Opinion Corner

By Sonny Atumah Bravo! I have been vindicated on subsidy. President Muhammadu Buhari you indeed understand what subsidy is. We have been clamouring for transparency, honesty and accountability in running the affairs of the NNPC. Last Monday, the President aligned himself with my campaign that subsidy removal was not the issue but the management of our petroleum resources. According to …

By Abdullahi Suleiman Otiwe Before dawn is the pregnant night All circled by the cloud of darkness Light they withheld by federal strength Dream upon dream but none came to pass Such is but single man’s fate in odd world Facing the struggles against forces of darkness Alas! The people gathered in bundle To banished the rotten wood Here comes …

I have cited the above examples to show that neither the PDP, nor the APC that dethroned the PDP for the first time in more than 55 years in Nigeria has anything other than selfish interest at heart. It is a complete outrage that Bukola Saraki, who destroyed the PDP for his own selfish gain is attempting the same thing …

Our president, Mr. Buhari, must ride the tide and wave of this time to speak and mobilize Nigerians to rise up to the challenges of the time to fight corruption in both  private and public life, denounce ill –gotten wealth, and rebuff those who are responsible for the misery in the land. These looters of our treasury have caused darkness, …

The Sub-Saharan Africa (Where Nigeria belongs) is the area with the most uneducated children of primary school age, numbering over 30million, out of which about 12 million girls are at risk of never receiving an education. By Charles Iyare Children are leaders of tomorrow, and as it were, education is the key to unlock the potential of every child in …

Why is the second goal of the Millennium Development Goals, still not achievable in this country that talks about achieving universal primary education and which targets ensuring that all boys and girls complete a full course of primary education? Although Nigeria has made little progress based on net enrollment where six out of every ten eligible children are now in …

According to a demographic health survey, 2013, Nigeria accounts for 13% of the global maternal death rates with an estimated 36,000 women dying in pregnancy or at child birth each year. At least 5,500 of these deaths occur among teenage mothers. 20% of child deaths in sub-Saharan Africa occur in Nigeria. About half of the world’s under-five deaths occur in …

A report titled “Swiss Traders’ Opaque Deals in Nigeria”, published by Berne Declaration, BD, a Switzerland-based non-governmental advocacy group in 2013, noted that some Swiss traders are allocated by the NNPC a major proportion of the crude oil that the four refineries in the country do not manage to process. The BD identified problematic aspects in the way in which …

Nigeria is in desperate need of a few good men and women to rebuild a broken and severely hemorrhaging nation! This incoming administration should have the ability to inspire confidence in its citizens as they have suffered way too long under the weight of greedy and self-centered leadership. Buhari must mobilize resources to accomplish a goal that transcends individual interests …

The United States and Europe today have no commitment to the development of nations. It is not an overstatement to say that governments in the west are utterly opposed to building up the physical economic capacity of developing nations, much less their own, due to their slavish, obsequious bowing at the altar of Wall Street and the City of London …