By Prince Dayo Adeyeye We are not surprised on the postulation by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Alhaji Garba Shehu in which he blamed the former Administration of Goodluck Jonathan as being responsible for the…
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MAINA-GATE AND THE BUHARI SYNDROME
By Charles Ogbu The worst tragedy of this Maina-gate is to see adult Nigerians with a university exposure singing praises of President Buhari for ordering the sack of the re-instated and promoted pension thief, Abdulrasheed Maina. Praising Buhari for ordering…
GOODLUCK JONATHAN: DANCING IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION
By Nnamdi Ukasanya I’m most happy that Goodluck Jonathan has started doing the needful; and to those who said he should not talk, isn’t it reassuring that he is now talking from experience and putting the APC led federal government…
LOAN FOR RAIL PROJECT: WRONG APPROACH IN RIGHT DIMENSION
Dr Nnaemeka Onyeka Obiaraeri WHY WOULD THE FGN BORROW $35BILLION TO DO RAIL PROJECTS, WHEN THERE ARE ALTERNATIVE/VIABLE PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIPS ROUTES TO EXECUTE THE SAME PROJECTS WITHOUT BURDENING NIGERIA WITH SUCH HUGE DEBTS? The total debt profile of Nigeria…
THE PROBLEM OF NIGERIA AND THE WAZOBIA
By Sanusi Lamido sanusi Before colonialism, there was nothing like Northern Nigeria, Before the Sokoto Jihad, there was nothing like the Sokoto caliphate. The man from Kano regards himself as bakane. The man from Zaria was bazazzage. The man from…
FINDING VISIONARY LEADERS
By Sir Gabriel Otioma I will begin by saying, progress of a nation is not accidental. No core country in the world today was able to rise above her troubles, challenges and political turmoil by accident, but through good plans…
THE MARCH FOR FREEDOM AND THE MONSTER FROM FUTA JALON
By Femi Fani Kayode The greatest crime that man has inflicted on his fellow man in the last 50 years is the evil concept of unrestrained globalization coupled with the incremental evolution, unacceptable espousal and wholehearted acceptance of the artificial,…
IS NAIRA THE WORST CURRENCY IN AFRICA
By Ishaq Farooq I felt only a few African countries could have stronger currencies than the naira but I was shocked and ashamed with what I found out. I wanted to do an online transaction with an online fashion brand…
OGBENI AREGESOLA AND THE #8 BILLION OPON IMO
By Akeeb Adekunle Alabi Seven years in to the Ogbeni Rauf AREGBESOLA administration and our students and pupils are being blessed with monumental failures. One doesn’t have to be an educationist to know that Opon Imo would beget failure. And…
LOYALTY OF HYPOCRISY
By Gyang Samuel Feng Its time we set the ball rolling for all those cheap monks who shower accolades on the Government of Plateau state with no just reason. A clear look at the state in the last two years…