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 […]
Far away Fayemi
PATRICK Ibrahim Yakowa’s maybe the slimmest margin of win in a governorship election. He polled 106 votes more than his opponent to be returned as elected in Kaduna State in 2011. That is our democracy and that is the rule. A simple majority and the required percentage of votes in two-thirds of local government areas in a state will suffice.
Addressing decline of reading culture in Nigeria
NIGERIA has been rated by the World Culture Score Index as one of the countries in the world with the lowest reading culture, while available statistics from National Commission for Mass Literacy, Adult and Non-Formal Education shows that 38 per cent of Nigerians are non-literate as four in ten primary school children cannot read for comprehension. Regrettably, this adverse development is an ominous challenge the country seems not to be paying needed attention to.
Nigeria and the Misery Index: Not a miserable country
In a Report titled The Misery Index 2018 authored by Dr. Steve Hanke of the Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland, Nigerians have been labelled the sixth most miserable people in the world.
Borno: Poor infrastructure and unending Boko Haram struggles
By Richards Murphy The Nigerian Army has kept the flames alive in the battle against Boko Haram terrorists in the past three years. It is no longer debatable that the religious extremists’ sect is decimated and defeated. But once in a while, Nigerians are inundated with news of insurgents sprouting from sleeper cells to launch […]
The imprints of a reformer
IBADAN, the capital of Oyo State (the largest state in Southern Nigeria by landmass) is a place of history and high political drama. Since the return of democracy to Nigeria in 1999, Oyo State has experienced a paradigm swing from one extreme to the other, leaving the vast majority of the populace happier and more satisfied with the progress made.
