Africa: New scramble by forces of insecurity
Africa is witnessing a scramble for control, but this time the contestants are not colonial powers planting flags. They are terrorist organisations, criminal syndicates, traffickers, mercenaries, kidnappers, and armed groups exploiting Africa’s weaknesses. The result is a continent where insecurity is becoming an alternative system of power. The warning from US Africa Command (AFRICOM) should […]
Need to respect power rotation in 2023
THE recharged Southern Governors Forum under the chairmanship of Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State again met in Enugu last week. Apart from reiterating their ban on open grazing and affirming the right of states to collect the Value Added Tax, VAT, they insisted that the South’s turn to produce the next president of the […]
Tribute to Admiral Ndubuisi Kanu
LIKE the Argonauts of the Greek legend, Admiral Godwin Ndubuisi Kanu joined others of like mind to venture where angels feared to tread in the quest for justice and fairness in Nigeria. His death at the age of 78 came to many as a rude shock. He was still full of life and ready to […]
Making PIA work for all
MONDAY, August 16, 2021 will go down as a watershed in the Nigerian oil industry. It was the day President Muhammadu Buhari signed the Petroleum Industry Bill, PIB, into law, thus ending a 13-year tortuous odyssey under three different presidents. It also addresses the archaic legal framework bedevilling the sector that accounts for much of […]
Need for change of attitude towards researchers
The disregard with which we treat research and researchers in this part of our world is partly responsible for the relative lack of data and statistics in many fields of human endeavours in Nigeria and Africa. Without data and statistics, meaningful socio-political and economic policies that affect human lives will be impossible. Statistics is the […]
61st Independence Anniversary: Bring back our Nigeria!
VICE President Yemi Osinbajo, at the 61st Independence Anniversary Interdenominational Church Service, opined that in spite of our security, economic, religious and ethnic challenges, the founding visions of Nigeria “remain undefeated”. Being at the helm of the leadership of our country, we can understand the effort by the vice president to remain upbeat in the […]
