Opinion Corner

By Maxwell Oshodin Speaking of 2023 presidential election, don’t allow anyone buy or bully you into voting anyone you know isn’t the right candidate – those who lack the requisite qualifications to govern and rescue Nigeria from its present socio-political and economic quagmire. As the countdown to the presidential election continues in our dear country, it has become necessary to …

By Bidemi Nelson Racheal (not real name) is a 12-year-old girl who lives in an urban area of one of the Southwest States in Nigeria but cannot read. She tried to keep it a secret because it embarrassed her until she was specifically asked to read a portion of the Bible in her church’s children class. Amid tears, she blurted out …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku November 16th, 2022, Professor Mahmood Yakubu, INEC chairman wrote Nigerians a letter. In that letter, the INEC chairman said that there were only a hundred days left for the general elections in 2023.  The part of Prof Yakubu’s letter which struck home was in paragraph three wherein he said that ‘our (INEC) loyalty is to Nigerians …

By Bob MajiriOghene Etemiku The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) report in 2020 say that Gombe power is in its agricultural produce: sorghum, millet and allied seed-based produce. While the report said that an important sector of the Gombe economy is ‘others’, it also indicated that there is a service sector accounting for a single digit influence on the state’s …

By Victor Ogiemwonyi Those who fear we may be back, to the 1984 confusion, the last time we did this, should realize, that most people have their money in the Banks now, backed by their ATM cards and the various channels to reach their money. The 1984 scenario is completely different. The recent experience in India, where a similar policy …

By Victor Ogiemwonyi The two things ASUU should fight for, are its autonomy, for universities to run their affairs and a commitment from Government to provide a certain level of support that can be written into law, with the instrumentality to enforce it. For instance, the Federal Government should commit to contributing 15%-20% of its annual Budget to Education. This …

By Rev David Ugolor We have studied the climate and energy strategy of Shell and other multinational oil and gas companies. Our studies indicate that they fall short of what is required to achieve the Paris Agreement – of limiting the increase in the average global temperature to 1.5 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels. In fact, Shell’s emission reduction targets …

By Aliyu Chiroma Little clouds of dust rise and hang on our air. Up to almost yesterday our minds were molded by fear. The question on our minds was: who will save us?  Not only save us but provide us an atmosphere that can shelter our souls. Today, we seem to live in a charged atmosphere created by the presence …

By Victor Ogiemwonyi The biggest mistake this Government has made, was to devote such large budget allocations to do infrastructure developments, and yet, it has not been able to do it properly, instead it has deprived the essential budget allocations to the most needed social infrastructure. The monies put into some of these projects are lost, because they are now …

By Isah Chiroma Aliyu We failed to elect leaders likely to take us to a land filled with hope, promise, and future greatness for younger generations and those to come. I make these thoughtful insights into our country’s destiny even though I have some insights that leadership is not an easy task. Today, Nigeria as a county has lost hope …