Hundreds of million for 90 minutes, peanuts for a lifetime of service, by Stephanie Shaakaa
*Nigeria’s Broken Scale of Value When the Super Falcons clinched their record-extending tenth Women’s Africa Cup of Nations title in July 2025, the Presidency rolled out the red carpet. The players received national honours, three-bedroom apartments in Abuja and the promise of the naira equivalent of $100,000 each. The financial rewards were eventually fulfilled in […]
Provisioning our military for successful counter-insurgency
Last week, I made a case for Nigerians to support our armed forces as they confront the greatest security challenge facing the nation since the Nigerian Civil War. I illustrated my narrative with examples drawn from my years of encountering our valiant soldiers in far-flung areas of the world.
EK Clark, titan at 87
IN August 2000, Prof Jibril Aminu celebrated his 60th birthday. In appreciation of his contributions to their community, the authorities of Eti Osa Local Government Area named a street after him close to his Parkview Estate twin mansion, and yours sincerely was an invited guest.
In the De-worming of Edo State APC (1)
THE more things change, the more they remain the same. In those days, our parents certainly knew what they were doing.
Insurgency as Nigeria’s boil of anguish
NIGERIA certainly now carries a terrible boil of anguish in the form of Islamic insurgency. Red and swollen with pus from long neglect and impunity, the boil must at this point either burst and bring relief or it becomes gangrenous and grows into something more terrible.
Pension funds and pensioners’ benefits
At Nigeria’s independence in 1960, government corporations such as the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA, Electricity Corporation of Nigeria, ECN, that were established by specific laws set aside funds each month for the pension benefits of their employees.
