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Several issues have been of great concern to indigenes of the Southeast geo-political zone. They range from limited appointments into top political positions, to persistently being sidelined by major political parties when it comes to the issue of presidential front runners. In the political turf today, many Igbos are holding on to the firm belief…
The Independent National Electoral Commission recently rejected the mandatory use of National Identity Number for Continuous Voter Registration which resumes on 28 June 2021, in the 774 Local Government Areas. This is ahead of the 2023 general election. According to the INEC chairman, Yakubu Mahmood: “The NIN is not going to be mandatory for the…
The next presidential elections will take place in less than two years from now, and politicians are seen all over the country making alliances and building bridges across different ethnic nationalities. The possibility remains that political alliance, even if not palatable in itself, may be a valid means of achieving desirable ends. Though partisans may…
At least $1.5 billion (about N570 billion) is spent annually on the importation of dairy products into the country. This was made known by Alhaji Sabo Nanono, the Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, on 28 March 2021, at the National Diary Policy Stakeholders Engagement in Abuja. According to him, 60 per cent of dairy…
The best entrepreneurs in the world do not act like they know it all. They keep learning to be continually successful. Oftentimes, they participate in numerous training sessions, seminars, workshops and symposiums to stay in shape mentally. The impact of the knowledge acquired and their passion for top-notch result combine to keep them always at…
The importance of research findings cannot be overemphasized. This was the crux of the message delivered by President Muhammadu Buhari last month, while declaring open the Five-Day Technology and Innovation Expo 2021 organised by the Federal Ministry of Science and Technology. With the allocation of about 0.5 per cent of GDP to research and innovation,…
The agitation for a drastic reduction in the cost of governance is gaining traction in the country’s political circles. With Nigeria currently facing the challenges of dwindling revenue, the need to cut costs to stabilize the polity keeps propping up at different fora. Recently, Plateau State’s Governor, Simon Bako Lalong, who was Guest speaker at…
Entrepreneurship in Nigeria has never been an easy task. For an individual to succeed in business in this clime, such an individual must prepare for uncertainties and put down a plan on how to navigate through such uncertainties. In Tonye Patrick Cole and Femi Otedola, one can see two individuals in Nigeria that have shown…
It seems the rift between the PDP government of Edo State under Governor Godwin Obaseki, and his former party, the All Progressive Congress (APC), is far from being over, even after the last gubernatorial elections in the state. It appears that the governor’s team is not willing to let go of the past as the…
Last Tuesday, a bill to establish the Nigeria Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) scaled its second reading at the Senate. The bill, which is aimed at promoting investments in the mining sector, is sponsored by a former Nasarawa State governor, Tanko Al-makura (APC, Nasarawa South). In the lead debate, Mr Al-makura said the legislation was in…
