Tag: Opinion

A Defining Moment For Nigeria: Why Staying The Course Matters
January 4, 2026 No Responses

A Defining Moment For Nigeria: Why Staying The Course Matters

By Mohammed Idris, fnipr As we enter a new year, the questions that fill our markets, our homes, and our places of work are clear and urgent. They are questions about the price of food, about security in our communities,...
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When Heavy Duty Vehicles Go Nameless
December 15, 2025 No Responses

When Heavy Duty Vehicles Go Nameless

By Ojudu Babafemi Have you noticed a troubling pattern on our highways? An alarming number of trucks, trailers, tippers, tankers and other articulated vehicles move freely without visible registration numbers. They rumble through towns and cities, cross state ...
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CGC Gets Bed Space At SOCA
September 28, 2025 No Responses

CGC Gets Bed Space At SOCA

By Segun Odegbami, MON In the early hours of Friday evening, the Comptroller-General, Nigeria Customs Service (CGC)and Chairperson of the World Customs Organisation Council, Alhaji Dr. Bashir Adewale Adeniyi, MFR, was on his first visit to the Segun Odegbami I...
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Opinion: Dangote’s 8,000 New Trucks: The Silent Revolution In Nigeria’s Fuel Economy
September 24, 2025 No Responses

Opinion: Dangote’s 8,000 New Trucks: The Silent Revolution In Nigeria’s Fuel Economy

By Paul Nwosu. – WHEN billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, recently weighed in on the standoff between the Dangote Refinery and the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DAPPMAN), one comment stood out. Beyond applauding the re...
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President Tinubu, FRSC Needs Your Further Intervention
June 8, 2025 No Responses

President Tinubu, FRSC Needs Your Further Intervention

By Kayode Olagunju I just took another look at the picture of the then Governor Bola Tinubu at the helm of affairs in Lagos proudly donning the uniforms of Special Marshals, the volunteer arm of the Federal Road Safety Corps....
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No Excuse For Violence Against Women
December 4, 2024 No Responses

No Excuse For Violence Against Women

By Mohamed M. Fall No cultural practice, tradition, economic, or social pressure can justify the suffering endured by millions of women and girls.Our role is to challenge these harmful narratives.Gender inequality and violence against women remain among the gr...
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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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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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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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Opinion: Inflation Timebomb Threatens Nigeria’s Outlook
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...
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Opinion: The Blue Economy: An Untapped Potential
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...
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Opinion: 2023 And Jonathan Hunger For Return To Power
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...
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