Orji Uzor Kalu and NDDC By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Orji Uzor Kalu, the chief whip of the Nigerian Senate, on Tuesday in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, called on President Bola Tinubu to scrap […]
OPINION
Well, like everything else, this too shall pass, By HASSAN GIMBA
“The measurement of a man is what he does with power.” – Plato Today marks the end of the two-term tenure of a man who came […]
The inauguration of Dangote Refinery as the best development for real estate investors By DENNIS ISONG
The highly anticipated Dangote Refinery, a monumental project, was inaugurated with great fanfare on May 22nd, 2023, by President Buhari in Lagos, Nigeria’s bustling economic […]
Beyond the Radiance at the Square, By CHIDI AMUTA
The bare concrete parade ground of Eagle Square will tomorrow be animated by the symbolism of state ritual. Like most structures in Abuja’s homeless architecture, […]
The 9th NASS scorecard of diminishing liberty By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
To every society where the media is free, the marketplace of ideas is allowed to sort the unaccountable from the responsible and reward the latter. […]
Agenda for In-coming Governments – It must be New Wine in New Wine Skins! By NICK AGULE
Twitter: @NickAgule Email: nick.agule@yahoo.co.uk Facebook: Nick Agule, FCA 23.05.2023 Introduction Nigerians went to the polls on 25th February 2023 to elect a President and members […]
Osun: Au revoir, IleriOluwa; et tu, TOP? By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
There is an unraveling mystery about the Nigerian press. The custodian of this value is clearly misunderstood and misused in opportunities. But it is for […]
The story behind the newly completed Loko/Owetu Bridge across River Benue By USMAN ADAMS
The almost 2.5km length Loko/Owetu Bridge which the Minister of Works and Housing, Barr. Babatunde Raji Fashola affirms has been completed would soon officially be […]
Benue State Governor-Elect Rev Fr Hyacinth Alia: Charting a course for effective governance
BY TERSEER MNZUULGHA – In the course of history, the rise to leadership is compared to an arduous journey that requires the unflinching and unfaltering […]
10th NASS leadership and the burden of morality, By HASSAN GIMBA
In the system of governance we practise, there are three arms – the Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. The Legislature is said to be the first […]
Civil Society and Governance/Leadership and Gender (2) By PROFESSOR UKERTOR GABRIEL MOTI
Introduction The topic of leadership has been addressed and applied for millennia. Yet, is only within the past 80 years that leadership has been a […]
HENRY KISSINGER AT 100: Diplomatic Centurion, By CHIDI AMUTA
His distinctive deep baritone with a heavy German inflected accent testifies to a man of world historic mission and accomplishment. Henry Alfred Kissinger has in […]
Civil Society and Governance/Leadership and Gender, By By PROF UKERTOR GABRIEL MOTI
Introduction Civil Society organizations (CSOs) are enormously important players in governance and development. They provide development services and humanitarian relief, innovate the service deleivery, build […]
Okowa and N71 billion 2023 supplementary budget By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It is now a secondary information that Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State on Tuesday presented a N71 billion 2023 supplementary budget to the State […]
NBS and scorecard of eclipsing administration By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
With a few days to the May 29 inauguration of the new administration in the country, it is glaringly evident that President Muhammadu Buhari led […]
The 10th NASS and leadership recruitment By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
If there is any perfect example in recent times that demonstrates beyond reasonable doubt that Nigeria is a nation reputed for doing one thing repeatedly […]
Yari: Yeoman for the job of Senate President
By ESTHER AGADA, NKECHI ANADU, FOLASHADE OGUNREMI & ZAINAB SHUAIB We are the Mothers of the Nation; we gave birth to the incoming senators and […]
Change must begin with the leader, By HASSAN GIMBA
This writing was first published on 6 July 2020. With changes of leadership soon at the federal and state levels, I see it as relevant. […]
Soba Oyeleke, Osun government and the tourism sector By ABIODUN KOMOLAFE
Flowery words are oftentimes appropriate but then, they are generally not the fulcrum main messages. Whichever way, the message must not be lost on the […]
Democracy’s Untidy Offspring, By CHIDI AMUTA
The politics of democratic transition is hardly ever a beauty pageant. Oftentimes, the dazzling brilliance of campaign media displays conceal an underlying ugliness in the […]