If talents are discovered very early and competitions are introduced for U-13, U-15 and U-17 categories, the country will have a big reservoir of athletes ready to fill the vacuums created when the older ones retire.

Eguavoen passed the test, ‘disappointed’ his critics, and created a beautiful new dilemma for his employers, the Nigeria Football Federation

Many schools, especially primary and secondary schools, resumed from their long holiday this week. Tertiary institutions will follow shortly. For parents whose children are in government-owned schools, their yoke is comparatively lighter because the school bills of government-owned institutions are substantially lower than those of privately-owned institutions. Some parents are carrying yokes that are products […]

The Nigerian oil industry is a multi billion naira venture capable of creating one of the leading economies in the globe. It is the mainstay of robust nations like Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Kuwait where results of transparency visit investors. Unfortunately, this same Black Gold has become a curse in one of the largest oil […]

In what many may consider as the most provoking development leading to next weekend’s governorship election in Edo State, the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP last Thursday walked away from a peace accord among the parties and candidates. The accord was brokered by the General Abdulsalami Abubakar-led National Peace Committee, NPC. Peace accords have since 2015 […]

The tunnel is dark and bleak. Is there a glint of light in it? But purposefulness is easy to see. The police force needs to be better funded and equipped. It needs an overhaul. The welfare of the officers and men is wretched. The orientation is out-of-joint; the attitude is feral. Any responsible government desirous […]

Some forty years ago, the state of our hospitals was one of the reasons given for the coup which toppled the Shagari government. Nigerian hospitals, declared the spokesman for the coup plotters, had become mere consulting clinics. Many of those who planned that coup are gone. Some however, are still alive. If they thought things […]

Chief Dr. Ifeanyi Patrick Ubah, who died last August, blazed into the Nigerian public space in 2011 with an unprecedented media splash celebrating his 40th birthday. He would have been 53 on September 3rd this year. Many knew him as Capital Oil man, but the legendary Ubah had notched up huge successes in various business […]

I don’t get involved with what the security services do or how. Their ways are so complex and their motives so unsearchable that sometimes you’ll be forgiven for thinking that working from the answer to the question is the standard operating procedure. Of course, you are told that whatever happens in between is in the public […]

“To give real service you must add something which cannot be bought or measured with money, and that is sincerity and integrity.” — Donald A. Adams YOU might be wondering what the word, sakamanje, means in the headline of today’s discourse. On the street, sakamanje is a word that describes opaque dealings and manipulations of peoples and […]

THE addresses by world leaders speaking for eight  billion human begins, began flowing at the United Nations headquarters in New York, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024. The focus is on peace; how to save humanity from itself. That same day, a debate raged in the host country between its two leading presidential candidates, Donald Trump and […]

WHAT caught my attention when the flyer of the 50th inaugural lecture of the Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto surfaced in the social media late August was the theme: “The Igbo factor in the history of intergroup relations and commerce in Kano: Opportunities and challenges revisited.” The lecture, to be delivered by Ahmed Bako, a Kano-born […]

IT is the age-old chicken and egg question. Which comes first: the economy or politics? That’s the question at the heart of this intervention, and it was triggered by two recent events. The first was President Bola Tinubu’s response to the call for a new Constitution. The second was Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s speech at this […]

WHEN discussing ideas, having meetings, or sending emails, the ability to articulate your thoughts will greatly affect the outcome. While many focus on developing the skills of speaking and writing, the proficiency of today’s world demands a synergy of both. Mastering both writing and speaking skills will develop you, impact your communication across various platforms, […]

This policy will forcefully halt academic momentum leading to an irretrievable loss of valuable time. It will certainly affect the psychology of the students negatively leading to loss of interest in education.