“I am immensely delighted to be here today to witness this historic occasion, which heralds a significant accomplishment for Nigeria’s foremost industrialist, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, the Dangote Group, as well as our beloved nation, Nigeria, and indeed, the entire continent of Africa. Today, our history is being rewritten...
OPINION
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 present crop of journalists to reinvent themselves into relevance; otherwise, the Nigerian press will remain a caricature of itself and the ideas of...
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 commissioned. The bridge has been adjudged by experts as a masterpiece of engineering design, expertly and professionally executed by an Israeli firm, Reynolds Construction...
BY TERSEER MNZUULGHA – In the course of history, the rise to leadership is compared to an arduous journey that requires the unflinching and unfaltering divine support of followers. This factor is hinged on the fact that no leader rises to power without the approval of God, the Almighty...
In the system of governance we practise, there are three arms – the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The Legislature is said to be the first among the three. The arms are characterised by the principle of separation of powers as each is supposed to be independent of the other....
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 topic of serious discussion. It is important to understand variables relevant to effective leadership. Gender is one such variable that must be examined with...
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 one life time graduated from an outstanding scholar and global diplomatic icon into a foreign policy institution and veritable oracle. As he turns 100...
Introduction Civil Society organizations (CSOs) are enormously important players in governance and development. They provide development services and humanitarian relief, innovate the service deleivery, build local capacity and advocate with and for the poor or voiceless and powerless. Acting alone, however, their impact is limited in scope, scale and...
It is now a secondary information that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday presented a N71 billion 2023 supplementary budget to the State House of Assembly for approval via a letter read during plenary presided over by the Deputy Speaker of the Assembly, Christopher Ochor in Asaba....
With a few days to the May 29 inauguration of the new administration in the country, it is glaringly evident that President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government of Nigeria has successfully completed its constitutional two terms of eight years. Though there exists no codified, metered or iron cast way...
If there is any perfect example in recent times that demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt that Nigeria is a nation reputed for doing one thing repeatedly and expects a different result, it is the present intrigues surrounding the nomination or better still, selection of principal officers for the incoming 10th...
By ESTHER AGADA, NKECHI ANADU, FOLASHADE OGUNREMI & ZAINAB SHUAIB We are the Mothers of the Nation; we gave birth to the incoming senators and members of the House of Representatives in the 10th National Assembly (NASS). We are women who vote. We are the women who voted for...
This writing was first published on 6 July 2020. With changes of leadership soon at the federal and state levels, I see it as relevant. The first part in particular. However, do we forget the lessons in the second part? The world is changed by your example not by...
Flowery words are oftentimes appropriate but then, they are generally not the fulcrum main messages. Whichever way, the message must not be lost on the altar of flowery languages. Without mincing words, tourism has become the world’s phenomenal finance garnering centre that every serious government must look for in...
The politics of democratic transition is hardly ever a beauty pageant. Oftentimes, the dazzling brilliance of campaign media displays conceal an underlying ugliness in the substance of what is on offer. It is all an ancient marketing gimmick in which the public is sold the new messiah as the...
Something happened in the last week of April 2023 when the Federal Airport Authority (FAAN) and Lagos State Building Control Agency went to Ajao Estate to demolish houses. Approximately 13 houses were affected, and I want to educate you on what you should do to avoid falling victim to...
With the 2023 general elections over and the intrigues that surrounded the electioneering rested, the incoming Federal Government, when inaugurated on May 29, 2023, shall, in the enlightened national interest, be faced with the task of delivering Nigeria and Nigerians from the snare of dangerous political and socio-economic delusions....
Don’t crane your eyes away from this story I have to tell you or do not blame me of the length, but when was the last time you heard from your mother? Ama-lagha; I have your mother’s story from the canoes of this deep tides like the days of...
Olusegun Aremu Okikiolakan Obasanjo, a retired Army General and former Head of State of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, had won the February 27, 1999, presidential poll on the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) at the expense of a former Minister of Finance and ex Secretary to...
After our last meeting on November 4, 2022, I tweeted: “For his genius, yes, but more importantly for the ‘high octane’ value he consistently brings to the public space, Prof @MoghaluKingsley is a treasure. I admire Prof a great deal, and he knows this, but I’ll save the other...