BY CHISOM IKECHUKWUIn many developing economies, political interference has undermined regulatory independence. Regulatory procedures are expected to be transparent, accountable and predictable. “Without adequate safeguards against the misuse of regulation, investment will be discouraged and prices higher than needed. ...Credible, stable regulation is required to achieve the benefits of privatising and liberalising infrastructure”, according to Iannis N. Kessides, in the [...]
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BY ENO NSIKAKCan Obong Nsima Ekere really be trusted? This is the question on the lips of an average Akwa Ibomite. How do you trust a man who had all the opportunities to make a mark on his state but preferred to play politics with development? Even people from the South Senatorial District where Ekere comes from cant even dare [...]
BY AARON ADAMU These are indeed trying times. The floods are here again, and as usual, thousands are affected. Homes have been destroyed, farms have been washed away, and the list goes on. While it is succinct to state that just like in other climes where natural disasters such as hurricane, earthquakes, and floods have continued to wreak havoc, the responses [...]
BY ANTHONY KOLAWOLE Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen. TY Buratai is immensely gifted with enough dosage of enviable leadership qualities. He is a patriotic, selfless, dutiful, hardworking, humane and committed soldier, who is imbued with flair of swift responsiveness to emergencies, anywhere duty beckons.He has demonstrated this time and time again, as patriotically reenacted last week in Damasak, [...]
BY YEMI AJAYIFinally and with no place to hide any further, Nigeria's Finance Minister, Mrs. Kemi Adeosun, had no choice than to quit on September 14, 2018.For over 60 days, she had defiantly ridden the storm, given cover and encouragement by accomplices in top government positions, including a presidential aide, Prof. Itse Sagay, and egged on by a large crowd [...]
BY EMENENA BRIGHTIt is understandable that the Nigerian political terrain has become this charged as it is only about six months to the general election. While all the elections are important, the most significant remains the Presidential. This is because the direction of a nation is akin to the nation's chief executive officer. This is further made so by our [...]
BY BEN OGUNTUASEAfter some heated debate, the All Progressives Congress, APC has finally settled for mostly Indirect primary at State levels and Direct primary at the Presidential level and in a few States. There is no doubt that APC as a Party is not in short supply of members with progressive ideas along the lines suggested and intended by the [...]
BY FRANCIS OBORJI “Again, one should like to appeal to South East governors: please choose a common date within this month (September) or next for public ‘state-burial and mourning’ of all those individuals killed during the infamous Python Dance II in the region last week. The people and our land need this spiritual exercise for healing and cleansing. … Let us [...]
BY JUDE NDUKWEEver since his emergence as Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki has been the undeserved target of mudslinging, character assassination, frivolous court cases, undue media trial, executive harassment and humiliation, propaganda, half-truths and outright falsehood among other shenanigans aimed at cowing and arm-twisting him to force him to bow to the whims and caprices of a powerful cabal operating [...]
BY SAMUEL ARUWAN Malam Nasir Ahmad El-Rufai has steadfastly refused to be distracted by the antics of politicians who think the goal of public policy should be to surrender public resources to their selfish interests. These venal politicians and their allies have created a demonise Malam El-Rufai industry that generates tons of fiction that may perplex the unwary but has been an [...]
BY LAOLU OSINBAJO Lagos, the centre of excellence! Lagosians can attest to the fact that it is truly one of the busiest places to live on earth! Can we change this? Let’s deliberate on the future of this great city all 21 million of us call home. It is estimated that, at the rate at which Nigeria is growing, in the next 25 [...]
BY IBORO TONYE-EDETThere is a thin line between the secular and the spiritual (divine).I am not one to make an issue out of people’s acts of stupidity so long they remain on their side of the divide. But when these children of perdition become so drunk with popularity and seek for ways to drown in the pool of international fame, [...]
There is no question that Nigeria faces a lot of challenges. Growing population and poverty are two of the biggest challenges. Nigerians have also proved themselves resilient. Occurrences that could potentially have broken up the country have been successfully navigated. One recent example is the Nnamdi Kanu/Biafra/IPOB agitation. We are lucky that many of the South Eastern governors finally saw sense [...]
BY AUSTIN TAM-GEORGEThere is tremendous hunger in Rivers State for an end to the bellicose and toxic politics that have seized the state since 1999. Media headlines about the state are frequently about political assassinations, beheadings and inconclusive elections due to widespread violence.As Nigeria’s oil and gas metropolis, Rivers State suffers unique consequences when our social and political spaces [...]
BY MUSA OLANIYIA key concept that has been relegated in discourses relating to societal development is followership. It hardly features in public discussions or scholarly works. It is never given prominence. This inadvertent or wilful denigration of the concept reflects the unenviable position it has been consigned. Yet, followership is not exactly the opposite of leadership. It does not connote blind [...]
BY GILBERT ALASA “Work implies not only that somebody is supposed to do the job, but also accountability, a deadline and, finally, the measurement of results” - Peter F. DruckerFew years ago, I was part of a team managing a PR campaign for a pan-African brand. At the outset, everything looked all prim and perfect. With sheer optimism, we anticipated a [...]
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