Corporate blackmail is fast becoming the fancy of some netizens, corporate bodies, individuals, especially fly-by-night persons who target the rich and their businesses for diverse reasons. It’s not restricted to Nigeria, though. The likes of Aliko Dangote, Leo Stan Ekeh, Mike Adenuga have at one time or another faced...
OPINION
Not to know what happened before you were born is to remain forever a child.” Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC), renowned statesman, lawyer, philosopher, poet and ‘the greatest forensic orator Rome ever produced’, was right! We have to go into the past to understand today! The present conundrum in the...
This week, Yobe State will become 33. On August 27, 1991, President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida sliced Yobe State out of the old Borno State, which was itself carved out of the North Eastern State that was hewed from the Northern Region. The IBB regime thought it better to situate its capital in...
By YUSHAU A. SHUAIB The recent attempts to forcibly remove the Chairman of the Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT), Justice Danladi Yakubu Umar, are profoundly troubling and raise serious concerns about the independence of our key democratic institutions. According to a highly placed source, there is an apparent plot...
It is often said that the worst democracy is far better than the best dictatorship. One does not have to look farther than the northern border of Nigeria to a country with which it shares its longest land border to confirm this truism. Since the government of President Mohammed...
It’s a given that great organisations need strong, visionary, and disciplined leadership to grow and progress in a highly competitive world that is increasingly buffeted and disrupted by ever more aggressive changes. Cut to the bone, this is the story of the 47-year-old construction giant, Setraco Nigeria Ltd., SNL,...
There is no equivalence with evidence in the financial, business, and economic space, as it is done in the political space. Records exist for a reason in the former, and players seeking to push self-interested agendas must come with evidence and not innuendos in this space. Despite misgivings about...
Like him or not, Governor Sheriff Oborevwori is blazing a new trail in the politics and governance of Delta State. It is a paradigm shift that some powerful interest groups and rent-seekers find unsettling, but it is one that is quietly but steadily changing the narrative in the state...
By EMMANUELLA ANOKAM, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) When the construction of the Dangote Petroleum Refinery Limited began in 2016, Nigerians were upbeat that it will crash the high price of Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS), popularly known as fuel and also stop its importation. The refinery in size of...
The recent announcement by the Benue State Education Quality Assurance Agency to demolish and close “substandard schools” is concerning. While the intent to improve the quality of education is commendable, the approach raises several critical questions and concerns that must be addressed before such drastic measures are implemented. First,...
Eminent Nigerians under the aegis of The Patriots, led by former Commonwealth Secretary-General, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, have met with President Bola Tinubu to make the strongest case yet for “a new legitimate Nigeria People’s Democratic Constitution.” This is not a new request or demand, but it takes a new...
Once more, food insecurity and the hunger crisis have forced Nigeria to face a crossroads. Protests have erupted across the nation, and young people are going on the rampage in numerous states, resulting in sorrows, tears, and blood. At least 20 lives have been tragically lost due to...
In the politics of remembrance and forgetfulness, ‘’it is sometimes convenient to forget. At others it is uncomfortable to remember. To forget is perhaps one of the greatest gifts of nature. But to remember can also be an invaluable asset sometimes. However, so many times, we remember to...
1. The Nigerian refuses responsibility, but pushes it to the “leaders”. Let’s consider an example: If you frequently ride the train on the Itakpe-Warri line, you would have noticed that the toilets at train stations along the route and on the train coaches are without WATER! Passengers are often...
“It is beyond ironic that rights of protest secured with the heroic sacrifices of Nigerians under colonial bondage are now endangered over six decades after Independence at the hands of a government that trumpets its electoral legitimacy supposedly through the votes of the same Nigerians whose rights to protest...
The trend of endorsing governors for a second term has gained significant momentum. This trend is particularly noteworthy in the context of Nigeria’s political landscape, where endorsements can make or break a candidate’s chances of winning. In various states, governors have received endorsements from diverse groups and individuals. For instance,...
In its editorial of 2nd August, 2024, the BusinessDay newspaper, characteristically, launched another scurrilous and baseless attack on the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Ltd). In the editorial entitled: “NNPCL: Liability or Asset to Nigerians?”, the newspaper set out to paint the picture of NNPC Ltd that is...
I set my alarm clock for this morning to ensure that I did not miss President Bola Tinubu’s impatiently awaited address to the nation on the current unrest across the nation. His outline of government’s remedial action since inception, aimed at warding off just such an outbreak, will...
This was published on 10/05/2024, precisely five months ago. Was I clairvoyant? No, the signs were there for all to see. Did anybody give a hoot? Hmmmmn! Well, here is a repeat. I do not want to believe that in a country of nearly 250 million people, I am...
The anxiety preceding the hunger protests was palpable. The dress rehearsals on the part of officialdom were warlike. Government unleashed all manner of attack dogs to frighten off the planners of an over popularized nationwide protest wrongly captioned *Endbadgovernment. A nationwide protest without specific demands is doomed to fizzle...