Much Ado about Osun’s education policy
A LOT has been said about the adoption and the implementation of the report of the Education Policy Review Committee set up by the Osun State Governor, Adegboyega Oyetola, to look into some policies in the education sector in the state. Rather than viewing the exercise holistically and dispassionately, it has been reduced to scoring political points. Even in the rank of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, opinions are given based on the caucus people belong to. The same goes for the opposition that is feasting on it to gain political relevance.
Lassa Fever: WHO official harps on public awareness, good hygiene
Dr Clement Peter, the Officer-in-Charge of World Health Organisation (WHO) in Nigeria, has emphasised the need for public awareness and good hygiene to prevent the spread of Lassa fever in the country. Peter told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja that information was fundamental for people to be aware of what they should do […]
Scaling micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses in Nigeria
By Toyin Adeniji THE 2017 National Survey of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise, MSMEs, report put the number of MSMEs in Nigeria at 41.5 million. The MSME sector employs over 59 million skilled and unskilled labour while contributing over 54 percent to Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product, GDP. MSMEs play a pivotal role in the diversification […]
Monologues as dialogues in a disunited Nigeria
‘THE Great Debate For National Unity: Federal Character, Restructuring and Rotation of Presidential Powers in Nigeria” put together by Igbo Leadership Development Foundation at the Sheraton Hotel in Abuja last Thursday was designed as a dialogue among representatives of ethnic nationalities in the country, but it tuned out a session of monologues and a showcase of […]
Saving 38 Nigerian non-oil export companies from imminent death
By Olufemi Boyede, CITP One of the sad realities of Nigeria’s economy today is that it still remains a mono-economy depending on crude oil as its mainstay. That has been the albatross hanging on our neck as a nation from the time oil was discovered in Oloibiri, Bayelsa State, in 1956. This reality has however […]
NDDC: The hawks are circling again
By ETIM ETIM THE sack of Ms Joi Nunieh recently as the acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, has provided compromised contractors and politicians another opportunity to expose their anger at the reforms going on at the agency. These politicians and their fronts, some of whom are fraudulent contractors who were […]
2020 IWD: Google to train 20,000 women across Africa
By Juliet Umeh In honour of 2020 International Women’s Day, Search Engine platform, Google, Monday, announced plans to double commitment to African women and aims to train 20,000 women this year. According to Google, its new programme tagged: ‘Women Will,’ will train 5,000 women in 17 cities across Africa including Abeokuta, Abuja, Ado Ekiti, Ibadan, […]
After Supreme Court judgements
By Sunny Ikhioya THESE are interesting times in this nation, with some celebrating and others licking their wounds. Trust our politicians: they are ready to test our patience to the limit, even if it means destroying existing structures; it does not matter to them. And, to make matters worse, they will be looking for a […]
SMEs: The implication of Coronavirus on your business
By Timi Olubiyi WE all woke up to the news of an Italian with the coronavirus in Nigeria on February 28,2020. That news set panic and distortion to our daily activities and since then monitoring data on infections has been so important to the government and public health agencies across the nation. The coronavirus disease […]
Herdsmen have taken over our communities
ASABA—Worried by the rising insecurity in the country and the state in particular, over herdsmen attacks on its communities, the Delta State House of Assembly, yesterday, passed a resolution urging Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of the state to prevail on security agencies to beef up security in Aniocha North Local Government Area and other affected councils.
Feudalism is the root cause of the North’s existential decline
By Olu Fasan AS I was about to write this week’s column, the news came via Twitter that the Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, had been dethroned. He was deposed on March 9, just over a month after he warned that: “If the North does not change, the North will destroy itself.” Sanusi’s dethronement […]
