ON September 28, 2022, the campaigns for the elections formally went into full swing, according to the timetable of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC. Already, some of the serious 18 registered political parties have flagged off their campaigns. We are, however, disturbed at the use of unprintable words by some political parties and candidates […]

The Federal Government is to stop cash withdrawal from all public accounts with immediate effect.

By Aare Afe Babalola LAST week, I wrote on the misconception of the true role of education, which in large measure has resulted in the decline in the quality of education in Nigeria. I stated, among others, that education should be programmed to produce a complete man who would embrace the values of self-reliance, honesty, […]

Deputy Senate President, and Delta State All Progressives Congress, APC, gubernatorial candidate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege, has said the Export Processing Zone, EPZ, at Ogidigben, and the Maritime University at Okerenkoko, both in Warri South-West local government area of Delta State, are critical to the development of the Niger Delta.

The African Union Development Agency, AUDA, a federal government agency in collaboration with the lawmaker representing Ndokwa/Ukwani Constituency in the House of Representatives, Hon. Osai Nicholas Osai, has trained and empowered over one hundred farmers on organic farming in Ndokwa/Ukwani Federal Constituency in Delta State

“All of the great leaders have had one characteristic in common: it was the willingness to confront unequivocally the major anxiety of their people in their time. This, and not much else, is the essence of leadership.” — John Kenneth Galbraith

By Rotimi Fasan THE dramatic increase in attacks on facilities of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in the South-East bodes no good for the elections due to take place in just about two months. Peter Obi, an Igbo and presidential candidate of the Labour Party, is a front-runner in the elections. If the attacks […]

By Godwin Oritse Ogu Youth Congress, yesterday, threatened to paralyse operations at the Onne Port, Port Harcourt, if an oil giant, Chevron Nigeria Limited, goes ahead with its relocation plans of its logistics base. Speaking with journalists in Ogu, Ogu/Bolo Local Government Area of Rivers State,Taripakaye Gbobbo, said the planned relocation of the Chevron Logistics base […]

By Olusanya Anjorin A FEW weeks ago, we celebrated our independence. It was a triumphant day for Nigeria’s green and white flag, a day to remember the heroes of the past, whose blood and tears had watered the ground. When we look back in history, Nigerians were all overjoyed and looked forward with hope to […]

By Hakeem Baba-Ahmed THE political process is the ultimate mechanism for resolving the most basic challenges mankind confronts in moving up from the state of anarchy into societies and nations governed by rules, systems, processes, and institutions. It provides the basis for deciding who should have power, how it should be exercised, and how it […]