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From rubble to greatness: Germany as lesson for Africa, by Abdulrahman A. Abdulrauf
July 24 to August 3, 1943 was a period no German would want to forget in a hurry. It was a time “Operation Gomorrah”, the codename of the allied forces,...
Read moreOpen Defecation: The Lesson Nigeria can learn from India
Since excretion is inevitable, it has taken several forms in all the various stages of human civilizations.
Read moreWhy Bello is coming back and Bayelsa may fall, by Azu Ishiekwene
Kogi’s number one problem in the last two decades has been poverty, not a shortage of testosterone. The state’s monthly allocation is five times smaller than what Dangote gets monthly...
Read morePhilanthropy: Femi Otedola’s example, by Reuben Abati
“God has been so kind, the only way I can show my gratitude to Him is to use my resources to support those who are underprivileged. This I intend to...
Read moreOshiomhole devalued to local factional leader — DG, APC Governors’ Forum
The PGF is the umbrella body of Governors elected on the platform of the APC.
Read moreTam David-West in final escape, by Femi Adesina
True. He was loyal to the end. There were some people, who had tried to drive a wedge between President Buhari and the renowned virologist, through snide comments
Read moreDomiciling NBC in Information Ministry: A grave misplacement, by Kayode Ahmadu
Thankfully though, our visionary President, Muhammadu Buhari, has gone one step towards convergence by renaming the Communications Ministry as the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy, a development that is...
Read more24 years on: Remembering Ken Saro Wiwa, by Taju Tijani
To Abacha, the obdurate, thick, crabby, crackbrained and maximum leader, the tools of contest was not reason, consensus and compromise but oil, money, position and brute force. The theatre of...
Read moreThat Lionhearted mishap, by Femi Akintunde-Johnson
It would have been heart-warming if Ms Genevieve Nnaji had kept sealed lips. It would have been gracious if frazzled selectors had promptly apologized, and speedily assumed responsibility, and offered...
Read moreThose with glass jaws shouldn’t throw punches, by Paul Ibe
f anything, Femi Adesina gave a literary expression to how jolted to the hilt people at the Aso Rock Villa were about the inevitability of a win at the polls...
Read moreAtiku: They gave him a false sense of hope, by Femi Adesina
The former president was the one that ruined Abubakar most, when they fought a bitter battle as they served together in government. Obasanjo wrote books, granted interviews, where he poured...
Read moreHow to make our world safer, by Rasheed Ayotunde Olabomi
At a discourse of this nature, one would have expected an expert in the field of Environmental Science and related fields as the Guest Speaker. However, the decision to engage...
Read moreBlaid, Momoh and ICPC’s perversion of justice, by Ade Adewale
It appears therefore that ICPC is merely pursuing Momoh solely on the basis that she is the wife of the ex-managing director of PPMC. They have not been able to...
Read moreMagu, still Nigeria’s most dangerous man, by Azu Ishiekwene
There’s no need to wonder. The question mark is off. The acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ibrahim Magu, is, without a doubt, still Nigeria’s most dangerous...
Read moreSupreme Court and the Atiku election petition, by Reuben Abati
But if Atiku and his supporters had hoped that they will secure victory at the Supreme Court, they were grossly disappointed. In just a sentence, the Supreme Court dismissed their...
Read moreMoney talks! I’m a Yahoo Boy!, by Taju Tijani
The desire to drive 2019 Model Jeep like the semi-literate Chairman of their local council is turning them into snarling and untameable dogs, who will, as readily, tear the throat...
Read moreWhen Germany brought back hands of clock, by Abdulrahman A. Abdulrauf
There is this common joke I share with people when asked what the day’s date is. In responding, I will say: “The day’s date is so, so and so, if...
Read moreMajor takeaways from President Buhari’s visit to Saudi Arabia, by Garba Shehu
The President’s meetings with the two prominent rulers marked an important upswing in relations between Nigeria and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Read moreRole of schools in curbing financial, cyber crimes among youths, by Kayode Oladele
We are all too familiar with the term “corruption” that there is at least a consensus that it is one of the obstacles to nation-building in Nigeria. Most Nigerians experience...
Read moreAnd the lord answereth the orphan’s prayers, by Abdulrahman A. Abdulrauf
Penultimate Sunday was wet as the shower of blessings, which started the previous day, kept dropping with almost no end in sight. Being a Sunday, every Christian, may be those...
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