By David Adenekan TO START WITH, the new directive by the Central Bank of Nigeria that all Point of Sale (POS) outlets/holders must, on or before July 7th, 2024 be registered and incorporated as a business enterprise with the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) is a welcome development. A great initiative indeed! According to the Central [&hell...
By David Adenekan THERE’s an essential need to see a video clip for all Africans! It’s packed with practical wisdom your won’t want to miss. (Apologies readers. The video is not attached). A FOOD FOR THOUGHT INDEED! It is a strong and convincing voice from a philosophical king; Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, the current President of...
By Deborah Eli Yusuf TEN YEARS have passed since the night of April 14, 2014, when 276 schoolgirls were kidnapped from their dormitories in Chibok, Nigeria, forever changing the trajectory of their lives. The mass kidnapping, carried out by the terrorist group Boko Haram, sparked global outrage and ignited the #BringBackOurGirls movement, dema...
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...
