THIS week, I am again saddened at the lot of the Nigerian, as I have been for most of the times I have written this column. The Nigerian, irrespective of which ethnic group he or she comes from is a specie of humanity that I cannot trade for any other in the world. I am convinced, despite […]

ON the internet a few days ago, I came across a news item which proclaimed that stakeholders are kicking as the Federal Government launches the National Policy on Welding.  First, I was pleasantly surprised that the central government, which hitherto had demonstrated crass incompetence in the management of our affairs, could find a profession like welding, populated […]

RELATIVE to the numerical strength of the Nigerian population, not many people know of the existence of the Petroleum Technology Development Fund, PTDF. Fewer people will even know of the mandate of the organisation. With the Federal Government having 943 Ministries, Departments, and Agencies, MDAs, and 541 state-owned corporations, it will be a full time job […]

Dr. Betta Edu should not have issues having Hajiya Umar Farouk walk her through how she was able to perform a feat that even Harry Houdini or our own Professor Peller would find difficult; how did she feed children who were in their parents’ houses during a lock-down?

A few weeks ago, there was palpable apprehension that the presidential election itself might go off-cycle, given the ferocious litigation against the victory of the declared winner, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu