Articles and Opinion
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The Blue Line Rail – The Filth, The Chaos And The Neglect
By Gbenga Onabanjo The flurry of activities lately by this administration signalling their intention to complete the Lagos Blue Line Light...
Recession Blues By Reuben Abati
“My brother, how you dey?” “What can we do?” “E ku recession” “Excuse me?” “I said er ku recession…” “Are you Yoruba...
Demand For Humans As Teachers/Workers Increasingly Under Threat
By Akanimo Sampson The theme of this year’s International Literacy Day is: Literacy Teaching and Learning in the COVID-19 Crisis and Beyond...
NIRSAL’s Five Fabulous Feats At Five
By Peter T. Udo-Akpan One fateful day in December 2015, Aliyu Abatti Abdulhameed walked out of the Central Bank of Nigeria...
NSIA is Midwifing Rebirth of Healthcare with World-Class Facilities in Abia, Kano, Lagos
By Umaru Dauda The Coronavirus pandemic was a calamity that exposed the decadence of Nigeria’s health system. At the emergency period of...
Nigeria-US Relations: Questing for Ambassador Adefuye’s template By Femi Soneye
By Olufemi Soneye Demographically and by the size of her economy, Nigeria leads the rest of Africa. Nigeria’s estimated population is...
FG Loans: Protest Is Not The Answer
In the last few weeks, Nigeria has witnessed protests and threats of protests by organized labour and civil society groups in the...
Beyond the sacking of Service Chiefs
By Victor Mayomi Public Service is a thankless job. The Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs should therefore be comforted by this...
Chinese Loans: PDP Turning The Facts On It’s Head
By Dr. Joseph Ejemhen The current negative narratives generated over the Chinese loans obtained by Nigeria since 2010 is worrisome. It is a...
Re: Senate Targets Osibanjo, Fashola, Others Over Multimillion Dollar Power Deal – Newspaper’s wicked lies exposed
By Dr. Ahmed Rahman. On Tuesday July 21, the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Power, Senator Gabriel Suswam, presented a report...
Once Upon a Mandate: Revisiting the Vexed Uzodinma vs. Ihedioha Supreme Court Judgement
By: Dr Michael Odichi-Dan Ugorji Sequel to my May 26, 2020 op-ed on the protest by the governor of Imo state,...
Beyond The NDDC Forensic Audit
By Horatius Egua It was yet another shocking revelation, at the Senate hearing, at the National Assembly, on the trouble Niger Delta Development...
Obaseki and His Tendency to Destroy All Things Bright and Beautiful
By Hassan Ainofenokhai Godfatherism is a doctrine of the Catholic Church where a child is blessed with a godfather and that child...
Capt. Hosa: Of diligence, honour and other matters
By Sylvanus Ojeh “Seest thou a man diligent in his business? He shall stand before kings; he shall not stand before...
Toast to unalloyed friendship by Adebayo Bodunrin
In one of his philosophical jottings, the great Greek Philosopher, Aristotle, wrote on three types of friendship. Those based on utility....
ALSCON: Nigeria’s case of self-inflicted economic sabotage?
By Yemie ADEOYE “I am the greatest obstacle to my greatest dreams.” -Craig D. Lounsbrough THE Aluminium Smelter...
