Eight million jobs: Ngige’s word against NBS’
Labour and employment minister, Chris Ngige, excited the country with his statement while featuring on a television programme last Wednesday…
It’s time for state police
Following the escalated banditry and insecurity that nearly created in Zamfara State Emile Durkheim’s state of anomie, the Senate, on…
Setting agenda for Buhari: The Nigerian dream
CORPORATIONS and big organisations run on visions. They each have a deliberately crafted and well thought out vision that guides…
Between the political class and supporters
The electioneering that heralded the just concluded elections in Kwara State was particularly hot and acidic. It was a frenzied…
The rich and their poverty
THE warped perception of the purpose of wealth among the rich of our land is quite revolting. Contrary to what…
Nigeria: Living in the past, killing the future
NIGERIA is toeing the path of the dinosaur. Dinosaur, a huge reptile, became extinct consequent upon its failure to accept…
A nation’s love for committees
NIGERIAN leaders’ love for committees is boundless. The first thing that crosses their minds when there is an issue in…
Is ill of man the will of God?
THE German automobile giant, BMW, recently put on display a modified 2-Series Coupe and 6-Series Gran Coupe, self-driving cars that…
That Nigerians may love Nigeria
THE greatest challenge to our nationhood is the lack of any form of bonding between Nigeria and her nationals. There…
Mad people and their insane rulers
ACCORDING to a consultant psychiatrist at the College of Health Science, Benue State University, Makurdi, there has been a 30…
1959 to 2019: Little has changed
PRESIDENTIAL candidates of the two major parties and their supporters have been inundating the nation with their plans for the…
Honouring the dead, despising the living
JANUARY 15 every year is set aside as the Armed Forces Remembrance Day in Nigeria. On that day, moving speeches…
Reflecting on the Nigerian Dream
THE dawn of a New Year provides individuals and organisations an occasion to review their activities and make projections for…
Will the New Year bring new experiences?
MY understanding of ‘new’ is that it is a departure from the known, a severance from the old, a migration…
Bo’le ka’ja legislators: How did we get here?
The country scored another low last Wednesday during the presentation of the 2019 budget estimates by President Muhammadu Buhari to…
Going to grave in tears
WHILE a majority of pensioners in Nigeria pine in penury and lack, the like of Yakubu Gowon, Olusegun Obasanjo, Sheu…
What drives Nigerian politicians?
WHAT inspires the average Nigerian politician? What exactly drives him to seek power? Is it ambition, sense of entitlement, avarice,…
Akwa Ibom fiasco and need for strong institutions
Again, the country’s fledgling democracy came under attack last Wednesday when five lawmakers of the Akwa Ibom State House of…
Awo: The missing ingredient in present day leaders
THIS past week, on three different radio stations in the Southwestern part of the country, the anchors chose to…
Minimum wage and devolution of power
STATE governors have put forward a difficult condition in their reaction to the N30,000 minimum wage demanded by the nation’s…
