By Sunny Ikhioya THE average Nigerian has certain personality traits that are known all over the world. One of these is long-suffering. Nigerians can endure under any condition; they can go through thick and thin to achieve their desired goal. Their patience is elastic and that is why we are where we are today. The […]

By Opatola Victor NIGERIAN citizens are currently at an elevated risk of contracting Coronavirus, and many scientists all over the world have been thrown into the turmoil of finding the cure to this widespread epidemic. Businesses worldwide have also been forced to a halt due to the challenges of the spread of the virus, including […]

By Banji Ojewale WHILE the rest of the world is receiving a deadly hiding at the hands of the coronavirus pandemic, we in Nigeria seem distant from this global anxiety. We are complacent, living in cloying bliss, expecting deliverance from an outsourced ‘invisible hand’, if Covid-19 finally hits us the way it is crowding on […]

By Abubakar Suleiman The Nigeria Export Processing Zones Authority (NEPZA) prides itself as the “choice destination for global business and investment,” but its activities over the years have frustrated the inflow of foreign investments into the free zones it regulates. Indeed, its core mandate is to “establish, license, regulate and operate highly efficient Free Zones […]

Coronavirus has emptied The Vatican, the capital of Catholicism. It caused restrictions in Jerusalem, and Mecca. Synagogues, Churches and Mosques have banned services. What is God telling us? That He is not in places or buildings, but in people! Surely, if God was in buildings or places, then the safest place to be would be […]