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The unidentified problem of Nigeria: From forced migration to AUTOSUCOM Revolution (I) 

By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]
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Land administration in Nigeria: Challenges and the way forward

By Wesey Titilayo Folashade Land is a unique gift of nature to mankind. Everything existing on this planet earth has its genesis in land. All human activities and endeavors takes place on land. Land is crucial for human existence and survival. Its variety of factors, such as its function of making food available to the people, shelter, […]

The struggle to Save PDP from Itself

By Elder Abraham Amah There comes a time in the life of every institution when silence becomes betrayal—when watching things fall apart quietly feels like a sin against one’s own conscience. For us—myself and my colleagues—our decision to go to court over the direction of our great party, the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), was not driven by […]

Festus Keyamo: A Journey of Grit, National Service

By Collins Adaka In the complex theatre of Nigeria’s political landscape, few names resonate as strongly as Festus Keyamo. From his early days as a fiery human rights lawyer to his current position as a central figure in strong national governance, Keyamo has built a reputation as a man who speaks boldly, fights fiercely, and thrives in […]

Trump’s Threats: Don’t Scapegoat the Igbo 

By Dr Ugoji Egbujo Since Trump threatened to storm Nigeria and smash the bandits—to protect Christians in the Middle Belt from genocide—the presidency has been running helter-skelter, disputing the genocide, denying complicity and complacency, redefining mass murders as a global phenomenon, dispatching emissaries, claiming sovereignty, placating America. If only they stopped there . The terrified presidency’s […]

Otunba Ayodeji Osibogun @70: The Man and His Legacy

By Maxwell Adeyemi Adeleye Today, we celebrate a rare man. A leader. A father to a great movement. A pillar whose contributions to Yoruba land cannot be forgotten. My oga, Otunba Ayodeji Osibogun, CEO of Space FM (now Space Network), Otunba Obaloja of Ijebu land and the founding leader of the Yoruba Koya Leadership Training […]

Topical issues for corporate affairs in oil and gas industry – Dr. Tunde Oyadiran

Corporate affairs in the oil and gas industry occupy a critical role that extends beyond traditional public relations. They fuse strategic communication, stakeholder management, and regulatory navigation to create value and secure reputations. In today’s dynamic global environment, corporate affairs professionals must be agile, innovative, and perceptive in handling challenges such as environmental controversies, regulatory […]

The intertwined radiance of Margaret Ekpo, Margaret Thatcher and Margaret Ekotoro

By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU This is a benighted generation of distractions. In this generation too many things strive to govern our minds from the social media and cause a stray from the culturally ideal path. In this generation we are daily indoctrinated and radicalised to antagonise our indigenious cultures, be swiftly swept away and drawn into […]

China 15th 5-Year-Plan and Future of China-Africa Cooperation

By Tunde Rahman In 1985, the  American magazine  Newsweek reported that the number of high-rise buildings in Shanghai, China’s biggest commercial  city,  could be counted on the finger tips.   By 2005, 20 years later, when I had the first opportunity to visit Beijing and Shanghai as part of China-Africa Editors’ Delegation  touring  that Asian country, skyscrapers had  […]

Lagos-Ibadan Expressway crash and ‘Ember’ Months’ myth

By TAYO OGUNBIYI According to reports,  a police inspector and four others were killed in a multiple collision that occurred at the Kara Bridge area of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The crash involved a mini truck laden with cartons of biscuits, a heavy-duty long truck, a 40-foot containerised trailer, another truck carrying sardines, and a tow truck. This […]

Lagos moves to deepen safety reforms amid urban, industrial growth

By Matilda Ikediobi Lagos State Safety Commission has urged safety practitioners, regulators and the private sector to improve safety culture and emergency response across the state, saying Lagos, as a rapidly expanding megacity, faces growing risks from urbanisation and industrialisation. The commission made this call at a one-day Stakeholders’ Forum on Safety and Emergency Response […]

Trump, Dangote and Nigeria

By SUNNY IKHIOYA There is something we must all realise, no matter the punitive measures introduced by President Donald Trump and the United States government.   Things cannot be worse than the situation that we have found ourselves these past ten years. Indeed, as one of my Warri brothers told me: “the colonisation has eaten far deep […]

What is fundamental about the objectives and rights in the 1999 Constitution?

By AMINU JAHUN The realisation that a human being divested of basic rights could hardly effectively function in society led to the embedment of grund norms with grandiloquent terms and concepts, expressing the constitutional emphathy of  the ruling classes for the poorer classes. Like most democratic documents, Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution ( as amended) is studded with long- […]

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