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 […]
Need for unified exchange policy
NIGERIA’s foreign exchange policy has been a major topic of both local and international commentaries, bordering on controversy for a long time. Most disagreements have centred on market liberalisation and unification. The Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, custodian of the nation’s foreign exchange policy and the economic adviser to the government, appears to have remained […]
Celebrating Anthony Joshua’s boxing feats
NIGERIANS woke up last Sunday morning to the heart-warming news of Anthony Oluwafemi Olaseni Joshua’s latest boxing victory against Kubrat Pulev. Joshua retained his world heavyweight titles by knocking out Pulev in the ninth round on Saturday night, December 12, 2020. A Briton, born to a Nigerian mother, Yeta, and Robert Joshua, an Irish man […]
US rescue mission in Nigeria
ON Saturday, October 31, 2020, news came that the United States of America had successfully carried out a military operation in Nigeria, rescuing and flying home an American citizen. The mission was carried out by the US Navy’s elite SEAL Team 6 which was conveyed to the action spot by the US Air Force Special […]
Tribute to Chief Emma Okocha, Ikemba of Asaba
IT comes with a rude shock that Chief Emma Okocha, renowned author of Blood on the Niger, is no more. Men take their places in history as soon as they pass on. As Ted Kennedy once told Barack Obama before he became President, men do not choose the time; the time chooses men – for […]
These ‘handshakes’ must continue
OUR ethnic, religious, cultural and regional differences are the greatest demons confronting the development of Nigeria into a strong, united and progressive country. Nigeria is one of the most unsuccessful experiments in “unity in diversity”. Sixty years after independence Nigeria is far less integrated than it was in 1960. At least at that time Nigerians […]
