NFF: Need for a new beginning
Nigeria’s absence from the 2026 World Cup is not fate. It is the bill finally arriving for years of reckless housekeeping at the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), and those responsible must be made to pay for it. Our football history shows that Nigeria rarely loses to better teams. It loses to itself. Rabat, en route […]
A PHCN Strike?
NIGERIANS would have had a long laugh at the news that the Power Holding Company of Nigeria, PHCN, was embarking on strike. Whether it was NEPA (Never Expect Power Always) or PHCN (Problem Has Changed Name), Nigerians knew what to expect from the organisation – darkness, irregular power supply and excuses that are longer than the River Niger, which is sometimes blamed for its low water levels.
Revolution – Two Elders’ Stands
TWO elders, Professor Ben Nwabueze vastly acknowledged as one of Africa’s best brains in constitutional law and Lt. General Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma, a member of the group that has decided Nigeria’s fate since 1966, weeks back disagreed on how to save Nigeria from further decline.
As Another Petrol Scarcity Looms
ONCE more we are at the verge of petroleum products scarcity without knowing what led us to it. The relative supply stability of the past few months is being threatened by the opaque practice the Petroleum Products Pricing and Regulatory Agency, PPPRA, is instituting, supposedly in the public interest.
Survival Of The Filthiest
WHAT do you expect when 340,000 candidates who passed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cannot find places in the nation’s higher institutions?
Survival Of The Filthiest
WHAT do you expect when 340,000 candidates who passed the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination cannot find places in the nation’s higher institutions? Professor Dibu Ojerinde, Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board calls the deficit in admission “survival of the fittest†and advised the affected candidates to reapply next year. If he wants to […]
