By LORD JONATHAN MARLAND – Today, over 5000 competitors from nations as far afield as Malaysia to Jamaica converge on Birmingham for the Commonwealth Games. Challengers will look to make history in an event that previously saw Tanzania’s Filbert Bayi break a 1500m record in 1974 that still stands...
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According to the budget office, Nigeria budgeted N127b on education in the year 2021 while it spent N121b on security. The 2022 budget estimates however showed that the security budget had risen to N2.1t while that of education stood at 1.29t, a development which was roundly criticized by the...
A couple of weeks ago, Nigerians woke up to a heart-numbing report about how unidentified gunmen ambushed and killed about 30 soldiers in a mining village of Ajata Aboki in Shiroro, Niger State. While still smarting from that shocking news, unconfirmed reports are currently making rounds in the social...
Today in north-east Nigeria, millions of people are facing the painful consequences of a deteriorating food security and nutrition crisis. Food insecurity means not knowing when or where your next meal will come from. It means, in essence, not being able to meet the basic needs for yourself or...
By: Onoja Johnson The lawmaker for Yagba Federal Federal Constituency, Kogi West, Elder Leke Abejide has urged Nigerians and the good people of Kogi State to move quickly and register for their permanent voters cards (PVC) with just five days left before INEC closes the registration. The House of...
This is the era of political campaigns where all manner of subterfuge are allowed to flourish to confuse and convince the undiscerning mind in a bid to raking up votes for the election. I have listened to, and dissected both personalities of Atiku Abubakar and Asiwaju Tinubu in terms...
Those who, along with Ahmed Bola Tinubu, conjured the ill wind of a Muslim – Muslim ticket for the All Progressives Congress (APC) heading into the 2023 Presidential elections must by now be gnawing their nails and gnashing their teeth in anguished regret. This is given the whiplash of...
Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, and no city or house divided against itself will stand. Mark 3:24, Matthew 12:25. If there is any factor/actor that has kept the People Democratic Party (PDP), as the dominant party in Delta state...
Recently, precisely on Sunday July 17, 2022, the Deputy President of the Senate and the All Progressives Congress (APC) Governorship Candidate in Delta, Sen. Ovie Omo-Agege, in Effurun, Uvwie Local Government Area of the state, going by media reports stated that the Delta Government had not been fair to...
On Tuesday, July 19th, 2022, the crème of Nigeria’s political and socio-economic environment, especially the oil and gas industry, witnessed the unveiling of the new Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPC Limited) at the State House Conference Centre by President Muhammadu Buhari. There is no doubt that the milestone event...
I still recall with vividness how His Excellency, Sen. (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State, while delivering a keynote speech themed; ‘rebuilding trust in a divided Nigeria: advancing the conversation, at the 2021 annual lecture and symposium organized by Ripples Centre for Data and Investigative Journalism, August 25,...
The window for substitution of candidates has been slammed closed by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, thus fully set the stage for the 2023 Presidential Election. Though subtle campaigns have been raging, real campaigns will start legally in earnest in September. Before Peter Obi seized Labour Party turf...
Throughout the early decades, the world paid little attention to what constitutes sustainable development. Such conversation, however, gained global prominence via the United Nations introduction, adoption and pursuit of the Millennium Development Goals, MDGs, which lasted between the year 2000 and 2015. And was among other intentions aimed at...
By VALENTINE OBIENYEM – The newest phenomenon in town, Mr. Peter Obi turns 61 today. Contrary to the customary use of the day to see him through biographical prisms, we shall view him through the mass movement that has all the attributes of a revolution in which he is...
This piece stemmed from two uniquely similar but different sources. First is a Whatsapp picture of Peter Obi, Labor Party Presidential Flag bearer, and his running mate Dr Yusuf Datti Baba-Ahmed, which I recently stumbled upon in a group platform. The referenced portrait was laced with the following inscriptions;...
The job of managing the image and reputation of a company that many loves to hate and others hate to love is not an easy task. I recently saw a statement in the Nation Newspaper with the headline “Fuel Scarcity And Price Hike” while the last paragraph said; “Muhammed...
When it comes to politics, it is difficult to find any ethnic group that is usually as divided against itself like the Igbo of South east Nigeria. This unfortunate fact has proven true since the time of the great Zik all through the five Senate Presidents (need we name...
By JEROME-MARIO UTOMI The political terrain in the country is truly tensed up and filled with a lot of intrigues. Only those strong hearted politicians will be able to wade through the political landmine and come out successful. Even the electorates are not equally taking the preparation for 2023...
Thomas had inherited a house from his mother which he lived in since he got married. He had no reason to buy land, let alone build a house because he was contended with his inheritance. When he turned 40, he decided that he would like to give back to...
The All Progressives Congress (APC) presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s announcement of his vice presidential candidate has put an end to weeks of speculation about his likely candidate and this means the APC team for the 2023 elections is complete, but his decision to pick former Borno State Governor...