By NICK DAZANG  Leaders, like all mortals, experience fear. But most of them do not show it. In tempest and in turbulence, leaders must exude calm. They do so less their citizens find recourse in despair or paralysis. Which explains why at the height of the Great Depression, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt assured Americans, in his first […]

By OGUWIKE NWACHUKWU Earlier this month, Governor Hope Uzodimma took a step that will go down in the history of Imo State in particular and Nigeria at large as the first Governor to raise the minimum wage of civil servants across Labour Unions from N70,000 to N104,000. The consequential adjustments for other categories of workers in […]

By Faustina Oluebube Ugwu GLOBALLY, mental health has become a pressing concern, with the World Health Organization estimating that one in every eight people lives with a mental health condition. Despite this, mental health care continues to be underfunded and underprioritized compare to physical health. In Africa, the gap is even wider: most countries dedicate […]

By Douglas Osagie The 69th edition of the Ballon d’Or, football’s most prestigious individual prize, is set to take place on Monday, September 22, at the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris. France Football magazine, the award’s organizer, will recognize the world’s best footballers for the 2024/25 season. As the football world eagerly awaits, one thing […]

He met the most powerful Nigerian then, sitting on the native floor mat, enjoying the sugarcane gift with his children