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 […]
OPINION
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 […]
Understanding Foreign Exchange, External Reserves and the Naira Exchange Rate – A Rejoinder By NICK AGULE
Prof Obadan was my best economics teacher at the University of Benin (Uniben). Soft spoken but highly articulate and intelligent, he was the real deal […]
Okowa, Human Rights Protection Committee and Silent Points By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It was recently reported that a few days after the panel constituted to investigate the ENDSARS hostility in the state submitted its report, the Delta […]
Factors Fueling Nigeria’s Socio Economic Contradictions By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Speaking in absolute terms, Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson did not contain the Nigerian leadership arena in mind when they echoed a postulation tagged ‘Ignorance […]
Suicide Scourge and Economic Adversity By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
It was Adebola B. Ekanola, a specialist in African philosophy and philosophy of Peace, who, while writing on the topic; Towards an enduring social Peace […]
eNaira: Nigeria’s New Digital Currency – The Early Days! By NICK AGULE
Introduction After the launch of Nigeria’s new digital currency tagged the eNaira on Monday, 25th October 2021 by President Muhammadu Buhari, I jumped onto the […]
The Climate Crisis Will Not be Fixed by Causing an Energy Crisis in Africa By PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Dire warnings of the end of the world are as old as civilization itself. But each year as the countdown to United Nations Climate Change […]
2030 Sustainable Agenda, Insecurity And Ochor’s Template By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI
Recently, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Office for West Africa and the Sahel, Mahamat Annadif said that the spate […]