By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA – The concern of some of us who know is that, this failure by state governors to release to the Local Government Councils their monthly statutory allocation from the Federation Account has contributed to the blight of poverty in our communities, dilapidated primary schools and...
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For the bleeding economy to resurrect, there must be a battle for a man who has proven moral and sacred emblem of integrity, selflessness, true to self, focus and determination without fear of the unknown bullets of tomorrow. Yes, someone must be an example for others to follow. The...
By RAY UMUKORO – At the 2022 annual conference of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria (ICAN) in Abuja, recently, Delta State governor and vice-presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa, gave a fresh perspective on the state of insecurity in Nigeria. He recommended...
On two occasions in the month of September this year, precisely on the 6th and 26th, a former member of the Nigerian Senate who represented Imo North senatorial district from 1999 to 2007, Ifeanyi Godwin Araraume, had good reasons to issue two disclaimers that were not largely dissimilar. Both...
The distance between political campaign promises and their fulfilment is an infinity. Between when these promises are made and the end of the tenure of those who usually promise paradise and deliver hell, people are often too dazed to remember. As it were, empty promises seem to be part...
If you ask anyone that has bought or hoping to buy land in Lagos about their obstacles in buying such land, they would tell you about the fear of an encounter with omo-onile. Some people have vowed never to buy in Lagos again because of the bitter experience with...
The next general election in Haiti should not take place without the new constitution. Former President Jovenel Moïse had before his death announced a new constitution and referendum for the country. Haitian population believes the new constitution should be amended to allow 25-year-old and older candidates to run for...
The crowds of power wear amorphous but identical faces. It does not matter whether they are the Roman plebeians, renegade factions of the Athenian metropole, or the rough racist hounds that accompanied Donald Trump to defile the US Capitol on 6th January 2021. They are all roughly the same....
The task before the incoming President of Nigeria is twofold: providing astute leadership and resetting the nation’s unworkable structure. In order words, the core challenges confronting Nigeria today are reducible to just two factors: parochial leadership, and dysfunctional structure. Both have left the country as a mere geographical expression....
Not everyone buys a property to live in. Some buy strictly for business when they envisage a kind of prospect with such property. Property conversion is not new and has been in existence for a very long time. People convert the property to anything that suits their interests or...
Introduction I thank the organizers for inviting me to deliver the Keynote Address at this 4th National Summit on “Diminishing Corruption in the Public Sector”. It is an honour, which I gladly accepted, and I am glad to be here with you today. “Corruption and the Education Sector in...
Ifeanyi Arthur Okowa, Governor of Delta State and Vice Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is an Igbo man. No debate! As running mate to Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential standard bearer of the PDP, the Igbo have more than a foothold in the Atiku Presidency. It’s disheartening...
Introduction Elizabeth Alexandra Mary who succeeded her father King George VI at his death as Queen of the United Kingdom and other Commonwealth realms on the 6th of February 1952 and took the name Queen Elizabeth II after a reign of 70 years finally transited from this world to...
INDEPENDENCE DAY ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI, PRESIDENT AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF THE ARMED FORCES, FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA DELIVERED ON THE OCCASION OF NIGERIA’S 62ND INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION ON 1ST OCTOBER, 2022 Fellow Nigerians, I address you today, with a deep sense of gratitude to God and a high level...
Going by historical events and developments starting from 1914, it is evident that Nigeria is not a natural country, state or nation but an artificial creation via a marriage of two unwilling brides who had no say in their forced and ill-fated union- amalgamation of the northern and the...
As a background to this piece, the word corruption came from the Latin word corruptus, which “means to break or to destroy.” Corruption according to AL-Gore, a former Vice President of the United States (USA), destroys and breaks that trust which is absolutely essential for the delicate alchemy at...
The 2023 general election is the most talked about and galvanized election in the history of Nigeria. People are very conscious of their environment and what is happening, and the reasons are clear. Nigeria bleeds from a very terrible bad leadership, and citizens are in acute pain and horrifying...
A man whose life ambition eluded him deserves sympathy. Days ago, the governor of Rivers state Nyesom Wike held a national press conference on the crisis he is visiting on his party, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. He said not much that was new. But he re-emphasised that his...
This award is been a long time coming for me. My achievement as a top and trusted realtor in Lagos State. I was given an award as the top selling realtor in AMEN ESTATE and the reason why I was given this award is because I have been able...
President Buhari Sir, remember that you promised Nigerians free and fair election in 2023, but with the look of things today, Nigerians are no longer sure that the election will be free and fair. The reason is the weighty allegation by the Coalition of United Political Parties (CUPP) that...