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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...

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...

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...

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...

June 18, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Inflation Timebomb Threatens Nigeria’s Outlook

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM — There was a period when Nigeria displayed resilience against the inflation menace. As other countries across the globe waged war on rising prices, Africa’s largest economy experienced periods of cool...

June 11, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: The Blue Economy: An Untapped Potential

By Okai Abuwinne Anthony — The Blue Economy concept has gained prominence in the last decade. This can be attributed to the depleting resources of countries especially oil and gas and other solid minerals and the concomitant need for nations...

May 2, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: 2023 And Jonathan Hunger For Return To Power

By Ehichioya Ezomon — As Nigeria races towards the 2023 general election, so is the campaign to drag former President Goodluck Jonathan into the presidential contest that parades a deluge of aspirants. Dr Jonathan’s jostling would be...

April 18, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: 2023 Polls And Challenge Of Security

By Ehichioya Ezomon — When one finger takes the oil, it soils the rest four fingers. When one part of the body is sick, the whole body will be sick. This is a metaphor for the security situation in Nigeria...

March 15, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: The Palace Coup At APC’s Headquarters

By Ehichioya Ezomon — It’s reminiscent of a “palace coup” executed in a military fashion when the head of state or government, or the board chairman of a corporation is away from the country or out of sight of the...

February 28, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: 2023 Zoning And Aspirants’ Pairing Permutations (4)

By Ehichioya Ezomon — In the “Mother of All Elections” in 2023, Nigeria is having a heavy dose of speculative news spread by canvassers for aspirants or the media, particularly the online, that trade in “breaking”, “exclus...

January 14, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Nigerian Shares Steady But Dollar Sinks As Investors Digest Inflation Data

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM — Nigerian shares hovered around 2021 highs on Thursday, gaining over 4.4% year-to-datedespite the December U.S. inflation report reinforcing Fed rate hike expectations. The U.S. consumer price index (CP...

January 12, 2022 No Responses

Opinion: Nigeria – A New Year But Same Old Story?

By Lukman Otunuga, Senior Research Analyst at FXTM — 2022 could be a critical year for Africa’s largest economy as it navigates through Covid-19 and inflation-infested waters. Global economic conditions remain strained by the coronavirus menace while s...

December 12, 2021 No Responses

Opinion: Air Peace, Emirates Airline and FG’s Reciprocal Action

By Chidiebere Nwobodo — Despite swirling challenges facing the nation, this is one of the good times to be a proud Nigerian! President Buhari-led government has made me proud. The recent reciprocal reduction of Emirates flights to Nigeria from twenty...