SEGUN ODEGBAMI: Change is coming to Nigerian Sports – finally!!
There is the prospect of a genuine sports revolution in the air. There is a refreshing spirit across the land. There are glimpses of a new dawn for the entire sports sector through the developments in football. Beyond sport, there are also emerging, the faint outlines of a new nation from 2027. Things are coming […]
Cashless Policy: Reality and Possibilities
THE Nigerian banking industry has seen its own fair share of innuendo. Like other Nigerian colonial and pre-colonial institutions, the first Nigerian banks started on solid footing.
Political stability and economic prosperity: The agenda for 2014
There is little doubt that the year 2014 would mean different things to different people at different times and on different occasions. However, one fact remains unchanged: the year 2014 reminds us of the amalgamation of Southern and Northern Provinces in 1914 by the British to form the present Nigeria.
Synchronized detribalisation
I SPEND a lot of time with Nigerians and foreigners who are interested in the presidential election. Most of them are shocked when I say that I intend to vote for Dr. Goodluck Jonathan in 2015 because he is “my Brother”.
And now that we have qualified . . .
Last week I pleaded with Stephen Keshi to have a rethink about the conditions he announced before any member of the Golden Eaglets can be invited to the Super Eagles.
Abia sacked workers’ recall
The decision by the Abia State Government to to recall the non-indigenes discharged from the state’s civil service and throw the doors open for an all-inclusive hiring of new staff comes as a big relief. It was certainly not the easiest or best decision to take, even by those who initiated it.
