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.

President Muhammadu Buhari says his administration will create new opportunities in agriculture, manufacturing and other long-neglected sectors to address the challenges of poverty among Nigerians in 2020. The president stated this in a letter addressed to Nigerians, released by his Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Mr Femi Adesina, in Abuja on Wednesday, to mark […]

ONE of China’s foremost and strategic thinkers, Zheng Bijian, coined the phrase of “peaceful rise” to describe the exponential growth of modern China following reforms and opening-up to the outside world in the early 1980s and 1990s. The phrase was later modified to “peaceful development,” since a “rise” implied that someone else is on the “fall”.

IT is gladdening to know that the Federal Government has decided to monitor and verify constituency projects before paying contractors. It is shocking that such a mechanism was not put in place in when the idea was conceived and only had to be done after the nation lost over a trillion naira in the past […]

DIRECTOR and Convener of the Ideal One, a Non-Government Organization, NGO, Mr. Nwozuru, has commended Governor Sanwo-Olu of Lagos for his concerted efforts in making Lagos a cleaner environment.