June 25 every year is special in Lagos. It is the birthday of an illustrious son, Governor Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu

By Arabinrin Aderonke Zacch Adedeji PhD, the Executive Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), has been honored with the Award for Fiscal Reforms and Innovation at the Nigeria Excellence Awards in Public Service (NEAPS). This prestigious annual recognition program, organized in collaboration with the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the […]

To quote Joel Barker in The Business of Paradigms “It’s so easy to say no to a new idea. Afterall, …

If there is any minister in the current dispensation of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu that has successfully combined her duties to the nation and balanced it with love and compassion for her people, then it will be none other than the Minister of State, Police Affairs, Hon. Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim.

By MUKHTAR MADOBI A COUPLE of years ago, I was on the verge of accepting an offer to join the ranks of Nigeria’s premier intelligence agency, the Defence Intelligence Agency, DIA, when I received an admission letter to pursue a Master of Philosophy in Defence and Security Studies, MPhil DSS, at the prestigious Nigerian Defence Academy […]

As Lagos Leather Fair, LLF, marked its seventh edition with consistent years of transforming the outlook of the leather industry in Nigeria between June 29 and 30, two things sprang to mind.

By EJIKE ANYADUBA THE internet is perhaps one of the worst abused inventions by man. Some netizens who live on its extremities, against the dictates of good conduct, take liberties with the global computer network to invade and abuse targets at will. Matters, considered “hallowed” and muted in conversation offline, get trivialised on the net. The […]

By Kabir Ibrahim The last couple of weeks have been very challenging for Nigeria’s Agricultural space following the release of 4 variants of TELA MAIZE namely: SAMMAZ 72T, SAMMAZ 73T, SAMMAZ 74T and SAMMAZ 75T. Sone persons who expressed fears ranging from perceived health risks, land degradation, conventional seed loss, economic sabotage and even recolonization […]

By SHUAIB AGAKA Nigeria’s youth unemployment crisis is one of the most pressing issues facing the nation today. According to recent statistics, more than half of the country’s youth population is unemployed or underemployed. This high unemployment rate is not only a waste of human potential but also a significant barrier to the country’s development. The […]

When it was established in the year 2000, by the government of then President Olusegun Obasanjo, the cardinal objective of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, was obvious

By SUNNY IKHIOYA WHETHER we succeed or not, we must continue to point out the shortcomings in governance, because government officials are not seeing what we are seeing; they are not hearing what we are hearing and not feeling what we are feeling. While we are seeing frustration, misery, hunger, lack and want, our brothers over […]

The Echabor’Ovie of Olomu Kingdom, Olorogun Philip Atiku, died on 02-07-2023. He was a symbol of hope to many, especially underprivileged secondary school children.

By EKANPOU ENEWARIDIDEKE THERE are moments language is specifically summoned to do a countervailing job. This happens when wrong notions and theories  are created to mislead people in public communication as some questionable individuals vindictively do with their pernicious thoughts about content-creation in music deposited on the public space to win converts. For such pseudo-theorists […]

By BANJI OJEWALE WHEN God could no longer stand the overthrow of the good order He established on earth, He stepped in with the Noah Ark solution. The upset Creator said since man had allowed his depravity to flush out His benignity, He would respond with a heavier rain flood to wash away man and his […]

By Ugo Ikem “If you are going to achieve excellence in big things, you develop the habit in little matters. Excellence is not an exception; it is a prevailing attitude” – Colin Powell The pursuit of excellence through diligence and consistency in that pursuit will always deliver rewards in due season. It is often easy […]