Governor Oborevwori and the triangular tide
By: Enewaridideke Ekanpou A tide is a tide anywhere but a tide assumes connotative colours when it becomes triangular in built and action. Like a cumulonimbus cloud endowed with both positive and negative potentials, there must be something hidden behind a triangular tide.There must be something equally iconographic about a triangular tide too when viewed […]
Thumbs up for Governor Uzodinma on COVID-19
By Jerome Nwachi AS the novel Coronavirus disease continues to claim lives all over the world, wreaking havoc on daily life and economies of nations, governments have stepped up measures to prevent the spread of the pandemic, which has already taken a huge toll on the global economy. As at Tuesday, April 14, more than 1,912,438 […]
The Essence of Politics and Governance
By Dr Leesi Gborogbosi Politics and Governance are about resource mobilization and equitable distribution. A key goal of public sector governance is to maximise happiness for the citizens. The concept of “I Lead, You Follow” is old fashion. Great leaders “inspire people to attain their potentials”. Leadership is not about mobilising “boys” to hijack ballot […]
COVID-19, social media and fake news pandemic
By Tayo Ogunbiyi REPRIEVE seems not yet in sight as the Coronavirus pandemic lingers on the globe. As at the time of writing this piece, more than 1, 603, 719 cases of the virus has been recorded globally while 95, 722 people have lost their lives to the pandemic. With over 468, 566 infected persons […]
GRAMMAR AND JOURNALISTS: Let’s begin with prepositions for the unsung heroes
By Ganiu Bamgbose(Ph.D.) So I woke up on the Easter Monday of 2020 to the chat of my very good journalist friend, who was wondering if his colleagues and he do not deserve my accolades for being next to health practitioners, in the face of the rampaging global pandemic. Like health officers, he said, “We […]
The Nigerian “Giveaway-Economy”: Reflections for a country in socio-economic distress
By Chukwunonso Ekesiobi These are indeed trying times for the country. Hitherto, the nation’s socio-economic indicators were bad enough for concern high youth employment, falling external reserves, dried excess crude savings, rising debt profile, poverty hotspot (extreme and multidimensional), misery and inequality, strikes by labour unions (and the threat of strikes), a high number of […]
