*Adapted and excerpted from a Keynote Address at the 2025 Abia Think Tank Annual Lecture at the Lagos Country Club, Ikeja, on 1st March. Born in a dictatorship and nurtured under a fledgling but untidy democracy, Abia state has had a tortuous encounter with statehood. Its citizens have hardly found...
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I write this from a point of pain and gratitude. Pain because of the death of a hard working and honest man, Rotimi Olaleye, who is both a great father, as attested to by his children who he has been taking care of single handedly since his wife died...
The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) says its debt recovery task has been arduous and challenging as some debtors are unwilling to pay. AMCON Head of Corporate Communications Department, Mr Jude Nwauzor, made this known while briefing newsmen in Ikeja on Friday. He said that some debtors did...
A pro-democracy activist and lawyer, Osa Director, has sued MTN Nigeria Plc. In suit No. FHC/L/CS/1413/24 filed at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, the activist vide an originating summons is asking the court to dissolve the board of MTN. Without prejudice to the outcome of the case now...
The at-long-last-decision to write his memoirs, was quite a daunting one for General Babangida, who has over the years, refused to capitulate to pressure demands for him to write one. His reason was predicated on the fact that some people, and especially his itinerant critics would accuse him of...
The political control of the resources of the territory known as Rivers State in Nigeria’s Niger Delta has been a site of curious jurisprudence since the Acting Consul of the Oil Rivers Protectorate, Harry Johnston, procured the judicial liquidation of King Jaja of Opobo in December 1887 in Accra,...
The suspension of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan for six months, stemming from her allegations of sexual harassment and abuse of office against Senate President Godswill Akpabio, reveals a deeper issue within Nigeria’s political system. This incident, among others, raises questions about Nigeria’s claim to being a republic, as it exhibits...
A giant question mark seems to hang over the Nigerian political landscape. Everybody seems to be asking everyone else this single question: What is going on? Suddenly, all seems quiet and clueless from the choir of government. The affairs of state seem frozen into a humdrum of routine and...
By threatening to expel the joint mission of ECOWAS and the UN Office for West Africa and the Sahel (UNOWAS) from Guinea-Bissau, President Umaro Sissoco Embaló, who has been ruling his country as a dictator, has not only displayed unacceptable hostility but utter disregard to the Authority of ECOWAS Heads of State and...
By ISMAILA ISAH A quiet revolution is unfolding in Nigeria’s North-central geopolitical region, and it is certainly a game changer in the making. Kogi State, under the leadership of His Excellency Governor Ahmed Usman Ododo, has emerged as a beacon of economic transformation and smart governance. The recent announcement...
During the recent National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu commended the leadership of the All Progressives Congress (APC) under the watch of former Kano State Governor, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje for doing a great job for the Party. Tinubu cited the APC electoral victories in...
The recent scandal surrounding Senator Natasha Akpoti has brought to the forefront the urgent need for the Senate President to resign. The allegations of misconduct and unethical behaviour have not only tarnished the reputation of the Senator but also cast a dark shadow on the entire Senate. The Senate,...
Even after three decades of his untidy retreat to his Minna hometown, Babangida never forget the ‘public’ debts he owed to Nigerians. He owed Nigerian history an expose on his turbulent leadership . He owed the Nigerian populace an insight into his personal enigma and enduring charisma. He also...
As he turns 69, Saturday, February 22, Leo Stan Ekeh, Africa’s foremost serial digital entrepreneur, has truly come of age. In the natural order of life and in entrepreneurship, he has fully embodied the Nigerian dream. And much more, the trademark Nigerian spirit of courage even in stormy times....
Nigeria has become notorious for serial building collapses to the extend that virtually no month elapses without one incident of collapse structure or the other with the associated loss of lives and properties. This is despite in existence and interventions of concerned stakeholders and regulatory authorities such as the...
Accomplished more than 20 Impact-driven Engagements in One Month. Global testaments: Zulum’s policies, programmes and projects are credible milestones to Borno rebirth Dauda Iliya Often, the beginning of the year is typically devoid of splendour and fanfare following the festive season. However, this was not the case for the...
Start investing at your level. Don’t wait until you get big money before you invest. It is by investing small that you will eventually get big money Never buy a new phone or car until you have a cashflow asset (use second-hand until then) Make a budget before you...
Before he died last year, Jerry Ugwu, a lawyer and an old boy of Holy Ghost College Owerri, Imo state, drew our attention to one undeniable fact: Leo Stan Ekeh, another old boy of the college, has innovated his way ahead of all of us; both his seniors and...
“The judiciary,…. has no influence over either the sword or the purse; no direction either of the strength or of the wealth of the society; and can take no active resolution whatever. It may truly be said to have neither force nor will, but merely judgment.” Alexander Hamilton, The Federalist,...
If you’re thinking about buying land or a home in Lagos, Ajah should be on your radar. It’s one of the few places in Lagos where you can still get good value for money without sacrificing accessibility and modern comforts. Whether you’re an investor, a first-time buyer, or just...