The Future of Education in a Title-Driven Country: Nigeria in perspective
In the Nigeria of tomorrow, perhaps the most important educational title will not be Dr, Professor or Engineer. It will be competent.
MAN Oron: Ten months of Okonna’s effective leadership
By Ovie Edomi Some men are born great others have greatness thrust on them. For Dr Kevin Okonna, current Acting Rector of the Maritime Academy of Nigeria, Oron, Akwa Ibom State,he appears to show up on both.And Adegboyega Oyetola, Minister of Marine and Blue Economy, appears to have taken his time to chose a square […]
Tax reforms and Nigerians abroad
Nigeria stands at the edge of a fiscal revolution. For decades, the country has struggled under the weight of a tax system that is tangled
Perspectives on CBN’s plan to take full control of fixed income market
By Rasak Adeboye The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has announced that from November 3rd, settlement of fixed income securities will migrate to the CBN. By December 1st, the Bank itself will run the trading platform. It is noted that secondary fixed income market platform is currently operated by FMDQ Group with the CBN as […]
Ibadan: For Tinubu, a homecoming and a resound of history
By SUNDAY DARE On Friday last week, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu turned his gaze South-westward to the sprawling city of Ibadan. Over two years since his assumption of office, this is the President’s first berth in Ibadan, the political and spiritual capital of the Yoruba nation. Just as Kaduna spoke to his national reach barely a […]
Yakubu’s INEC legacy and the baying of the lynch mob
By MAXWELL IRABOR As Professor Mahmoud Yakubu concludes his second term as Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, he steps down as one of the most consequential figures in Nigeria’s democratic history. Appointed on November 9, 2015 and reappointed on December 9, 2020, Yakubu became the first Nigerian to serve two consecutive terms in […]
