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 […]
NDDF and future of the Niger Delta
There are too many plans. So which of these plans are we planning to use to plan? – Hilda Dokubo, Nollywood Actress, at 2017 Niger Delta Development Forum.
Robert Mugabe goes the way of all dictators
TUESDAY night, November 14, 2017, the last chapter in the long history of Robert Mugabe in the Zimbabwean public space was opened. He was brought under house arrest by the military as a first step to his forced departure from office.
Maimuna aliyu, eating from the bread of sorrow
Maimuna Aliyu sure has become a house hold name in Nigeria today, but her popularity is founded on the determination of a few powerful adversaries who have lost sleep over what she stands for – the truth. What Truth? As an Executive Management staff of AsoSavings and Loans Plc, she stood as an outlier; […]
‘If Atiku gives them money, they will jump like frogs, give him Presidential ticket’
“I hear say Atiku don port oh, from APC to God knows where…”
“He used to be a Customs officer. Going from one port to another should not be an issue or a problem for him. It is in the nature of Customs officials to go from one port to another.
Biometrics, BVN and Nigeria
THE introduction of Biometric identification was to stop different kinds of fraud. There were too many fictitious bank accounts; inactive bank accounts are raided by the employees. To stop this, the bank instituted a regime of dormant accounts.
I pray professor Itse Sagay is not going senile – Reno
I pray professor Itse Sagay is not going senile – Reno
Garba Shehu: A quintessential presidential spokesman
MALLAM Garba Shehu is a frontline journalist, accomplished newspaper editor and a former president of the Nigerian Guild of Editors. His brilliance and expertise endeared him to the former government of President Olusegun Obasanjo, who engaged him as the spokesperson for the Vice President then. His high qualities again caught the attention of President Muhammadu Buhari who appointed him as the Senior Special Assistant, Media and Publicity in 2015 and since then, he has carried on with decorum and high sense of responsibility. In the Nigerian media circles, Garba Shehu is well respected as a towering figure from all corners of the country, and indeed, the whole world.
Odu’a investment: Engine of South West economic development
All over the world a good number of legacy companies that failed to adapt to changing times have disappeared while the landscape is now dominated by technology-driven companies that barely existed two decades ago
Nigerians: Between hunger and the Mediterranean
The truth is, a country that does not recognise you is incapable of grieving with and for you
Between Atiku and Buhari: Just The Facts Ma’am, Just The Facts – Reno
Between Atiku and Buhari: Just The Facts Ma’am, Just The Facts – Reno
