Atiku’s Border Promise: Between political expediency and Nigeria’s national interest
By Okey IBEKE Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar’s promise to reopen Nigeria’s land borders if elected president in 2027 may appeal to traders and border communities who depend on cross-border commerce. But the promise raises a more important question: what exactly does he intend to reopen? The Federal Government has challenged the premise of the […]
World Pharmacists Day 2019: Safe and effective medicines for all
Lawal Fadekemi September 25 is a day set aside to annually highlight the value of the pharmaceutical profession to stakeholders globally. This day was set aside in 2009 by The International Pharmaceutical Federation (FIP), adopted at the World Congress of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences the same year. The year’s theme, “Safe and effective medicine for […]
Open Letter to President Muhammadu Buhari
By Innocent Alikali MR PRESIDENT, THESE FRUITS ARE LOW-HANGING, PLEASE PLUCK FOR US Your Excellency, I rejoice with you on your return for a second term as President, Federal Republic of Nigeria. Like many compatriots, this joy is laden with very high expectations. The worsening conditions of Nigerians in the last four years calls for […]
E.K. Clark: When politics pollutes religion
THE signs of contradiction have become evident: the envy, the suspicion, primordial sentiments and rumours, mostly unfounded. Myths without facts passed on and attributed to the highly revered Chief Edwin K. Clark. While an enlightened mind sees opportunities in the midst of limitations, the myopic is entrapped in delusions of blame games in order smear successful family members for personal frustrations. Men like Clark within their family face challenges, grumblings over favour done and undone; but ingratitude often reside with gratitude, and it’s what makes society. If leaders in history, religion and social sphere, face similar challenges, Clark cannot be an exception. Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jnr., Nelson Mandela, among others, also had to contend with challenges of mistrust, blackmail, suspicion, ingratitude, envy from their families as a result of their public success.
Economic Advisory Council and related matters: Buhari acted constitutionally
SOME Nigerians and groups have, according to media reports, strongly condemned the recent decision of President Muhammadu Buhari to create an Economic Advisory Council to replace the Vice President Osinbajo-led Economic Monitoring Team and redirecting some Federal Government agencies hitherto under the supervision of the vice president to seek his approval.
Re Edo: The Story of Alice in Wonderland
It is unfair that Tonnie Iredia is using his column in Vanguard to justify the maladministration of Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State with the wrongs of his predecessor, Adams Oshiomhole.
