And second instance, “This brings to mind a statement credited to Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor of Gold Coast (now Ghana); published in Accra on May 31, 1956, by the …
Read More »Opinions
Infrastructure, education and the Abia State example
It is a pedestrian knowledge that Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima some weeks ago inaugurated the 188-megawatt geometric power plant in Aba, Abia state, to accelerate …
Read More »Replacement costs and their limitations during rapid inflation
Consequent to the global inflation challenges, which have seen many economies battling with rapid or galloping inflation, it is imperative to take another closer look at the concept of replacement …
Read More »Significance of Eid-el-Fitr
A Muslims celebrate the end of this year’s Ramadan, it is important that they constantly keep the virtues that the month has come to inculcate in them under focus: Have more …
Read More »For some, the journey to Senegal hasn’t started
Last week’s inauguration of President Bassirou Diomaye Faye of Senegal, despite months of hair-raising suspense has renewed hope that democracy has capacity to replenish itself. The post For some, the …
Read More »Seven notable messages from House of Reps TSA investigation
As part of its responsibility to examine the accounts and reports of Ministries, Departments and Agencies of the Federal Government, the Bamidele Salaam (PDP)-led House Committee on Public Accounts in …
Read More »Let the student loan scheme take off
President Bola Tinubu’s appendage of his signature to the student loan scheme law may be significant as a prelude to the enjoyment of the scheme by indigent students, but the …
Read More »Nigeria-Morocco gas pipeline is imperialist-inspired
Conceived in the 1970s, the Trans-Saharan Gas Pipeline, TSGP, was to bear natural gas from Warri in the Niger Delta to Niger Republic, Algeria and Europe. On January 14, 2002, then Nigerian …
Read More »Presidential monologue – Part 13
In this instalment, I relate to the recent presidential ban on foreign trips by ministers, heads of departments, and agencies, at the expense of government, for three months in the …
Read More »Understanding food insecurity in Nigeria
Squealing to the discovery of petroleum, Nigeria has rapidly grown into a major food importing nation as the government has become neglectful of the agricultural sector since petroleum is considered …
Read More »