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TRIBUTE: In kind and loving memory of Jika Attoh
Jika Attoh was a good man, a professional communicator, broadcaster and fine gentleman. We had the…
OPINION – National Assembly Website: Another Example of Diminishing State Capacity
By Osita Chidoka Nigeria’s problems are manifold and profound. I recently checked the National Assembly website…
OPINION – Tinubu’s ‘Animal Farm’ project and Nigeria’s democracy
Under Tinubu’s watch, the inflation rate has risen steadily from 22.79% in June to 24.08% in…
Alumni, the nucleus of university development
I looked at the global picture, what alumni do for their alma mata in Europe and…
Mike Ozekhome: Garland to the living legend @66
As a durable Living Legend that he is, may his gaiety, warm, pulsating empathy for the…
Abuja: Chef Wike’s pot of soup
Nyesom Wike is an interviewer’s delight. He has uncommon courage; he says it just as it…
Akpabio’s senate, its bills and the people
If the bills you say we are passing at the speed of light, are in the…
OPINION – The investor mindset: My personal experience
The investment paid off and I learned another lesson. Investing in yourself is key to increasing…
BOOK REVIEW: AIT’s Adaora releases a provocative new book, ‘Politics, Pussy & Power’
‘Politics, Pussy, and Power,’ talks about the exhilarating journey and the dark underbelly of politics, where…
South East: Beyond Owerri Summit on Economy and Security
Beyond the beautiful speeches and thoughtful reflections, there is need to concretize the resolutions at the…
OPINION – Atiku’s forged conscience in defence of fake news
Atiku Abubakar happens to have joined the fray. Completely disregarding his own discovery in Chicago, he…
Atiku’s fishing expedition: Much ado about nothing
The mindset of a strategist always has matches for invidious plots and machinations. He rode on…
Expansion of Umuahia-Ossah road: Matching words with action
Abia, under these floundered administrations recorded abysmal failure on all indices of human development to the…
Tinubu – CSU certificate issue and Nigeria’s value system
This is what Nigerians expected from President Tinubu, presently. Being a president deprives him of all…
OPINION – Senate Presidency: 100 days of uncommon leadership, interventions
One hundred eventful days down the line, that conclusion about the Akpabio Senate Presidency has not…
OPINION – Law is not the only ‘learned profession’
Like the fact that a pre-election matter should not be brought up after the general election,…
Anambra’s model of incremental development
Development is incremental. Successive administrations lay building blocks and each of their individual efforts build up…
OPINION – PBAT’s 100 Days in Office: On Women, Youths & Renewed Expectations
The president’s commitment to ensuring youth inclusion in his administration must also be acknowledged. The youth…
OPINION – Much ado about which ethnic group owns Nollywood
We own the industry. Go back to research. The industry belongs to the Yoruba people. If…
OPINION – Buhari: A trial by history
Buhari didn’t remove the petrol subsidy, but at vitally important stages, he removed every other budget-busting,…
For Tinubu’s Nigeria, it’s ‘from frying pan to fire’
Tinubu has worsened the situation. Painfully, he is on the way to lionizing Buhari, with his…
OPINION – Wike and the boys-sheffered
Nyesom Wike’s latest declaration can only be viewed as the replication in Abuja, of his anti-herders/Fulani…
OPINION – Why Gov. Mbah cannot escape the law over NYSC certificate saga
The NYSC in all sincerity deserves all the kudos it is getting now both in and…
TRIBUTE: March on, Phenomenal Ene Obi!!!
By Vivian Oduah One of the hardest acts is saying goodbye to whom you still wish…
OPINION: China’s leadership playbook and Nigeria’s reality
By Dakuku Peterside Touching down at the bustling Beijing Capital International Airport, you cannot miss that…
OPINION – Good Signals from Akwa Ibom
Governor Eno says he is on a mission to demystify leadership. It is a noble enterprise.…
OPINION – Kalu: Leadership is here
Within 4 years, Kalu’s legislative pedigree towered that he became the toast of his colleagues who…
OPINION – Why all eyes will continue to be on the judiciary
A matter being jus pendis and awaiting judicial pronouncement is, by virtue of the Nigerian legal…
OPINION – Niger Republic junta brought war, but our people are hailing them
Coups for me were a distant possibility in Nigeria. But not anymore. Thankfully, no better person…