Nigeria Gas Debacle: The Rising Cost of Cooking Gas!
Introduction At the beginning of this month November 2021, President Buhari announced at that Nigeria has pledged to eliminate illegal gas flaring (which he said […]
OPINION
Buhari, Nigerians And Misplaced Regret By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Nigerians could argue that the entire problem (both real and probable) currently confronting the nation are caused by the inability of the present administration to […]
Hypothesis on Saudi Arabia suspension of Flight from Nigeria
By IBRAHIM MUHAMMED – The news of suspension of flight from Nigeria by Saudi Arabia General authority of civil aviation came as a shock and […]
SENATOR JOSEPH WAYAS: Exit of a Nigerian Patriot
A tribute by SIMON SHANGO – As we entered the temporary Secretariat of the National Party of Nigeria (NPN), at Lapal House Igbosere at Lagos […]
Succession And Obligation of Leadership By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Am I a good leader? I do not know and I guess no one else does. The people, the future and history will stand judge […]
President Buhari, COP26 Summit And The Fallacy of Gas Economics! By NICK AGULE
IntroductionOn 2nd November 2021, President Muhammadu Buhari took to the podium at the UN Climate Change Conference Glasgow 2021 tagged COP26 (26th meeting of the […]
Benedict Peters: A True Compatriot Made in Nigeria
By JACKSON OLALI – Every society has its models, pathfinders who brave the odds and dare the impossible, some even at young age. Benedict Peters […]
Nigeria and Beggar Bowl Leadership Approach By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
As a nation, Nigeria and most of her Federating states are currently faced with serious socio economic issues/survival dilemmas. Although this in my view has […]
Making 2023 General Election A Rewarding One, By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
The central interest of this piece is not to spot leadership faults in Nigeria, or proffer solutions to what the present administration is not doing […]
Fuel Subsidy Removal And The Concept of Change By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It is a common knowledge that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) recently rejected the Federal Government proposed N5, 000 for 40 million poor Nigerians when […]
Religious Crisis In Nigeria: The Way Forward By ADEPARUA DAMILOLA
Nigeria as a country is a multi-ethnic and culturally diverse federation, which consists of 36 autonomous states and the Federal Capital Territory. Apart from this […]
Poor Leadership; Principal or Instrumental Explanation for Nigeria’s Underdevelopment? By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
There is no gainsaying that Nigeria is plagued with development challenges such as widespread poverty, insecurity, corruption, gross injustice and ethnic politics. Also, evidence abounds […]
Askira Uba: Death of Gallant Soldiers On My Pathway By TONY IYARE
Life is ensconced in different strokes. Penultimate weekend, when many of our country men and women were enmeshed in revelry, savouring delicious meals and sipping […]
What Nami’s Election As CATA President Means For Nigeria By CHARLES IORHEMBA ODE
On Friday, 12th October, 2021 the Commonwealth Association of Tax Administrators (CATA) at its 15th general meeting, elected Nigeria’s number one Taxman, the Executive Chairman […]
My Encounter With A Nigerian Healthcare Professional By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
This piece stemmed from an unusual occurrence/event which glaringly did more than anything else to support the claim by well-meaning Nigerians that healthcare professionals do […]
Bawa Needs A Bailout From Kogi Entanglement
Nigeria is usually a drama platform and a centre of comic art. We need such to live long given the many challenges we face as […]
What Biden’s Removal of Nigeria From Religious Violation Watch List Means By GARBA SHEHU
The removal of Nigeria from the religious violators watch list by the Biden-led US administration in the run-up to the visit of Anthony Blinken, the […]
The use of Social Media and the Costs to the Economy, By NICK AGULE
Introduction Recently I had a need to access the WhatsApp group for my class at St John’s Seminary, Wonersh in Surrey, England, and the last […]
Gov. Umahi: Garlands for a nationalist By JOSEPH ODE
“Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.” – Charles de Gaulle […]
NIRSAL, Editors And Life Beyond The Newsroom By OMOYEMI OLATUNDE
The best of Nigerian editors gathered in Abuja last month for the 17th All Nigeria Editors’ Conference (ANEC). The theme was, Media in Times of Crises: Resolving […]