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Professor Ibrahim A. Gambari, CFR, OCORT, a scholar-diplomat, is the Founder/Chairman of the Board of Directors of Savannah Centre for Diplomacy, Democracy and Development, a non-governmental think-tank on research, policy studies, advocacy and training on the nexus between conflict prevention and resolution, democratisation and development in Africa.

Contrary to some media reports, the National Hajj Commission of Nigeria will not be scrapped along with the National Christian Pilgrims Commission because the Federal government had rejected such recommendations through a White Paper.

Since its establishment in 1894, FirstBank has consistently built relationships with her customers, focusing on the fundamentals of good corporate governance, strong liquidity, optimised risk management and effective leadership. These, amongst others, are the reasons the Bank has dominated the financial market for over 126 years.

With the appointment of Gambari as the President’s Chief of Staff, for the first time in our history, we have a Fulani President and a Fulani Chief of Staff, both serving a Fulani Government with a Fulani agenda

The scant attention being accorded local curative claims for the coronavirus by Nigerian authorities is symptomatic of the nation’s unwillingness to build local content across sectors. The same applies to the construction industry where a few indigenous firms like Rodnab Construction have weathered the storm and bucked the trend.

In my Easter message to the good people of Anambra state a few weeks ago, I noted that the disruptions to the global economy brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic will be huge. Monitoring the spread of the virus since, it’s obvious the pandemic is already having a very devastating impact on Nigeria, including the health and economic well-being of the good people of Anambra State.

The Board of Governors and the Ethics Committee of the African Development Bank have given Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, the Bank’s President, a clean bill of health in a report dated May 5, wherein it is stated that Adesina has been “entirely exonerated of all allegations made against him.” The background to that development is useful and it is as follows:

For the German philosopher, G. W. Hegel, historical progress is the evolution of the Absolute. This evolution follows a definite pattern. A thesis is posed in the events of the world. From this thesis a counter or antithesis arises; and through the conflicting relationship between the two, a synthesis, an idyllic situation is created. If we transpose Hegel’s teaching to the governorship of Anambra State

In their prickly reaction to my April 16 Washington Post #ChinaMustPay article (a response published in the Guardian Newspaper of May 3, 2020), the Government of China through their Embassy in Nigeria missed the opportunity to responsibly address the serious issues raised.

As the world continues to battle the novel coronavirus with its devastating impact on humanity, several aspects of the pandemic deserves critical attention. One of such being the influence of statistics on the adoption of preventive measures.

The death of my townsman, Chief Richard Osuolale Akinjide, has been forcing two polarisations: those who saw nothing wrong with his judicial and political career, and those on the other hand who saw him as one of the legal outlaws who set the tone for the ongoing desecration of our temple of justice.

For he alone, as a point of fact, has the rare distinction till date of being the only monarch in Nigeria who has not only reigned, but also has the rare honour and privilege to dine and wine along with 15 Nigerian Presidents, 23 State Governors, about 40 Council Chairmen in his own primary domain of Ijebu-Ode, three Ooni of Ile-Ife, two Alaafin of Oyo, four Alake of Egbaland, two Akarigbo of Remoland and 11 Olubadan of Ibadanland

Albeit, we mustn’t fail to remind those who are comfortable with their positions in life and wouldn’t want to bother about life hereafter that: They are compared with the sparrow that closes its eyes to a prowling cat instead of taking a flight

According to Thomas Hobbes, life for man in the state of nature was solitary, poor, brutish, nasty and short. It was an era marked with great trouble as men, in their natural instinct for self-preservation, found right in might.

Kalu, the representative of Abia North Senatorial District, spoke in a statement he personally signed

Let’s tell the story of Venezuela, because it bears striking similitude with that of Nigeria. Just like us, Venezuela is rich in oil, very rich. At a time, the county’s problem was not money, but how to spend it. Just like Nigeria.

One noble attribute of the average African is that he or she seeks opportunity to do good. The African man is his brother’s keeper. This finds strong expression in an Igbo adage: “Let no one leave his kindred behind.” Access Bank and its Group Managing Director, Herbert Wigwe, just did that as Nigeria and indeed the rest of the world buckle under the COVID-19 pandemic.

The aristocrats in the system must manage their appetite. To rebuild the wreckage of the post-COVID-19 world demands not only a containment of the virus, but fundamentally a containment of appetite

Since President Muhammadu Buhari declared the nationwide curfew last night, I have been thinking of how some workers in Lagos State and parts of Ogun States will cope and adjust their work schedules, when the curfew commences on May 4.

Let us not talk about any causative relationship between the 5G technology and Coronavirus. We cannot afford to be as injudicious as the promoters of the idiotic narrative. But if anyone thinks of possessing a monopoly of silliness, they should also consider the fact that the human mind was forced into civility by education and socialisation.