The backlash over the $19.4 reported as professional legal fee in Seplat Energy’s half-year result presents us as a people in the cast of the French Bourbons of whom the French statesman and foremost diplomat, Charles-Maurice de Telleyrand-Périgord, 1st Prince of Benevento, said they learnt nothing and forgot nothing....
OPINION
About three years ago when the third Executive Secretary of the Nigerian Christian Pilgrim Commission, NCPC Rev. Yakubu Pam was appointed, not many gave him a chance but now the wailers and those expecting nothing much from the Commission are praising the astute administrator for doing beyond expectation. ...
Since man became aware of himself and realised that whether by mutual arrangement or contrived by nature, there are always leaders and followers, communities fashioned out ways and means in which to live together under organised systems to regulate and conduct their affairs. From primitive father figure leadership...
Patriotism is a conscious sense of commitment to the true self and love for a nation and its people. It is a firm conviction to defend the country’s economy, politics and developmental values which function as the strong guard of willingness to make a country grow as a developing...
Investing in a beachfront property in Lagos can be an exciting opportunity, offering the allure of breathtaking views, recreational activities, and potential financial gains. However, it is crucial to approach such a purchase with careful consideration. Lagos, Nigeria’s vibrant coastal city, presents a range of options, and...
Excerpt from another of our regular Girls Day Out (G-DO) ‘I was finally dozing off when I felt Zack’s fingers running down my back. I moved closer to the wall, taking most of the duvet with me. Trust him, he didn’t take the hint. He simply pulled me...
I write to advise that President Bola Tinubu streamlines his policy thrust and direction on the Niger imbroglio so as to achieve the desired outcome as quickly and as cheaply as possible. As made abundantly clear, the policy objective of ECOWAS is the restoration of constitutional government...
One cannot be envious of the Presidential Election Petition Court (PEPC), as the 180 days that the current laws give the Presidential Election Tribunal to render verdict are about to expire. The concern, however, is that the high hopes are progressively giving way to perceived uncertainties that the...
As a retired National Commissioner of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), I have been wanting to tell this story because Nigerians don’t have faith in our People, Corporates and Country. I am sure staff, and my colleagues then know who I am but for obvious reason, I have...
In today’s difficult economy and especially in the aftermath of numerous global economic upheavals, corporate players are devising creative ways to keep their businesses afloat. Employees and other stakeholders are in like term looking for ways to keep their jobs alive and active. Part of that creative efforts to...
Politics in Nigeria can be said to be a delicate game of thorns and swords; not one of ideas and emotions, or creativity and innovation. It seems to be a deadly game, where character is not defined, and content doesn’t necessarily matter. If a person is seen as...
With about one and a quarter year to the November 2024 handover date by the incumbency governor of Edo State, Mr Godwin Nogheghase Obaseki, the heartbeat state is already caught up in the gales of distorted political discourses and contrived intrigues. It didn’t start just now; it has been...
In a nationwide address last Monday, President Bola Tinubu announced some palliatives to mitigate the impact of the high cost of living brought about by the fuel subsidy removal. Great speech! Excellent delivery! So, kudos to Mr President! However, a section of Nigerians frowned at the speech because...
Like history which does not satisfy or dissatisfy people but accurately gives account of the past, if there is any recent account that satisfactorily and objectively portrayed the international Oil Companies (IOCs) operating in the Niger Delta region of Nigeria as architects of environmental degradation, pollution and promoters of...
It was in the news recently that residents of Oworonshoki area in Lagos State on Wednesday August 2, 2023, protested the ongoing demolition in their area by the Lagos State Task Force which has seen many residents lose their belongings and homes, left several women and children homeless, and...
Recent events in the affairs of our nation, most especially the risk of destabilising the entire West African region by the ECOWAS leaders necessitates the need to once again speak out and to call on all Nigerians to stand united in calling the ECOWAS leaders to order...
By ABDUL JELIL ADEBAYO – With last week pronouncement by the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Dr. Folashade Yemi-Esan on the revised Public Service Rules, PSR, struggles for who takes over as the Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has set in. Various...
Nigeria is mobilising countries in the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to fight the coup plotters of the Niger Republic to restore democracy. The regional body, led by Nigeria’s president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has expressed its resolve to use all necessary measures to restore constitutional order in...
By UKA NWAFOR – Language, the bedrock of the potential developments of both the individual and the society, is one phenomenon which has human thoughts in gaze. It’s a generator of ideas and concepts; it is assumed that effective ideas are possible only when an acceptable pattern of use...
Very few presidents get the unhappy privilege of previewing the full gamut of worries that will torment their presidency all within their first 100 days. President Bola Tinubu is lucky to belong in this rare collection. In less than a hundred days in office, he has faced challenges in...