Is Nigeria going through a particularly unique challenge that requires unique solutions? Not at all. Every country that relies on oil for the majority of its revenues is going through plenty of pain right now. So what is everyone else doing and how does it compare with the response that Nigeria has chosen?

THIS elastic agitation for the illusion called Biafara is rapidly snowballing into a painful anathema. But must this grow unguardedly or a final stop should be put to it? We fought a civil war which was decisively concluded with an agreement of “no victor, no vanquished”. That was universally acclaimed as magnanimous at the time. Nigerians of both “divide” then easily came together and assumed the worst was over.

MOST of us, including those too young to have lived a single day through it, associate the Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) of the 1980s with the darkest period in Nigeria’s economic history. The popular narrative generally considers SAP to have both caused the problems and failed to fix them, laying the blame squarely at IBB’s feet.

A few weeks ago I received a letter inviting me to be part of an association with a mandate to oil the wheels of development within and around the estate I reside in.

All those that are attempting to distort the narrative about the tragic plight of Miss Ese Oruru are evil and we commit them to God’s judgement. The facts are as follows.

ONE of the cardinal virtues that Pastor (Barrister) Osagie Ize-Iyamu will be bringing into the Edo State guber race this year, 2016, is his redemptive Pan-Edo Vision and outlook that has put him in pole position to wrest the governorship diadem with a fair election process and triumph overwhelmingly. He possesses that leadership qualities which would deploy the state’s available and scarce resources to areas of utmost need in the 18 local government areas.

ABOUT a week ago, I published the first part of a series of essays focused on the grave and crippling challenges facing the Nigerian economy. I must say that I was surprised but gratified at the positive feedback received, and by the interest generated from diverse stakeholders, both at home and abroad.

WE have a two pronged challenge to the Boko Haram, BH, war. First is to ensure the total decimation of the BH movement so that it does not rear its ugly head again. The second is a total resettlement, rehabilitation and re integration of the victims. Both of these measures are very important to the peace and stability of the nation, especially in the north eastern parts of the country. The question is: Should we tackle them simultaneously or take one item at a time?

Have you ever considered how to develop a leadership strategy that lasts? If so, you are not alone, as this is one of the many challenges facing modern HR professionals as HR’s function within a business becomes more strategically aligned with the C-suite.

READING Lanre Is’haq’s Modibbo mono thematic page recently, got me thinking about my late mother’s philosophical analogy of a mad man, who stumbled on a defecating man and quickly made for his clothes, sprinting away.

THERE can be no freedom without the law. While it is the law that limits our freedom, it is also the law that guarantees our freedom. When there is no law to limit one’s freedom, there will be no law to guarantee his freedom. Therefore, democracy, with its entrenched safeguards and expansive latitude for individual rights and freedom must inevitably be founded on the law.

APART from the issue of oil subsidy, no other subject has enraged and infuriated Nigerians more than the issue of the jumbo salaries and allowances of the members of the National Assembly.

THE Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) was in the streets across Nigeria recently protesting and picketing offices of electricity distribution companies (DISCOS). NLC was fighting against February 1 approved increase of over 45% by electricity regulator, Nigeria Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC).

After concluding their preparation for their upcoming Africa Cup of Nations 2017 qualifying clash with Nigeria, Egypt’s Argentinean manager Hector Cuper announced that he finally reached the final line-up for the crucial game.

On the 20th of February 2016, Nigeria’s President Buhari hardened his stance against devaluing the Nigerian Naira because he believes devaluation will not help the country “as it had few exports apart from oil and depended on imports whose cost would rise with such a move.” This view is shared by Governor Emefiele of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), who noted on 17th November 2015 “Our major export commodity which accounts for more than 80% of our income is crude oil…and what is supposed to be the non oil export, we are not producing effectively.” CBN governor, Emefiele, also warned that that naira devaluation would lead to hyperinflation.