Governor Mai Mala Buni of Yobe state is clearly a silent visionary. A leader who would rather quietly screw the greasy bolts and nuts to get the job done than mount the soapbox to announce how he intends to do the job. My visit to Damaturu last week after...
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You can buy and sell US stocks from Nigeria and make a killing on the stock exchange. Investing in shares comes with risks, so take your time to study the market. Be driven by knowledge, not by greed. Greed based investment will bleed you, but knowledge based investment can...
I have read a ton of views on the proposed Nigeria Tax Administration and other tax reform bills. On one hand, some stakeholders decry the bills as being a contrast to the current administration’s championing for local government autonomy. Some, like the National Economic Council (NEC), last month recommended...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI “A tree is known by its fruit; man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friend and he who plants kindness gathers love” – Saint Basil, Bishop of Cesarea (329-379) St. Basil’s timeless words above beautifully define the persona...
There is a shrinking feeling about it all. With each off -season election that is conducted and results announced, we feel smaller and more unfree as a polity. Our elections bring about more insecurity; unpopular electoral outcomes require goons and thugs to protect illicit incumbents. And of course a...
ik was particularly concerned about how post-colonial states clung to the cultural and political legacies of their colonial rulers; Anglophone, Francophone, Lusophone etc, which often bred suspicion and rivalry between African nations. In his speeches, he argued that African unity must transcend these colonial legacies if the continent was...
Honourable Justice Emmanuel Obioma Ogwuegbu was part of a generation in which judging was a deservedly elevated calling. In return, society honoured people like him with the honorific “My Lord”, an acknowledgement that they were called to a job that is truly divine. Today, the senior-most lawyers publicly twerk...
Philosophical education could change the school system because the educational sector is in dire need of transformation and an overhaul. This piece situates the problem with basic schooling and explores how philosophical education or philosophy for children(p4c) would deliver the much-needed change. Nigeria, Africa’s most populous nation, has a...
“We have a moral obligation to help those in need.” – Peter Singer. On Sunday, November 10, 2024, the Ayanfe Kristi Society of All Souls’ Anglican Church, Osogbo, Diocese of Osun, marked its 32nd anniversary with a heartwarming philanthropic gesture. Defying Nigeria’s education-for-the-privileged norm, Ayanfe Kristi empowered sixteen...
By TONY ONYIMA, Ph.D. In a world where numbers often terrify as much as they bewilder, Esomnofu Chidiebube Ifechukwu stands as a beacon of hope. His life story is nothing short of remarkable. It is a tale of personal transformation, resilience, and a burning desire to rewrite the narrative...
Owning property together with someone else can be a smart move in Nigeria. This is called joint property ownership. Let’s look at ten good reasons why people choose to own property together in Nigeria. 1. Sharing the CostBuying property in Nigeria can be very expensive. When you own property...
Politics is in many ways like religion. It thrives on a foolish expectation of paradise perennially approaching but forever elusive. Take away the promise and prospect of eventual heaven and paradise and all religion falls flat. You dare not tell a devotee that heaven may not come or that...
Vandals have continued to destroyed electricity towers and infrastructure in parts of the country throwing Nigerians in total or partial blackout. As expected, their activities have become a major source of worry for stakeholders in the power sector. The infrastructure affected include transmission lines, towers substations, generation and distribution...
In recent times, Nigeria has witnessed a surge of transformation across various sectors, and perhaps one of the most vital yet underrated sectors witnessing this shift is road transportation sector and road safety management. The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Nigeria’s lead agency for road safety administration and traffic...
There is a common saying that a lie may travel swiftly but the truth will ultimately catch up with it. The average Nigerian is beginning to discern through Dangote’s web of deceit and tissue of lies, which includes his spurious claims and baseless accusations against industry regulators and other...
By Abujah Racheal, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) In spite of global advances in the fight against malaria, Nigeria continues to grapple with this leading killer disease. Nigeria’s struggles against malaria raises questions about the nation’s capacity to follow in the footsteps of Egypt, Algeria, Cape Verde and Mauritius...
With a few days to the November 5, 2024, U.S. presidential election, the campaign tempo has reached fever pitch, with the two candidates, Vice-President Kamala Harris (Democrat) and former president, Donald Trump (Republican) in a dead run to the finish line. The final national New York Times/Siena poll, published on 25...
“The partiality that inevitably affects judges has been noted in cases with a political flavour”, David Pannick, KC, Judges, p. 44 (1987) The state as we know it enjoys three notional monopolies. One is a monopoly of legitimate taxation. The second is a monopoly of the legitimate instrumentality of violence;...
In a matter of days, America’s democracy might self -correct and present a rough and bulky casualty. Mr. Donald Trump’s presidency is unlikely to be revalidated for a second term. As the various polls indicate once again, the American electorate seems poised to deal the disruptive Mr. Trump a...
Beginning from Tuesday November 26 – final internment on the November 30th, 2024 in his hometown, Unongo village near Jato Aka, Kwande local government of Benue state, I met Wantaregh Paul Iyorpuu Unongo for the first time in the early 1960s at the annual convention of the Community...