Governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State recently announced himself as the commissioner in charge of lands, citing the need to avert the recurrence of inadequacies under the previous commissioner he …
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Attaining food security through sustainable irrigation agriculture
Nigeria presently has an irrigation potential of about 3.4 million hectares (ha) and 162 irrigation dams with a total storage capacity of 11 billion cubic meters, sufficient to irrigate 725,000ha, …
Read More »Tinubu’s reign of deception, destitution and hopelessness
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s first year in office has been one like no other. He has willfully turned Nigerians into destitute in their land of plenty. In a country that …
Read More »Impact of the exit of National Economic Intelligence Committee – Part 1
During the era of General Sani Abacha (September 20, 1943 – June 8, 1998), there was the National Economic Intelligence Committee (NEIC) that had its office at the seventh floor …
Read More »Consumer Credit Scheme: Matters arising – Part 2
Security is equally a challenge that shakes the entire financial system to its foundation. Robbery, kidnapping, vandalism and other terrorism-related vices make their inroads into the system daily and further …
Read More »Garlands for MMA2 at 17
For the past 17 years, the Murtala Muhammed Airport Terminal Two, popularly referred to as MMA2, an iconic, innovative edifice and one of the successful Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects in …
Read More »Leah Sharibu: 21 jeers to hope deferred
I had wanted to write on some of our so many and-so-what matters arising from our national greed that has refused to collapse. The post Leah Sharibu: 21 jeers to …
Read More »The African leaders’ request for $120b to develop continent
Unless African leaders exhibit determination and take a pragmatic approach to liberatingthe continent from the over-reliance on other continents for realisation of her development aspirations, Africa may remain underdeveloped for …
Read More »Consumer Credit Scheme: Matters arising – Part 1
To concretise the initiative, N100 billion has been earmarked for the take off of the first phase. According to available reports, the phase one of the scheme would kick off …
Read More »Obafemi’s commitment to funding Nigeria’s public universities – Part 5
There is an unending debate on sources of funding for the universities—especially public universities. First is the unyielding entitlement philosophy in which parents, students and the labour unions believe that …
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