By Banji Ojewale MOST OF US agree with Chinua Achebe, Africa’s late literary colossus, that Nigeria’s chief post- Independence headache has been the challenge of leadership. He said in his 1983 book, The Trouble with Nigeria: ‘’The trouble with Nigeria is simply a failure of leadership… The Nigerian problem is the unwillingness or inability of...
By Nelson Chukwudi LET US AGREE ON THIS: prima facie, in many parts of the world, Nigeria and Rivers State inclusive, agriculture has not been maximally harnessed. This is so because, what we have seen happen in the sector has not contributed to fulfilling the vital function of feeding the people sufficiently. It has also […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke IN SIZE, Nigeria and Singapore are poles apart. But in strategic eminence in their respective regions, both countries have somewhat similar qualifications. Nigeria is popular as Giant of Africa all over the world just like the tiny Singapore is celebrated as an Asian Tiger globally. Last year Singapore clocked 55, with ...
By Femi Kusa I REMEMBER almost as though it were only yesterday this day 31 years ago. It was the first time I would be in Achi, the land of the Otaru. I arrived the day before on a bill to give a public talk at Auchi poly technic on the subject THE KEY TO […]
By Banji Ojewale The security and welfare of the people (of Nigeria) shall be the primary purpose of government — The Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria IN 1976, the military regime of Olusegun Obasanjo sought to stir the patriotic instincts of our young citizens by decreeing the National Pledge into our lives. It […]
By David Adenekan IT SHOULD be noted that, Chief (Mrs) Modupe Onitiri-Abiola is one of the wives of late Chief Moshood Kashimawo Olawale Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of the June 12th, 1993, presidential election. To many, including fellow secessionist movements like the Yoruba Nation separatist group under the leadership of both Prof. B...
By Darlington Ehondor SO SAYS a community where a traumatizing tragedy has just happened, to our utter horror and dismay: Junior Pope Odonwodo and the four of his Nollywood colleagues, who, sadly, died in the River Niger a few days ago, cannot be buried outside that river. Dear God! Unless some ridiculously extravagant rituals are [&hell...
By Paul Ejime WHEN FORMER President Macky Sall shook hands and handed the mantle of leadership to his successor President Bassirou Diomaye Faye, Senegal’s 5th, and youngest, on the 2nd of April 2024, he might have wondered what could have been, the “what ifs” and “if onlys.” After serving as Prime Minister and Speaker/President of […]...
By David Adenekan TO START WITH, no country in the world has floated its local currency the way President Bola Ahmed Tinubu did. As clueless as we might thought former President Mohammadu Buhari was, he refused to float the naira, because of the negative effect on prices of goods and services, hyper-inflation. However, been as […]
Nelson Chukwudi IT IS MASSIVE. It is gigantic. It is expensive. It is first of its kind. It is a legacy signature impression. It is the single largest infrastructure project ever undertaken by any sub-national government in Nigeria. It is the Port Harcourt Ring Road! The Port Harcourt Ring Road project is a clear evidence […]
