Opinion

By Macbun Osborne We were taught in Primary school mathematics, that one plus one would equal two. But, in some cases, the same calculation could equal to three,four,seven, ten or even zero depending on which side of the divide one finds himself. For every concerted effort at getting the correct...

By Dele Farotimi A shameless old fart, who doesn’t respect his age. As said, fools grow old too. And this old buffoon did grow old. He goes about fueling ethnic tensions. In the days of yore, utterances as his would have been accompanied by a visit from the DSS, and...

I am compelled to do this incisive effort which is apparently targeted at putting the records straight ditto the decision of Organized Labour to settle for a 134% increase in Minimum Wage thus taking the minimum wage from 30k to 70k rather than insisting on the 250k which was the...

By Husseini A Aloko As the 2024 Kogi State Local Government election approaches, the debate over zoning of the chairmanship ticket among the various wards in Dekina Local Government has taken center stage. The ruling All Progressive Congress (APC) and other major political parties must consider the historical context and...

The two individuals that no longer surprise me at all are Citizens Joe Igbokwe and Bayo Onanuga, however in the present instance I wonder what sycophancy and court-jesting have done to their ability to discern the times and by jove incline their hearts to wisdom, apologies to the Holy Book....

By Ilyasu Awada In March, the US Justice Department, in a suit joined by 16 state district attorneys general, announced a historic anti-trust lawsuit against Apple, alleging the tech company “relies on exclusionary anti-competitive conduct” to unlawfully maintain its smartphone market dominance. The move has not spooked the markets because...

By Victoria Ayuwei His hobbies – reading, traveling and jogging – hardly give much away about the persona of the unassuming Taraba State-born, astute, seasoned marine technologist, now given presidential authorisation to lead the nation’s premier maritime agency, the Nigerian Ports Authority, NPA. Meet Abubakar Dantsoho, PhD, highly analytical, data-driven,...

By Olufemi Soneye I have read the story published by Businessday newspaper in its edition of 16th July, 2024 with the headline: “‘World’s Most Opaque Company’ Stench Trails NNPC Secret Deals”. As the spokesperson of the Nigeria National Petroleum Company (NNPC) Limited, I would have ignored the story, which was...

By Nelson Ekujumi The Nigeria oil industry is without doubt the mainstay of its economy and has also acted as a stabilizing factor for national security, peace and development. In view of this indisputable fact, successive governments always placed premium on the industry with a view to making it, a...

Senator Isah Jibrin Echocho, representing Kogi East at the National Assembly, has hailed the Federal government’s decision to commence work on the Shintaku-Lokoja bridge. This follows a recent agreement between the federal government of Nigeria and Julius Berger Plc on alternative financing structures for the construction of the Lokoja-Shintaku Bridge...