2024 colloquium on mental health, the law and media advocacy By LAW MEFOR
Currently, there is a significant increase in mental disease due to the high rate of acute poverty among Nigerians. The Nigerian government’s commitment to […]
OPINION
How “Wicked” Wike is transforming Abuja into a global city By MIKE OMERI
Rarely do I find myself compelled by emotions stirred by the sights and sounds of bustling construction equipment lining the streets of Abuja. Yet, here […]
NIMASA: Tasks and expectations from Mobereola By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
The trajectory of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) has always been in the news for negative reasons. For instance, among its […]
General Ndiomu should not go to waste, By KEN UGBECHIE
Until March 14, this year, Major-General Barry Tariye Ndiomu (Retired) was the Interim Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP). He was on that beat […]
The ECOWAS of yesterday, today and tomorrow, By PAUL EJIME
Nigeria’s late Professor Adebayo Adedeji and Togo’s Edem (Kodjovi) Kodjo would likely be turning in their graves in disappointment if not utter shock at what […]
Red Notice: Putin is Nearby, By CHIDI AMUTA
Putin is nearby. Precisely, Russia’s ambitious global influencer of illiberal order has docked next door. In Niger Republic to be exact. At the end […]
Residential Development on a 300 sqm Land by DENNIS ISONG
When considering residential development on a 300 square meter land parcel, you have to be strategic in order to make the most of the […]
Still on the beer matter , By ANDREW AGBESE
In my earlier piece on the plan by the Benue State Government to set up a brewery, I concentrated mainly on the factors that threaten […]
Taxing a dying economy, National Assembly and vanishing opposition By LAW MEFOR
Margaret Thatcher, the British prime minister from 1979 to 1990, once declared that “no nation ever grew more prosperous by taxing its citizens beyond […]
From canoe to land: First tears of Niger Delta journalist over car gift from Tare Pondi By ASIAYEI ENAIBO
Time is fixed on the calendar of God like nature plans the movement of everything in the orbital seasons and time. Ijaw Fishermen and […]
Why Governor Alia cannot have a drink on me, By ANDREW AGBESE
Let me start by asking the bar man to give everyone in Benue, except Gov Hyacinth Alia, a bottle of beer over the state […]
SIM Boxing, and the Unboxing of a Crime Syndicate, By SULEIMAN BALA BAKORI
Boxes have a multitude of uses, and the word “box”, lends itself to diverse contexts. For “Ajala Travelers,” the box is a necessity for keeping […]
Chief (Sir) Gordian Chukwuemeka Oranika, mni, ksm, kss (1935-2024): A master nation builder bows out
By LAW MEFOR – “Never call a man good until he is dead,” Chief GC Oranika (aka Ochendo) once told me. Even though we were […]
NAHCON to break Jaiz Bank monopoly of Hajj Savings Scheme By SULEIMAN AFIKPO
The National Hajj Commission of Nigeria Stakeholders Summit of 2nd and 3rd May ended yesterday, but the mark it left on stakeholders will live beyond […]
Faure Gnassingbe’s political ambition and ECOWAS reputation
By PAUL EJIME – As widely expected, Togo’s national electoral commission has declared the ruling Union for the Republic (UNIR) Party, as the overwhelming winner […]
Niger Delta Region: NDDC and Sustainable Development By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Reports have it that at Harvard Business School, United States of America (USA), the code of belief about entrepreneurship is quite simply this: It […]
EFCC, Yahaya Bello and the law, By KEN UGBECHIE
The circus show being enacted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the matter of Alhaji Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of […]
A rebirth for Arts, Culture, Creative Economy, By DEJI AYOOLA
Beyond a seeming cosmetic spruce-up, the new Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, FMACCE, actually benefits from a fundamental vision tweak and structural […]
America, Iran and the abuse of democracy, human rights, By HASSAN GIMBA
“One of the shrewdest ways for human predators to conquer their stronger victims is to convince them steadily with propaganda that they are still free.” N. […]
Education: Southwest Nigeria has lost its edge! By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
The purported ranking of states by the West African Examinations Council (WAEC), based on their performance in the 2023 Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination (SSCE), […]