Mambilla: APC’s claims long on propaganda, short on evidence – Paul Ibe
By Paul Ibe The APC Presidential Campaign Council wants Nigerians to believe that the Mambilla arbitration delivered a corruption verdict against Atiku Abubakar. It did not. The tribunal examined a $500,000 transfer made on 30 January 2003 by Sunrise promoter Leno Adesanya, through China Castle Investments Limited, to the US bank account of Jennifer Douglas, […]
Choices before the sacked emir of Kano
This piece, first published on June 26, 2014, is reproduced following the dethronement of Alhaji Sanusi Lamido Sanusi as Emir of Kano By ERIC TENIOLA Alhaji Isa Kaita (1912-1994) was the Northern Region Minister for Works between 1954-1957 and later Minister of Education between 1957 and 1966. He later became the Waziri of Katsina. Alhaji […]
Obasanjo at 83 and the metaphor of the mystical elephant
Godknows Boladei Igali On March 5th, 2020, most of the normal crowd around Nigeria’s Former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, like a pilgrimage, gathered at the picturesque Obasanjo Presidential Library (OPL), Abeokuta, to celebrate the global citizen as he turned 83. Like most other years, the audience though tempered by Coronavirus scare was diverse; Pan-Nigerian, […]
CBN: Confronting challenges of the economy
By Arize Nwobu THE Nigerian economy which is the 31st largest economy in the world by GDP has numerous challenges, including stagnation as a factor-driven economy for 60 years. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Competitiveness Report, Factor-driven economies are “where countries compete primarily on the use of natural resources, unskilled labour and companies […]
OKOWA: A passion for technical education
Lest we forget, Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State qualified as a medical doctor at the age of 22. That was in 1981 when he earned his MBBS from the University of Ibadan.
Urgent Need to Halt Mismanagement of LADOL Free Zone
By James Edet Ukpor The recent unfortunate developments at the Lagos Deep Offshore Logistics (LADOL) Free Zone, which have scared serious investors, have fueled the need for the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to take urgent steps to reposition the free zone for the purpose of attracting investments, which is the ultimate objective of creating free zones. Reputable […]
