Beyond Gov. Otti’s N1bn gift to teachers
Governor Alex Otti of Abia State deserves commendation for placing teachers at the centre of the state’s development agenda. On October 5, 2026, at the Michael Okpara Event Centre, Umuahia, during the 2026 World Teachers’ Day celebration, he announced a N1 billion Teachers’ Appreciation Fund, to be shared equally among teachers. He also ordered payment […]
Muhammad Ali: one last time
Today, boxing legend, Muhammad Ali, will go home in a blaze of glory. The eyes of the world will be on him one more time – one last time – before he is committed to eternity at the Cave Hill Cemetery, Louisville, Kentucky.
Those barbaric “blasphemy” killings
Within a space of one week, five Nigerians were gruesomely murdered by mobs protesting what they called “blasphemy” offences.
Caution on constituency projects Bill
A bill that will put constituency projects as part of the annual budgets of the Federal Government has passed the second reading in the House of Representatives.
Labour Minister’s directive to banks
The banking industry reacted to the economic squeeze by downsizing their staff roll in order to survive, but the Minister of Labour and Employment, Dr Chris Ngige’s “directive” for banks to suspend such actions forthwith may not be a sustainable response to it.
Mile 12 Market must move
We regard as unwholesome and unacceptable, strident efforts by former Kano State Governor, Dr Rabiu Kwankwaso (who now represents Kano Central Constituency at the Senate) to take sides with a section of the ethno-regional stakeholders in the Mile 12 Market, Lagos to oppose the movement of the market to a more befitting location at Imota.
