Prof. Tunji Olaopa It is now axiomatic that Nigeria embodies fundamental contradictions that define the extent of her predicament. This predicament is a multidimensional one that revolves around the inability of Nigeria to make developmental headway of her existence since 1960. For sixty-one
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By Ray Ekpu The past year was a horrible year for Nigeria and the world, because of the Covid-19 pandemic that turned our lives and lifestyle topsy turvy. Those who rose stoutly to the challenge that the pandemic posed remain heroes to whom we owe a debt of gratitude. But in selecting the Person of […]
By Prof Tunji Olaopa Just some few weeks ago, the global community of Africanists and African scholars woke to the very sad news of the demise of world-renowned scholar, Peter Ekeh. There is no serious scholar of African studies, or even African-American Studies who has not heard of Ekeh; or even more, who has not […]
By Ahmed Mora Major General (Rtd)Muhammadu Buhari would not be contesting, and we left it at that. From my days as the Director of Pharmaceutical Services in the Kaduna State Government in 1990, I was given official accomodation at house No 8, Sokoto Road, GRA, Kaduna and I stayed for twenty six (26)years until 2016. […]
By Fassy Yusuf Columnist, Despite the perilous state of the economy, and the debilitating and inclement environment we all live in, we cannot afford to give up. We must stop our daily lamentations. In essence we must continue to THRIVE. Thriving involves flourishing, growing vigorously, prosperity, progressing toward or realising a goal despite circumstances and […]
By Prof Tunji Olaopa From time immemorial when humans began to walk the earth and were confronted with the challenges of surviving, work has become essential in the existential definition of what humans can be. To work is to survive. By the time the homo sapiens was fully formed, it became significant for the men […]
By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha I was miffed to no end last week when Nigerians took unnecessary umbrage at the exotic, fiercely loyal presidential spokesman, the sardonically inimitable and infinitely loquacious Mallam Garba Shehu over statements he made about the Boko-Haram-slaughtered farmers of Zabarmari Borno State, to the effect that the farmers ought to have obtained […]
By Tony Afejuku Since this APC central government came into power when it did – and that was in 2015 in which many citizens thought they saw an ideal picture of Nigeria in their patriotic horizon – nothing but one disappointment after another has been their experience – and sadly so. After the long regime […]
By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha On 17th November, a meeting was scheduled in Port-Harcourt between political, social and cultural leaders of the beleaguered South-south region and the presidency was botched at the last minute because the delegation had to attend an ‘emergency security meeting’, in Abuja. Television footage showed elegantly dressed elderly traditional rulers and
India and Nigeria – our country – are two intriguing countries – although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multi-cultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic groups in
By Fassy Yusuf Columnist, This is not the best of time to live in Nigeria. The economy is perilous. Our education is lying prostrate. The imported coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) has disrupted our existence leading to the coinage of ‘new normal’. Our youths whilst trying to put effect to their constitutional cum fundamental rights to life, […]
By Prof Tunji Olaopa Columnist, Just recently, the Government of Oyo State took a significant milestone in administrative history with the summit organized in honor of the recently departed icon, Pa Theophilus Adeleke Akinyele. Notably, Pa Akinyele’s death was devoid of the usual rancor that attends the funeral plans for a statesman; and second, the […]
By Ray Ekpu Mahmood Yakubu, Professor of Political History and International Studies is a man of history. He was the first man to earn a first class degree in History from the University of Sokoto, now called Usman Dan Fodio University. History lacks the precision of Engineering or Mathematics and is therefore a very difficult […]
By Tunji Olaopa A former senior Canadian permanent secretary once graphically described a “permanent secretary”: “While governments and ministers come and go, the permanent secretary remains the permanent custodian of permanent problems.” This statement constitutes a very apt historical overview of the conception of the permanent secretary, and the function the office was
By Ray Ekpu Nigeria’s political elite are strange animals. They give the outward – and deceptive – impression that they want democracy but inwardly the only thing that they truly want is power, raw power, and authoritarian power. When the first television station was established in Ibadan in 1959, it was obvious to many that […]
By Tony Afejuku America that is, the United States of America is experiencing an unusual political autumn which began on Tuesday, November 3 of 2020 the Super Tuesday of the presidential election of the super great nation currently amply uncertain of its super electoral greatness. Objective or subjective evidence before the world has confirmed that […]
By Fassy Yusuf Corporate governance is all about adherence to processes, procedures, and ethical standards in the management of our resources. The lack of good corporate governance has been the bane of the country’s economy nay polity. Most nations have built strong institutions to ensure not only their survival but have laws guiding the operationalisation […]
By Prof Tunji Olaopa A former senior Canadian permanent secretary once graphically described a “permanent secretary”: “While governments and ministers come and go, the permanent secretary remains the permanent custodian of permanent problems.” This statement constitutes a very apt historical overview of the conception of the permanent secretary, and the function the office
By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha Outgoing President Donald John Trump had the good world made for him. By inherited wealth and a rambunctious if erratic and eccentric personality, he fitted into the world, almost perfectly. When I read Mary Trump’s (Donald Trump’s niece) account of the dysfunctional Trump family in her book Too Much and Never […]
By Tony Afejuku India and Nigeria our country are two intriguing countries – although they are dissimilarly intriguing, I must say. No country in the world can be compared with these respective Asian and African countries in terms of their multi-ethnic, multi-lingual, multicultural and even multi-religious diversities. A conservative calculation would put the linguistic