Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
2027: Peter Obi remains ruling party’s target
Recent developments in Nigeria’s political scene highlight an undeniable truth: Peter Obi, the 2023 Labour Party standard-bearer
Ogun State at 50: Gateway of progress
As Ogun State marks fifty years since its creation on February 3, 1976, the milestone presents an opportunity for reflection on a journey
Tinubu draws the line on local government looting
By Okon N. Efut (SAN) There are substantial provisions in the Nigerian Constitution and other enabling enactments of the National Assembly on the creation, structure, function, and funding of the Local Government as the third tier of government in Nigeria. The failure of the Local Government system to work as intended by the makers of the Constitution […]
Gradual return of peace in South-East
By Emeka Alex Duru Gradually and steadily, peace is returning in the South East. Anyone in the region during the yuletide or who listened to those that travelled would appreciate the extent of normalcy that is taking shape in it. At some social gatherings, it was common hearing residents telling one another, ‘Happy survival’, as in […]
Re-engineering Nigeria’s education system for sustainable development, global competitiveness
Education remains the most powerful tool for national transformation. Yet in Nigeria, this tool has, for decades, been blunted by outdated curricula
