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Elections
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2019 Election: INEC, voters and reluctant optimism

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As the nation races toward 2019 general election, many strange things are happening daily in our political space; some heartening and others, undesirable. Particularly echoing on this wavelength is the demand for a robust political partisanship. A move that is aimed at terminating the dearth of leadership that has bedeviled our nation for too long […]
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Complete Zungeru Power Plant on time

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Recent news that the Chinese company handling the 700MW hydro electric power plant in Zungeru, Niger State has given notice that the December 2019 delivery date of the project to the federal government might not be feasible is a clear indication of the levity with which Asian companies, particularly those from China treat contracts awarded […]
Agriculture
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Revive Bank of Agriculture and NERFUND

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The National Executive Council (NEC) of Trade Union Congress of Nigeria (TUC) met in Lagos recently on the state of the nation and came out with some recommendations on how to move the nation forward. In particular, the TUC National Executive Committee (NEC) called for the revival of Bank of Agriculture (BOA) and the National […]
truck
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Wake up call to tanker, truck owners

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Recent warning by the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC) that tanker and truck owners would now be prosecuted alongside their drivers involved in accidents, as a result of reckless driving is very timely. The number of lives wasted on daily basis by the recklessness of tanker and truck drivers is very alarming. There is no […]
asians
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Asians takeover Nigeria’s retail market

Ihesiulo Grace 0
One of the objectives of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Act was to open the Nigerian economy to local and foreign investments and thereby accelerate the pace of economic growth and development of the country. Investors were therefore free to invest in the economy without restraint. The deregulation of the economy and economic liberalisation that followed […]
summits
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The worth of economic summits

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When the first Nigerian Economic Summit (NES) was held in Abuja in February 1993, little did the organisers know that economic summit will one day snowball into an idea that is widely accepted across the country. Today, families, corporate bodies, states and the federal government have embraced the idea and they regularly organise their economic […]
Civilization
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Memories of FESTAC 77 rekindled in Lagos

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The Center for Black and African Arts and Civilization (CBAAC) recently rolled out the drums to rekindle the spirit of the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC ’77), 40 years after it was hosted in Lagos, Nigeria, during the military regime of Gen. Olusegun Obasanjo. The week long activities which […]
NNPC
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NNPC’S non remittance of N3.88trn to FG in 2015

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Recent newspaper reports that the cumulative unremitted revenue from domestic crude oil sales by the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) stood at about N3.878 trillion as at December 31, 2015, is shocking, depressing and disheartening. It calls to question the assumed high level of probity, integrity and accountability of top public sector officials and shows
FIIRO
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FIIRO’s readiness to create 5m jobs annually

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Against the backdrop of the high unemployment level in the country, the Federal Institute of Industrial Research (FIIRO), Oshodi, Lagos, stunned the nation recently when it claimed that it has developed a workable blueprint that could effectively curb the menace of unemployment by providing well over five million job opportunities annually in the country. The […]
airports
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Concessioning Nigeria airports

Ihesiulo Grace 0
The debate on the viability of concessioning the infrastructures of Nigeria airports to private investors seem to be gaining attraction especially when the Minister of State for Aviation, Senator Hadi Sirika, brought it to the front burner. The dissenting voices, who are mainly Unions and workers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) though […]
osinbajo
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Conditions for FG’s bail out of states

Ihesiulo Grace 0
Once again, many states in the country are in financial straits and can hardly meet their financial obligations. They have approached the federal government for financial assistance but Vice President Yemi Osinbajo has made it clear to the states that the condition precedent for such federal government financial support will be the reports from independent […]
collapse
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Save banks from collapse

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The excruciating recession has come and gone, but the ill effects are still biting hard on the citizenry and businesses across the country. One of the businesses that felt the bad side of the recession were the deposit money banks. At the onset of the recession the economy contracted, many businesses and individuals were badly […]