By dangling the sum of £3,000 ($3,836), as a carrot, to asylum seekers to move to Rwanda, Britain has unwittingly adopted a model on how immigration issues should not be handled. It …
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Umo Eno: Beyond the togas of Mr compassion, humanitarian governor
It was America’s 36th president, Lyndon Baines Johnson, who said: “A compassionate government keeps faith with the trust of the people and cherishes the future of their children. Through compassion …
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Prevailing and dominant concepts of politics were born from the crave for the ‘scientific’ study of politics, to make the study of politics more empirical; to demonstrate what is, what …
Read More »Strategic philanthropy as a tool for building family impact
Philanthropy , which involves donating money, time or knowledge to charitable causes, has been a popular way for many people and families to improve society, support the disadvantaged and make …
Read More »Rotimi Sankore: June 6, 1968 – April 12, 2024
On December 26, 1991, Algerians voted in the first round of parliamentary elections. Over 40 parties fielded candidates. As returns started coming through, it became clear the country was in …
Read More »Bouquet for amazon of multi-tasking at 60
David Ricardo framed it as the law of diminishing returns. There is always a point of saturation. There comes a juncture where, to adapt the thesis of one of the …
Read More »Sheikh Ahmad Gumi’s suspicious interface with terrorists
Notwithstanding the posit of Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi that all hands need be on deck to tackle the persistent menace of terrorism and banditry in the country, his …
Read More »Reechoing Awo on the workability of democracy in Nigeria
Recently, both traditional and social media have been awashed with the humongous remunerations of Nigerian political office holders and there seems to be an agreement that these people are apparently …
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It is in the nature of scholarly thought that you are never sure of what you are thinking until you are forced by time constraint to accept the extant version …
Read More »Government and the menace of land grabbing
Considering the wide havoc that land grabbers and speculators have visited on hapless citizens across the country, it is high time all governments, both federal and state, came together to …
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