Viewpoint

Celebrating foreign education: The hypocrisy of contemporary Nigerian leadership

Celebrating foreign education: The hypocrisy of contemporary Nigerian leadership

By CHEKWUBE E. NZOMIWU Late literary icon, Professor Chinua Achebe, in his influential book “The Trouble with Nigeria,” identified failure of leadership as the single core problem of Nigeria. In the 68-page book, first published in 1983 by Fourth Dimension Publishers, Achebe argued that there is nothing wrong with the Nigerian land, air, climate or the […]
Visible Articles 5 10 15
Senate and Buhari’s Anti Graft War

Senate and Buhari’s Anti Graft War

Some Nigerians are quick to jump into conclusion that the Senate, indeed the National Assembly is not supporting the anti corruption campaign of the President Muhammadu Buhari led Federal Government. In fact, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice. Abubakar Malami once accused the National Assembly of not supportting the anti-corruption campaign of the present administration.

Leave Lagos out of it!

Leave Lagos out of it!

Last week, Ondo state governor Rotimi Akeredolu called on investors to invest in his state, touting the Southwestern state as an investors’ destination superior to Lagos.

When will President Buhari be considered incapacitated?

When will President Buhari be considered incapacitated?

AT the homestretch of the 2015 presidential election, the Goodluck Jonathan’s re-election campaign team challenged then candidate Muhammadu Buhari to a sport contest. When the gauntlet was left unpicked, the team in a follow up, set the internet abuzz with the juxtaposition of the pictures of President Jonathan and members of his Federal Executive Council jogging and that of not-too-good- looking candidate Buhari.

The holes in our hearts

The holes in our hearts

TAKING sides is an unsettling trend in our country today, with the level of dividedness that has engulfed our people like never before. There is disagreement within and amongst Igbos, Hausas, Yorubas, Ijaws, Efiks etc, like never before.

Borno, Boko Haram, the future

Borno, Boko Haram, the future

Social psychologists have established that massive youth unemployment and the failure of leadership at any level to secure a prosperous future for its upcoming generation of youths is largely the main recipe for insecurity anywhere in the world. When youngsters have not been prepared to be productive or to eke a decent livelihood as responsible citizens, a bleak future hovers dangerously.