When in an interview with the Daily Sun in December of 2021, I pleaded with President Muhammadu Buhari to grant state pardon to convicted former Governors Josua Dariye and Rev. Jolly Nyame, I didn’t mean to excuse their fraud offence nor to undermine the much needed war against corruption...
OPINION
It is highly disturbing to persistently have the eardrums of Nigerians jarred by the inanities of choosing a political candidate, specifically, as dominating our recent discourses, presidential running mate, on the basis of religion. It is even more disturbing that our mainstream media hosts have recently given too much...
Peter Gregory Obi and Datti Yusuf Baba-Ahmed joint ticket has all the required capacity to unlock the chains of captivity Nigerians have been caged in by selfish politicians in a corrupt riddled economy for so long and to liberate them. With the opportunity the Labour Party has given Nigerians...
A purported rebuke of one Reno Omokri by Mr. Peter Obi during their meeting in London is being circulated. The statement claimed that the said Reno demanded money to support Obi and that Obi refused. Beyond predicting correctly what would have been Obi’s attitude towards such a demand, let...
By; JEROME-MARIO UTOMI It is no longer news that following the grievances which flows from the alleged unfair treatment and disrespect of Mr Nysom Wike, the Executive Governor of Rivers state, by the presidential candidate Alhaji Atiku Abubabakar in the process of nominating running mate, a wave of ‘secessionist’...
As the nation Nigeria braces up for the 2023 general election in the country, many personalities, mostly of the old order, with a sprinkle of very distinguished and development focused personalities, have indicated interest to contest for the nation’s number one position- the Presidency. However, as this angling rages,...
Terrorists are at the verge of overrunning Nigeria. That is the unfortunate sad truth nakedly before all of us. Evidence suggests that they are in strategic offices and everywhere in the country – no bush in any part of Nigeria is saFe for farming anymore. We must acknowledge these...
By JEROME-MARIO CHIJIOKE UTOMI – There is no doubt any more that in Nigeria leadership corridor, once a direction is chosen, instead of examining process meticulously and set the right course; one that will allow us to overcome storm and reach safety before we can progress and achieve our...
The approaching 2023 Presidential Election promises to be like none other in the nation’s annals. And the die is already cast as the pretenders and contenders have been already separated. It is a three-horse race, with Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso of NNPP already discounting himself as a possible winner if...
By MICHAEL IWHIKO, Ph.D – In the absence of 11th hour miracle, when an assessment of performance of the Executive arm of government will be carried out on May 29 next year, using the economy, security and corruption as index, President Muhammadu Buhari may likely go down as a...
The global community is presently in agreement that just as an unchained torrent of water submerges whole country sides and devastates crops, even so, lack of strong will, unclear policy direction as well as government’s inability to create substantial innovative fiscal space serves but to destroy the nation’s education...
By LEONARD KARSHIMA SHILGBA – If you are one of the people who seek to govern Nigerians, you must first understand them in order not to suffer DISAPPOINTMENT and, probably, a HEART ATTACK. 1. It takes trivialities to excite Nigerians, and so do not waste time on the serious...
The oil and gas industry is the mainstay of Nigeria’s economy, providing thousands of direct and indirect jobs and contributing substantially to the nation’s foreign reserves. It is a known fact that oil alone accounts for 40 per cent of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 70 per cent...
House owners complain about how people do not value their property but what they fail to do is assess the real problem(s). To be realistic, if people are not getting anything worthwhile from your property, you can’t blame them for their lack of enthusiasm. I know a house where...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI – Acting on the strength of the current political tempo (or is it temperatures) in the country which encourages all to obtain their permanent Voters Cards (PVC), I took a trip to one of the Government buildings in Lagos venue of the programme. The venue was...
Miss Cynthia Peterson (not real name), 24, is a skin care brand influencer. In recent times, her friends and neighbours have noticed some change in her complexion as her skin colour shifts from dark to fair complexion. She had explained that the change is to enable her meet new...
This piece stemmed from the content of conversations held, and recommendations made during the recently celebrated International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, or World Drug Day, marked on 26 June every year to among other aims strengthen action and cooperation in achieving a world free of drug...
Last week, thousands marched in the streets of London to protest the soaring cost of living in Britain and demand the government do more. The story was the same in Italy, in Israel, in Australia, in Germany – where workers are on strike, demanding the government ‘Stop the Inflation...
ENGAGEMENTS BY Chidi Amuta The recent presidential nomination primaries of the two big parties and the just concluded Ekiti state governorship elections are united by a paradox. In both, Nigerian democracy recorded some dubious progress. An orderly and fairly credible electoral processes seems to have finally evolved. Correspondingly, however, the monetization...
Recently, MS Keiso Matashane-Marite, the Chief Section, Gender Equality, UN Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), says Africa is making progress on issues around gender equality and youth empowerment. Matashane-Marite, going by media reports, said this when a team from UNECA paid a courtesy visit to the National Population Commission...