardly identify a corrupt man from a distance or at close range. … Read the rest
Farooq A. Kperogi, Ph.D.
In a previous column, I argued that President Muhammadu Buhari has so lowered the bar of governance that it won’t take a lot for any person who succeeds him to impress Nigerians. So the best campaign against Buhari is to … Read the rest
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