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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...

The New Chief of Staff, Prof Agboola Ibrahim Gambari, Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed and Minister of Transportation, Mr Rotimi Amaechi during FEC Meeting at the Council Chamber State House Abuja. MAY 13 2020

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...

Invisible infection of corruption impeding development, COVID-19 fight — Commonwealth Secretary-General

  The Commonwealth of Nations says invisible infection of corruption is threatening countries’ response to Covid-19, their long-term development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)....

NNPC’s Health Sector Intervention: Straightening the Issues

  By Babagana Haliru Since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country when the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) rallied its...

Looking beyond COVID-19: Developing Nigeria’s healthcare system

  By Daniel Obaseki The current COVID-19 pandemic has taken the world by storm and shaken the health systems worldwide. Nations that apparently...

Supreme Court Governor? My Advice for Sen. Hope Uzodinma

    Michael Odichi-Dan Ugorji (PhD)   A few days ago, I read a report on Sunnewsonline.com about the opposition in Imo State...

Governors not pensionable, such earner-governors are cheats, says Imo Gov. Uzodinma

  history, my conscience ‘ll not forgive me if I did not repeal Governors’ Pension Law disqualifies himself from pension after office  ...