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South East economic potentials and SME opportunities
South-East region has the capacity to jump start Nigeria’s industrial revolution, if the five states of the region can collaborate to harness its enormous potentials in agriculture,…
Federal government and the bourgeoning industrial disharmony
By Polycarp Onwubiko
To say that the minister, along with the management of the ministry of labour and employment are having sleepless nights in what could be perceived as bourgeoning…
Poor academic reward and the declining interest in learning
Nigeria is notorious for poor reward of students, particularly excellent ones, instead, she celebrates frivolities above scholarly achievements leading to lack of interest in learning as…
Jubilation as Obiano commences second term
Four years after his debut as Anambra Governor, Willie Mmaduaburochukwu Obiano is taking another oath of office for a second stint as the chief executive officer of the ‘Light of the Nation’…
Buhari’s second probe of the Amnesty programme and Boroh’s exit
By Chibisi Ohakah
Following the sack early this week of the Chairman of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, and Special Adviser to the President on Niger Delta, Brigadier General…
Dapchi abduction, negotiations and security apparatchiks
By Polycarp Onwubiko
All over the civilized world, it is taken for granted that the security of lives and property is the primary responsibility of government. To say that present…
Students’ indiscipline and punitive measures by teachers
Following the attacks by parents on teachers who discipline their wards at various levels of education in Nigeria, Gabriel Alonta examines this tendency alongside the, mostly corporal,…
Oil spill saga : Bayelsa community, NSCDC in battle royal
By Kenechukwu Obiajuru, Yenagoa
The last may not have been heard of the oil war in Ikaramain Yenagoa Local Government area of Bayelsa state between the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence…
$500m insurance lifeline for Nigerian farmers
By Chibisi Ohakah
A fortnight ago, the federal government announced major policy review in the agricultural sector expected to boost production activities and increase food production…
APC and the restructuring of the Nigerian federation
By Polycarp Onwubiko
The founding fathers of Nigerian independence - Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe, Chief Obafemi Awolowo, and Alhaji Ahmadu Bello, considered the federal system of government as…
Umahi’s crackdown on illegal mining in Ebonyi
By Sunday Agbo
Ebonyi state received national media spotlight last week following widespread reports of illegal mining activities in the state. The discovery that foreigners, mostly…
Fresh opportunities in the commodities market
By Chibisi Ohakah, Abuja
The Nigeria Commodity Exchange has dropped hints about its plans to introduce new lines of products for the exports market as part of efforts to boost non-oil…
Nigerian Libya returnees recount ugly experience
By Ehigimetor Igbaugba,
Faith Oboh, 22, is the third in a family of 12 persons; the first daughter in a polygamous family who lost her mother before she finished her secondary school…
The Buhari second term bid: unfulfilled promises galore
By Chinedu Nwaneri
As Nigerians continue to speculate on the perceived re-election bid of President Muhammadu Buhari, it is worthy of note that, while he is being endorsed by groups and…
Buhari’s second term bid without Tinubu
By Chibisi Ohakah
Going by the number of desperate moves by some interested quarters in the All Progressives Congress , even as they are not relenting, and the cold attitude of the…