Unimaginative brinkmanship and a country on the brink: Nigeria in 2020

Unimaginative brinkmanship and a country on the brink: Nigeria in 2020

The year 2020 which  commenced yesterday, holds a lot of promise for Nigeria despite the dark clouds cast on it  by its leaders in the departed year. The year 2019  had a lot of trying moments for the country.  Even  when might terrorized the basic rights of Nigerians, there were still quite a number of hands clapping on the sidelines. The 2019 elections that were expected to build on the significant gains of 2015, rather, dug the grave for those gains to be buried. Murder became an acceptable electoral tool especially as we moved into the Kogi State elections  where people composed lyrics in praise of the centrality of the gun in electoral contests.
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OAU honours Caritas Communications CEO

OAU honours Caritas Communications CEO

THE Chief Executive Officer of Caritas Communications, Adedayo Ojo, has been conferred with an Award of Special Recognition, by the Faculty of Education, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife.

RIVERS APC CRISIS: Amaechi is  focused, can’t be deterred – Nwuche

RIVERS APC CRISIS: Amaechi is focused, can’t be deterred – Nwuche

Hon. Nnamdi Nwuche is a  chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, in Rivers State, particularly, the leader of the party in Port Harcourt City Local Government Area. In this interview he spoke on the position of Hon. Igo Aguma stopping the congresses of the party and steps the party is taking to avoid a repeat of the setbacks the party had in the 2019 election in future polls.

Udom: Driving unity in A’Ibom with Completion Agenda

Udom: Driving unity in A’Ibom with Completion Agenda

Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom State has, since settling into office for a second term, embarked on the process of healing wounds and uniting a state that was considerably fractured in the run-up to the March 16, 2019 governorship election. The process has been as easy as building on the peace that reigned in the state from his first term, but which was threatened by drums of war that sounded in some quarters prior to the election.

NAF redeploys 36 AVMs, 40 Air Commodore in new shakeup

NAF redeploys 36 AVMs, 40 Air Commodore in new shakeup

By Joseph Erunke THE Nigerian Air Force, NAF, has redeployed a total of 36 Air Vice Marshals, AVMs, and 40 Air Commodores (Air Cdres). The redeployed officers included some Branch Chiefs, Air Officers Commanding (AOCs), Commandants of Tri-Service Institutions, Directors and Commanders. The service, in a statement by its spokesman, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, Wednesday […]

Abortion:  The West, UN trying to decapitate Africa, claim stakeholders

Abortion: The West, UN trying to decapitate Africa, claim stakeholders

Worried over the huge investment the West is putting into the campaign on abortion as a guise to fighting overpopulation, guest speakers at the 2019 Catholic Men Organization, CMO, Lekki Deanery, Family Day celebration have called on Nigerians and the entire black race to protect their cultural heritage and value the family.

Thoughts on the binding judicial precedent on vacant legislative seats — A rejoinder

Thoughts on the binding judicial precedent on vacant legislative seats — A rejoinder

The recent dramatic performance of the Professors that testified before the American House of Representatives Judicial Committee on what constituted impeachment offense as captured by the framers of the American constitution is instructive on how academicians could fundamentally differ genuinely or hide under the carapace of selective intellectual excursions to arrive at fraudulent intellectual conclusions! Mr Emwanta’s opinion on Law and Human Rights column titled “Thoughts on the binding judicial precedent on vacant legislative seats”, published on Thursday 19th December 2019 particularly  on page 28 of the Vangaurd newspaper, squarely fall in the latter category.

2020s: Nigeria is sclerotic, only radical reforms can stem deepening decline

2020s: Nigeria is sclerotic, only radical reforms can stem deepening decline

Nigeria, like the rest of the world, enters a new decade this new year, 2020; it’s the decade of the twenties!How Nigeria starts the new decade, that is, how it performs this year, will tell us how it might end it in 2029. But the omens are not good. Truth is, the preceding decade, from 2010 to 2019, was an utterly wasted one; indeed, a lost decade for Nigeria! Yet, nothing in the behaviour or the mindset of Nigeria’s leaders suggests they are willing to stop the institutional sclerosis that has gripped this country and stunted its progress. It is therefore very unlikely that Nigeria will finish the new decade better than it did the last!

In 2020, Glo leads the way

In 2020, Glo leads the way

TO many Nigerians, 2019 was not a year they shall look back with undiluted pleasure just like the British monarch, Queen Elizabeth II, moaned on November 24, 1992. It was their own annus horribilis (horrible year), just like 1992 was for the Queen.

Girls top list of best graduating students in southern Kaduna schools

Girls top list of best graduating students in southern Kaduna schools

No fewer than six girls emerged best graduating students in public Secondary Schools in Atypa Chiefdom, Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The girls were among eight students who performed exceptionally in their respective schools located in the Southern Kaduna Chiefdom in the 2019 May/June Senior Secondary School Certificate Examination. The girls, including […]

NLC prioritizes workers’ welfare, good governance in 2020

NLC prioritizes workers’ welfare, good governance in 2020

NIGERIA Labour Congress, NLC, on New Year eve, took stock of how workers fared in 2019 and commended Nigerian workers for their outstanding dedication, sense of duty and profound contributions to national growth and development. 

Takeaways from the NDIC/Editors forum

Takeaways from the NDIC/Editors forum

THE event took place on Thursday penultimate week in the Legend Hotel situated within the precincts of the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Lagos.

North Korean leader ‘skips’ set-piece New Year’s speech

North Korean leader ‘skips’ set-piece New Year’s speech

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appeared to skip his set-piece New Year speech Wednesday, with analysts suggesting the move may have been to avoid implicitly admitting mistakes in the last two years of diplomacy with the US. Kim has been giving the annual speech since 2013, after he revived the tradition started by his […]