By ENEWARIDIDEKE EKANPOU Between the rulers and the ruled there should always be a functionally beneficial engagement – fundamentally as an accredited periodic ritual  to interrogate the performance claims of office holders in Nigeria and beyond. Conventionally speaking, political or elective office holders in Nigeria should be either publicly celebrated or condemned over their performance in […]

By Dayo Oyinlola When the First Niger Bridge was completed in the mid-1960s, it quietly marked a turning point in Nigeria’s infrastructure story. For the first time, a bridge of such magnitude, linking Asaba and Onitsha across the River Niger, demonstrated that local capability could deliver projects with generational impact. This milestone is emblematic of […]

Have you ever walked into a space and instantly felt at ease, simply because of the way it smelled? That’s the power of a signature scent

Self-plagiarism could be the toughest form of plagiarism to overcome and it manifests in different ways – fraudulent, frivolous and fixated

By SUNNY IKHIOYA My intention this week is to write about the tensions arising from the new tax laws and our penchant for taking things for granted until it hits us directly, albeit negatively. I have heard the grumbling from people in the aviation sector, the oil sector represented by NUPENG and sister unions, the communications […]

“True service for the common good is not measured by recognition, but by the lasting impact it leaves on lives beyond our own.” By Kennedy Kanma As a person, I have always been fascinated by the fact that service for the common good is not only timeless but also profoundly timely. Every day, from our […]

By Samson Itodo Nigeria’s Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will undergo a major leadership transition in less than 60 days, just 15 months to the 2027 general election. The current Chairman of the commission, Professor Mahmood Yakubu will end his two-term tenure of 10 years in the first week of December 2025. No Chairman has […]

Nigerian speaker, author, and family life strategist, Fowowe, Principal Consultant of Praise Fowowe Research, pioneers family life innovation

By AMINU JAHUN The title for this piece is borrowed from  Ian Fleming’s fifth James Bond series “From Russia With Love”. Whereas  Fleming explores post- Second World War relations between the former Soviet Union, an emergent global power and the declining BrItish Empire in his book, this piece briefly discusses the Generation Z-led protests akin to […]

By NICK DAZANG  Leaders, like all mortals, experience fear. But most of them do not show it. In tempest and in turbulence, leaders must exude calm. They do so less their citizens find recourse in despair or paralysis. Which explains why at the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt assured Americans, in his first […]

By OGUWIKE NWACHUKWU Earlier this month, Governor Hope Uzodimma took a step that will go down in the history of Imo State in particular and Nigeria at large as the first Governor to raise the minimum wage of civil servants across Labour Unions from N70,000 to N104,000. The consequential adjustments for other categories of workers in […]

By Faustina Oluebube Ugwu GLOBALLY, mental health has become a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization estimating that one in every eight people lives with a mental health condition. Despite this, mental health care continues to be underfunded and underprioritized compare to physical health. In Africa, the gap is even wider: most countries dedicate […]

By Douglas Osagie The 69th edition of the Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious individual prize, is set to take place on Monday, September 22, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. France Football magazine, the award’s organizer, will recognize the world’s best footballers for the 2024/25 season. As the football world eagerly awaits, one thing […]

He met the most powerful Nigerian then, sitting on the native floor mat, enjoying the sugarcane gift with his children

By Kazeem Olayemi Odeyeyiwa Talent management is of strategic importance to the overall business or organisational strategy, as such, there must proper articulation of the critical relationship between the two. Human Resource Management experts confirm that the creation of differentiating strategic capabilities signifies the relationship between business strategy and human resource. Talent management is a […]