OPINION

  By Olukayode Kolawole   The rapid spread of COVID-19 has disrupted businesses, communities, education, livelihood and the lives of billions of people globally. As individuals and businesses react and desperately try to minimize the impact and spread of the virus, the government is also taking action. President Muhammadu Buhari...

By Olukayode Kolawole Job cuts, layoffs, wage cuts, and employee redundancy have continued to exacerbate as the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic continues to disrupt social life, the economy and every other human activity across countries. Hundreds of jobs have been wiped off like almost all the value chains including manufacturing, sales,...

    By Olukayode Kolawole   As the world celebrates the 2020 International Women's Day on March 8, there will be enormous conversations around women empowerment, and gender equality. Aligned with the United Nations Women's multigenerational campaign, this year's International Women’s Day is themed" I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s...

  By Michael Owhoko Where is the map of Biafra? This is the question I have often asked the promoters and sympathizers of the Biafra cause, and up till this moment, their responses have been feeble, vague, evasive and suspicious, failing to provide specific drawing showing a clearly defined territorial...

Walter Duru, Ph.D On Tuesday, January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of Nigeria, in one of the most controversial judgments in Nigerian history, sacked the Governor of Imo State, Rt. Hon. Emeka Ihedioha and declared the candidate of the All Progressives Congress- APC, Senator Hope Uzodimma Governor of the state....

By Kayode Oladeji Of the United Nations recognised 193 countries worldwide, Africa has 54.  However, African Union(AU), recognises 55 countries, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic being the 55th. Africa is populated by 1.317 billion people, representing 16.64 per cent of the world’s 7 billion population and is the second most populous...

    By  Austin Ayaosi Since the advent of electronic commerce (otherwise referred to as e-commerce) in Nigeria in 2012, one can safely say that there has been a steady growth trajectory in that sector overtime. Nigeria's experience For a sector largely driven by innovation within the financial system and...

By Ola Awoniyi   When Ahmad Ibrahim Lawan graduated from the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID) in 1984 with a B.Sc in Geography, his apparent career was as an academic. The career was probably foisted on him as Ahmad was a beneficiary of the legacy of Professor Jubril Aminu who, as...

  By Emmanuel Bello Have you met the Honourable Minister of Power, Engr. Sale Mamman? I have and nothing has made me more confident that President Muhammadu Buhari has got his Man Friday in the power sector at last like the encounter. Tall, regal and soft-spoken, you see the wheels...

By Ola Awoniyi The ninth Nigerian Senate was inaugurated on June 11, 2019. Six months after, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, and his colleagues have a lot to celebrate even if also some things to ponder on the task ahead. The Senate can be proud of its record of achievements...