BY RAFIU AJAKAYE A few hours away from now, the media would be awash with appraisals of chief executives across Nigeria. This is particularly true of first term governors who were sworn in on May 29, 2019. Kwara will not be different. Friends and foes of the administration of AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, egged on by closet admirers on both sides, would struggle [...]
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BY DANIEL EZEIGWE A classical philosophical axiom mandates that the real essence of life is that we begin to adore the dawn of a new morning, revere the departure of another day and treasure the breath of a complete life. The humanists who proposed this witty remark must have known that man is basically an insatiable being. Man wants more out [...]
BY EBUKA EKEANYANWU According to the International Labour Organization, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed into an economic and labour market shock. Businesses irrespective of size are facing serious challenges such as the threat of significant declines in revenue, insolvencies and job losses in specific sectors. The sustainance of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) is also expected to be particularly difficult. Reports [...]
BY GEOFFREY IKECHUKWU Unbeknown to many sons and daughters of Enugu State, an underground coup-de-grace is currently being plotted against the political sanity of their dear state. The aim of the coup plotters is to subvert the peace and tranquility that rain in the state, a feat that had made elective offices in Enugu seamless and with little or no rancor [...]
BY IFEANYI DIKE Nigerian twitter is abuzz with news of the appointment of Toni Kan as Spokesperson to the Honourable Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development. Wailers are insisting that Toni Kan, award winning writer, Public relations expert and media entrepreneur is an enemy of the APC and the president. But nothing could be farther from the truth. An ideas [...]
BY HENRY ANIBE AGBONIKA “As we create an environment that allows initiative, enterprise and hard work to thrive, it is more important than ever to call out those who find the rule of law an inconvenience, or independent regulation an irritation.” President Muhammadu Buhari Once upon a time, human interactions were not regulated. Brute force, oppression and greed were the fundamentals of [...]
BY EMMANUEL SAM I mentioned in the first part of this write-up that Mr. Udom Gabriel Emmanuel brought his wealth of experience in corporate governance to lead Akwa Ibom State. His emergence effectively midwife a new order in public service delivery as could be seen in key sectors including education, health, security and sports. Governor Udom Emmanuel is sufficiently committed to develop [...]
BY BISI AKANDE As soon as the All Progressives Congress (APC) was registered as a political party in July 2013, there began series of momentous events, which included the emergence of a new faction of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) called 'The New PDP'. This PDP faction must have had its origin in an earlier discussion between Asiwaju Bola Tinubu and some leaders [...]
BY CYRIL ABAKU "Water, e don get enemy!" I am afraid that as I commit myself to putting down some thoughts on what is arguably the biggest weapon mankind is relying upon in its preventive onslaught against an invisible enemy - at least invisible to the human eyes - I may be, will surely appear to be, standing popular logic on its [...]
BY SALISU ABDULLAHI That the Gombe State Government is boastful of being among the states not owing workers’ salaries as an accomplishment is an egregious disappointment, to say the least. The population of Gombe State is roughly 3 million. The state’s 60,000 workforce out of its 3 million population passes a chilling message that merely 2 percent of the population is [...]
BY BELLO SHEHU AND ZAAYYAD ABDULLAHI The day was 25 April 1945; the resistance anthem Bella Ciao rang through the streets of Italy and the U.S. and Soviet troops had just met at the Elbe River, near Torgau, effectively cutting Germany in two and marking an important step towards the end of the Second World War. Unaware of the arrangement between U.S. [...]
Following the advent of the deadly COVID-19 outbreak in Nigeria and globally, Nigeria has been faced with various challenges ranging from tackling of the first index case to a near total lockdown of the economy. The Federal Government through its agencies has intervened in the health sector by putting in place necessary infrastructures e.g. isolation centres, importation of medical safety [...]
BY IBRAHIM NASIR Governor Inuwa Yahaya of Gombe State seems to be working against the painstaking efforts and vision of President Muhammadu Buhari to devolve power around the Local government actors in states by granting them fiscal autonomy to allocate resources and do well for themselves. President Buhari's blueprint saw the immediate passing of the legislative bill of the Local Government Autonomy [...]
BY RAFIU AJAKAYE Whether in the media or on the streets, the preponderance of public opinion is that Kwara State is now led by a man with eyes fixed on changing the narratives of the north central state for the right reasons. He is seen, and correctly so, as a man with the singular intention to make the masses happy and [...]
BY SANNI ALAUSA-ISA Where you are born is more predictive of your future than any other factor – Bill and Melinda Gates. As I read the 2019 edition of the Goalkeepers, an annual report card on the world’s progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) written by Bill and Melinda Gates, the quotation above struck me hard. My mind hovered around the [...]
BY TIMOTHY BADMUS AFOLABI To say that President Muhammadu Buhari’s anti-graft crusade is bearing fruits and closing all apertures of corruption and sending chill shivers into the spine of corrupt elements across the country is an under-statement. It is therefore not surprising when these corrupt elements fight back and vow to destroy the captain of the anti-corruption crusade, Ibrahim Magu, the acting [...]
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