It is quite disturbing that public outcry over non-payment of pensioners has become a recurring aspect of national life. Worrisome as it is, even the country’s military and para-military services are also caught in this…
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by Peace Omenka The challenges confronting the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) are quite herculean. This is why the agency requested all agencies of the Federal Government and all stakeholders to work with it…
In any marketplace, an opinion can be swayed, or action elicited either through rational or emotional appeal. Rational appeal involves persuading a prospective consumer with logic and proofs, showing the superiority of an idea or…
The global uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic has created a major challenge in balancing economic growth. This fact must have shaped The World Bank’s recent presentations on 2021 growth trajectory of some key Africans…
When the Stakeholder Democracy Network (SDN) an international non-governmental organisation broke the news last year, it re-exposed a racket that has been going on for many years. Nigeria has been for a while the choice…
When Nigeria’s former President Olusegun Obasanjo wrote a book in 1999 entitled: “This Animal Called Man”, there was no way he would have had recent events unfolding in America in mind. He was not a…
For some weeks now, protest in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta region, over the appointment of a new sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has gradually risen to a very disturbing level. Many…
Strike actions have now taken the threshold with major unions and associations feuding with the government at the slightest opportunity over pecuniary deficits. Only recently, the FG agreed to disburse N40bn to ASUU, among other…
The Nigerian Insurers Association (NIA) has revealed recently that there are over 12 million registered vehicles in the country. Lagos State alone is said to have 5 million vehicles. Despite this large number of vehicles,…
Since the conclusion of the presidential election in America, the political class in the US has been deeply divided between those in the quest to uphold the provisional results of the elections that favoured Joe…
It was John Grant, an American singer who declared few years ago that “a bad forgery is the ultimate insult”. This statement seems to be the best description of what has been happening on Nigeria’s…
Nigeria’s debt profile has become a rising cause for concern for many economic analysts with the growing year-on-year debt accumulation. The issue of rising public debt is one of Nigeria’s biggest economic problems. The Data…
Following agreements signed last year, the African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) formally commenced on the 1st of January, 2021. The AfCFTA aims to create a single African market for goods and services, assist with…
October 2020 is a month most security conscious Nigerians would dread to recall. In just that month alone, Nigeria had four different prison breaks that unleashed over 2000 convicted criminals into the society. Taking advantage…
Stable power supply is a major component of development for any country’s economy, besides capital and labour. In Nigeria, the problem of poor electricity has persisted, though there have been some marginal improvement in the…
Security is about the most essential of all social expectations, and it is germane to the consolidation of democratic governance. Recent and persistent demands for the removal of service chiefs, probe into the expenditure of…
No one rushing from their house for an urgent meeting will want to accidentally step or slide on a banana peel dropped carelessly at the doorstep. The consequences could be like breaking a piece of…
The Federal Government last week issued the N4 billion bailout funds to assist 18 scheduled and non-scheduled carriers recover from the COVID-19 crisis. The lockdown in 2020, followed by travel restrictions and the prevalent economic…
Although, the 1920 Karel Capek’s play titled R.U.R (Rossum’s Universal Robot) brought robotics to the front burner, series of other development preceding that year contributed immensely to the invention and popularity of Robots. Such development…
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Kenyamo, has revealed that the Special Public Works Programme, designed to engage 774,000 unemployed Nigerians will kick off nationwide on Tuesday, this week. Kenyamo who made…