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Infantino’s wager: Reforming football, risking legacy

By ANTHONY KILA  Every significant reform begins with a wager. Some leaders wager that technology will solve yesterday’s problems. Others wager that money can accelerate tomorrow’s possibilities. Some gamble on persuasion; others on popularity. The most ambitious wager, however, is the belief that an institution can be fundamentally changed without changing what it is. Gianni […]
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Revisiting our cradle, rebuilding our nation: The place of ethics and values in national rebirth

I am not a believer in coincidence; I am more inclined to believe that our lives’ steps are ordered by the Infinite Intelligence that we all call God, and so in my own case, my date with Destiny took place one afternoon according to my father when a customer in the person of Pa Enoch O. Dare walked into my father’s shop in Akure to buy books, and his first encounter with my father changed the course of my life.

DESOPADEC Law: The real issues

THE unfolding drama since Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, Governor of Delta State, sent an Amendment Bill on Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission, DESOPADEC, to the Delta State House of Assembly, DSHA, is to say the least unfortunate.

Saving the economy, PMB at cross roads

I STILL don’t get the feeling that Nigerians realise how bad things have become for the economy and that we are facing a future of slow growth. The change mantra is going to be hard and painful no matter what the government and politicians say.

The minority as underdog

YOU may agree or disagree, like it or not, the truth is that the foundation of all of Nigeria’s problems is injustice. This is further compounded when those who have taken advantage of others will not enjoy their spoil quietly but will, as they say, ‘piss in the face’ of their victims.

INEC and Yakassi’s asertion

IT was a shock to many last week, when respected former lawmaker, top civil servant, Alhaji Tanko Yakassai, revealed that he knew the “Acting-Chairperson” of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) “Mrs Amina Zakari since childhood, and that her late father, the former Emir of Kazaure, was married to President Buhari’s elder sister”.

Mobile solutions needed for healthcare

The utility value of mobile technology is almost second to none. In sub-Sahara Africa, the mobile phone has proven to be an innovative and transformative tool for positive social and economic change, empowering individuals, communities and organizations in a variety of ways.

Anenih @ 82 and the longing for more odysseys

“Mr Lely, I desire you would use all your skill to paint my picture truly like me, and not flatter me at all; but remark all these roughnesses, pimples, warts and everything as you see me, otherwise I will never pay a farthing for it. – “ Oliver Cromwell, Lord Protector of England, to his Portrait Painter, Sir Peter Lely.

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