What’s really going on with Fuel Subsidy? Asks ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
I am an angry Nigerian and those who know me must know why I have to be! As the pioneer Administrative Secretary of the Afenifere […]
OPINION
Appointments: Beyond the Stampede at the Entrance, By CHIDI AMUTA
This is political appointments season. It is also a season of migrations to Abuja and the various state capitals where there are new governors and […]
Intrigues, factors to shape Delta State 8th Assembly Speaker emergence By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Going by available information at public domain, Delta State Governor, Rt Hon (Elder) Sheriff Francis Oborevwori, will on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at the Delta […]
The puerility and duplicity of NLC’s stand on fuel subsidy removal By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA
On Monday, May 29, 2023, President Tinubu announced to Nigerians and the world that no provision was made for fuel subsidy in the 2023 budget, […]
Obafemi Awolowo and Nigeria’s latter-day progressives, By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
There’s an awe of a legend; and this awe is fed or fuelled by the happenings in the life of that legend. When Obafemi Awolowo […]
Mr. President, Mind the Gaps, By CHIDI AMUTA
Between an inaugural speech full of quotable nuggets and his reflex actions in just one week of presidential power, Mr. Bola Tinubu may have sketched […]
Okowa, Delta State widows alert and Oborevwori administration By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
if there is any concrete evidence in Nigeria’s recent political history that supports the aphorism ‘simplicity is always more appealing than complexity, and faith always […]
Nigeria’s short lets surge open doors to unprecedented real estate profits By DENNIS ISONG
Short let, also known as short-term rental, has been gaining popularity in the Nigerian real estate business in recent years. A short let refers to […]
Orji Uzor Kalu and NDDC By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Orji Uzor Kalu, the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, called on President Bola Tinubu to scrap […]
Well, like everything else, this too shall pass, By HASSAN GIMBA
“The measurement of a man is what he does with power.” – Plato Today marks the end of the two-term tenure of a man who came […]
The inauguration of Dangote Refinery as the best development for real estate investors By DENNIS ISONG
The highly anticipated Dangote Refinery, a monumental project, was inaugurated with great fanfare on May 22nd, 2023, by President Buhari in Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling economic […]
Beyond the Radiance at the Square, By CHIDI AMUTA
The bare concrete parade ground of Eagle Square will tomorrow be animated by the symbolism of state ritual. Like most structures in Abuja’s homeless architecture, […]
The 9th NASS scorecard of diminishing liberty By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
To every society where the media is free, the marketplace of ideas is allowed to sort the unaccountable from the responsible and reward the latter. […]
Agenda for In-coming Governments – It must be New Wine in New Wine Skins! By NICK AGULE
Twitter: @NickAgule Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.uk Facebook: Nick Agule, FCA 23.05.2023 Introduction Nigerians went to the polls on 25th February 2023 to elect a President and members […]
Osun: Au revoir, IleriOluwa; et tu, TOP? By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for […]
The story behind the newly completed Loko/Owetu Bridge across River Benue By USMAN ADAMS
The almost 2.5km length Loko/Owetu Bridge which the Minister of Works and Housing, Barr. Babatunde Raji Fashola affirms has been completed would soon officially be […]
Benue State Governor-Elect Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia: Charting a course for effective governance
BY TERSEER MNZUULGHA – In the course of history, the rise to leadership is compared to an arduous journey that requires the unflinching and unfaltering […]
10th NASS leadership and the burden of morality, By HASSAN GIMBA
In the system of governance we practise, there are three arms – the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The Legislature is said to be the first […]
Civil Society and Governance/Leadership and Gender (2) By PROFESSOR UKERTOR GABRIEL MOTI
Introduction The topic of leadership has been addressed and applied for millennia. Yet, is only within the past 80 years that leadership has been a […]
HENRY KISSINGER AT 100: Diplomatic Centurion, By CHIDI AMUTA
His distinctive deep baritone with a heavy German inflected accent testifies to a man of world historic mission and accomplishment. Henry Alfred Kissinger has in […]