OPINION

By Segun Adeleye   Road Infrastructure To say poor infrastructure is undermining the nation’s economic and social development quest will be an understatement. With infrastructure deficit estimated at $100 billion yearly, the World Bank said the level and quality of infrastructure in Nigeria is low despite the Federal Government's claim...

By Segun Adeleye With the declaration of Asiwaju Bola Tinubu as the president-elect, Nigeria has taken another bold step forward in its democratic journey since May 29, 1999 when the election Chief Olusegun Obasanjo ended multiple decades of military rule that began in 1966 with interruption only by a brief...

Nigeria is one of the few African countries that has leveraged on some road safety principles and have recorded remarkable progress in road safety administration and management despite a ‘gloomy’ beginning. The road safety situation in Nigeria was so deplorable that the World Health Organisation once described the country as...

  Shortly after his emergence in 2019 as the 14th President of the Senate and Chairman of the Ninth National Assembly, Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan promised to ensure the 2020 Appropriation Bill was passed and signed into law by the President before the end of that year. That promise would have...

By Emmanuel Asika, Country Head, HP Nigeria Brands all over the world have a big problem on their hands – dealing with the ugly menace of counterfeit products that are continually flooding the marketplace which are undermining original equipment manufacturers’ (OEM) products. The activities of these criminals, worsening by the...

  – By Chijioke Azuawusiefe, SJ, PhD   Mr. Chairman; your excellencies; distinguished ladies and gentlemen. Good evening. It is my honor to be in your presence this evening to review Famous Faces: Interactions with Nollywood Stars and Stakeholders, the two-volume masterpiece by Azuh Amatus.   Before I continue, let...

  By Scott Coles, Coffee Business Executive Officer for Nestlé Central and West Africa There is nothing quite like that first cup of coffee in the morning. For me it’s a moment to gather my thoughts before the day really begins. However, this daily ritual isn’t something we can take...

  By Michael Owhoko, Ph.D Without prejudice to extent of preparations, has government genuinely evaluated reasons for dispute and rejection of previous census results in Nigeria before proceeding to organize another headcount?  Results of census conducted in 1962, 1963, 1973, 1991 and 2006 were all marred by anomalies and controversies...

By Olawale Rasheed History is replete with judges who shaped their days and nations, judicial officials who imprinted their footprints in front pages of national archives. In uncertain times, the nation needs an activist reformer, a man ready to crusade for a transformative judiciary, issuing federalist corrective landmark rulings, focussing...

By Okuru Innocent Over one million people, or 15 per cent of the world’s population, experience a form of disability. Persons with disabilities are often discriminated against and stigmatized as people tend to see only their challenges, not their abilities. Thus, they are denied their fundamental rights, including the right...