Category: Opinion

Tribute To NIWA’s Helmsman On His Birthday Anniversary
November 17, 2024 No Responses

Tribute To NIWA’s Helmsman On His Birthday Anniversary

By Ismail Omipidan Bola Oyebamiji is a noble man by all standards. Humble. Generous. Hardworking. He is one individual whose love and compassion for community and the less privileged in the society is unrivalled.My close relationship with him in the...
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HARRIS, WOMAN FOR WHOM UNITED STATE’S PRESIDENTIAL DOOR OPENED IN 1984
November 5, 2024 No Responses

HARRIS, WOMAN FOR WHOM UNITED STATE’S PRESIDENTIAL DOOR OPENED IN 1984

By MOSES AKAIGWE The 50th United State’s presidential election held on Tuesday, November 6, 1984, was very remarkable, not because the incumbent Republican President Ronald Regan defeated his Democratic Party rival, Walter Mondale. No. But, even that was pre...
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UN In Nigeria: Charting A Path Towards A Brighter Future
November 3, 2024 No Responses

UN In Nigeria: Charting A Path Towards A Brighter Future

By Mohamed Malick Fall The indescribable destruction caused by the first and second world wars led many to desire an international organization dedicated to maintaining world peace.The United Nations (UN) was therefore established on 24 October 1945, to mainta...
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Edo 2024: The Case For Continuity And Sustainability
September 16, 2024 No Responses

Edo 2024: The Case For Continuity And Sustainability

By Marcel Okeke — By virtually all performance indices, the Godwin Obaseki-led administration in Edo State has done exceptionally well in nearly eight years. Indeed, without equivocation, the ‘Heartbeat of the Nation’ has joined the league of...
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Why Multinationals Are Leaving Nigeria, By Minister
June 3, 2024 No Responses

Why Multinationals Are Leaving Nigeria, By Minister

The Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun, says the government is working on the economic and investment climate to attract more multinationals into Nigeria. Edun, who was a guest on Channels Television’s Sunday Politic...
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FG T0 Labour: Return To Negotiating Table
June 2, 2024 No Responses

FG T0 Labour: Return To Negotiating Table

The Federal Government has appealed to organised labour to shelve its planned strike and return to the negotiating table. The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) and the Trade Union Congress (TUC) had on Friday declared an indefinite strike beginning from Monday...
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Ogbuku: Technology, Key To Growth In Niger Delta
April 25, 2024 No Responses

Ogbuku: Technology, Key To Growth In Niger Delta

The Managing Director, Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has emphasised the importance of technology in driving economic growth and social development in the Niger Delta region. Speaking at the Port Harcourt Tech Expo 2024, Ogbuku, sa...
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Maduka: The Road To Success Is Rarely Linear
April 16, 2024 No Responses

Maduka: The Road To Success Is Rarely Linear

My name is Dr. Cosmas Maduka, and the world of business is where I found my calling. But my journey wasn’t a smooth ride from the start. In fact, it began with calloused hands and the determination of a young...
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Segun Awolowo Mourns Ogunbanjo
February 13, 2024 No Responses

Segun Awolowo Mourns Ogunbanjo

It is with a heavy heart  that I write these words to bid farewell to my dear brother,  Abimbola Ogunbanjo who met his untimely demise on Saturday 10th February, 2024.The news of his sudden departure has left me shattered, unable...
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How Interest Rate, Inflation, and Exchange Rate Will Shape Economic Growth In 2024, By Augusto & Co
February 9, 2024 No Responses

How Interest Rate, Inflation, and Exchange Rate Will Shape Economic Growth In 2024, By Augusto & Co

A Pan-African Credit Rating Agency Agusto & Co has identified three major economic variables that are likely to have a fareaching impact on Nigeria’s growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2024.Agusto & Co is a leading provider of industry...
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AVIATION: THE CRITIC AND THE WITCH 
January 13, 2024 No Responses

AVIATION: THE CRITIC AND THE WITCH 

By Michael Achimugu  — There are a million flowery word combinations I could say to sound like an intelligent person. But today is not a day for semantic gymnastics.  The aviation industry can be sobering but we must, here and...
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Nigeria Denies fresh Agenda To Reintroduce Fuel Subsidy
August 16, 2023 No Responses

Nigeria Denies fresh Agenda To Reintroduce Fuel Subsidy

President Bola Tinubu has no plans to reintroduce any form of fuel subsidy or reverse the deregulation policy, the Federal Government declared on Tuesday.  The clarification is contained in a tweet issued by the Senior Special Assistant to the President.....
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Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator
June 25, 2023 No Responses

Prof. Lai Oso: Sudden Departure Of An Erudite Communicator

The Bible alludes in Ecclesiastes chapter 3and verses 1 and 2 that “to everything there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven: A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to...
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OPINION: BOBOYE OYEYEMI: THE LAST MAN STANDING BOWS GRACEFULLY OUT OF FRSC 
July 19, 2022 No Responses

OPINION: BOBOYE OYEYEMI: THE LAST MAN STANDING BOWS GRACEFULLY OUT OF FRSC 

By ACM Bisi Kazeem, fsi  — When he was appointed as the first internally groomed Corps Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) by former President Goodluck Jonathan on 23rd July 2014, the emergence of Dr Boboye Olayemi Oyeyemi...
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