Countdown to 2027: Edo North is for Oshiomhole
By Allison Abanum Adams Oshiomhole’s first term has been defined by a deliberate strategy of translating legislative power into tangible federal presence for Edo North. As Chairman of the Senate Committee on Interior, he has leveraged his position to facilitate federal employment for constituents and ensure fair representation in federal institutions. His legislative record includes […]
Beyond oil: Future without oil (1)
By Bashorun J.K Randle I hope you will forgive me for quibbling – which oil are we here to discuss? It could well be palm oil which was for centuries the principal driver and lubricant (excuse the pun !!) in our trade with Europe – starting with Portugal and subsequently with England under the aegis of […]
Pension bonanza or a case of rats on rampage?
By ADAMU RABIU Highway to the goldmines As of June 2025, Nigeria’s population is 237 million people, based on Worldometer’s elaboration of the latest United Nations data. Placing Nigeria as the sixth most populous in the world, with a median age at 18 years, and 54.9 per cent of the population residing in urban areas. Meanwhile, […]
Renewed Hope; Agenda and the catalyst within
By Daniel Aruwa The North East Development Commission (NEDC) was established in 2017 to extirpate the problems of poverty, insecurity and the long and intractable devastation caused by insurgency through Boko Haram and other criminal elements in that region, thereby enhancing resettlement and rehabilitation, the reconstruction of physical infrastructures, provision of social infrastructures in terms […]
What do these courses in humanities have to offer?
What do these graduates of English, literature, philosophy, history and international studies, religions and so on become after school and contribute to life and living?
Reforms have put Nigeria on the global economic map
By ABDUL RABIU As my country steadies itself, Britain, its Western allies and their companies should deepen this partnership As ghosts of the 1930s haunt the global outlook, the scramble for trade deals has seized control of government agendas. The United States has leveraged its “tariff war” to secure better terms, driving both friend and foe to […]
