Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
Advancing CBN/COVID-19 intervention scheme to social trust
By Carl Umegboro THE 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria as amended in Chapter-Two provides Fundamental Objectives and Directive Principles of State Policy which contain litany of socio-economic rights. They include objectives on political, economic, social, educational, foreign policy, environmental, cultural, media, national ethics and duties of citizens. Section 16(2) CFRN provides “The […]
Ghana’s affront: Is Nigeria, a hollow power?
By Charles Onunaiju DESPITE the torrents of effusive apologies from the Republic of Ghana to Nigeria, including the reported remorseful appeal of the Ghanaian President, Mr. Nana Akuffor Addo to President Muhammadu Buhari on the misguided action of attacking and demolishing a property in the diplomatic compound of Nigeria’s High Commission in Accra, the question […]
FIRS: The new spirit of teamwork
By Olufunke Caleb IN the 21st century, rating effective leadership is now based on leaders’ possession of ‘soft skills’. Leadership today is no longer rated by intimidating or swaying charisma like that of Adolf Hitler. Soft skills, according to Joana Marques in ‘Leadership Today’ include purpose, morality, values, vision, authenticity, empathy and emotional intelligence, spirituality, […]
Nigeria: Looking ahead to a planned future under PMB
By Sufuyan Ojeifo WILL the world and its economy return to normal after the coronavirus pandemic? The answer to the above question will probably be in the negative. Already, the term, “the new normal” which has gained global currency suggests that the world, as we knew it before COVID-19, would never be the same again. Apart […]
The value of hard work
By Daniel Ighakpe All hard work brings a profit . . . ” – Proverbs 14:23. IN one popular song entitled ‘Work‘ by a talented Nigerian musician, Adekunle Gold, people are encouraged to work hard. This is just as God’s Inspired Word, The Bible, says at Ecclesiastes Chapter 9, Verse 10: “Whatever your hand finds […]
