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Letting the work do the talk: President Buhari slays a myth
When President Buhari’s tenure as President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria comes to an end on May 29, 2023, he will be leaving office with a much bigger following in the Southeast…
Prof. Is-haq Oloyede: Profile in forthrightness, by Muiz Banire
An average reader of this column may not be far from being correct if he summarizes my writings as expression of anger against all that is wrong with Nigeria, dedicated to…
IBB, the General who lost his last battle
On August 17, General Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB), joined the ranks of Octogenarians. And even among that lucky species in Nigeria, a few elder statesmen stand out; that’s the group…
Managing Distributed Teams Effectively With Remote Agile – Ayodele Doreen
The rise of remote work has significantly impacted how Agile teams operate. Traditional Agile methodologies, which emphasize face-to-face collaboration and communication, must adapt to the challenges and opportunities of a distributed work…
The fallacy of ethnic homogeneity
At the centre of separatist campaigns in Nigeria, and possibly around the world, is the desire to have “homogenous” nations, or nations where an ethnic group is overwhelmingly…
Forensic Audit: A Test of Buhari’s Integrity
The battle lines were drawn, the drums of war drowning the initial applause that greeted the order for the financial probe of the corruption riddled interventionist agency - the Niger…
Fallacies of ethnic agendas, by Fredrick Nwabufo
The fear of ethnic domination is as old as Nigeria. Mutual recriminations and suspicion have been the scourge of Nigeria’s cohesive development. The south-east says it is the north, and the north points the finger back; the…
2023: Why PDP Cannot Afford To Cede Its Presidential Ticket To Any Region
In the coming days, the National Executive Committee, NEC, of Peoples Democratic Party, will be appoint a chairman and other members of the National Zoning Committee for…
2023: Atiku Abubakar’s 10 insurmountable odds
1. After the 2-term presidency of General Muhammadu Buhari, the general expectation is that power will return to the South in 2023. The ruling All Progressives Congress (#APC) has confirmed its zoning of the presidency to…
A Plateau bleeding non-stop
Plateau state is back in the news again — and for the usual tragic reasons: maiming and killing in the name of God. In the last eight weeks, over 100 lives have been…
What does Ortom really want?
The last six years must have been the toughest one for anyone who is of the Fulani ethnic stock in Nigeria. Governor Samuel Ortom has, in words and actions, made being a Fulani a burden on account of the distasteful…
It’s evil, pure and simple
It is both sad and disheartening to observe the construct that some people try to give certain developments in the country. And that came out in bold relief in this week’s…
Audacity Of Fake News: Army Recruiting Boko Haram Members?
It is my deduction that fake news is fecundated by prejudice; prejudices whether ethnic, political or religious. Nigeria’s social media dome is a hang-out…
PIA and the triumph of mischief
Have you heard the news? The Petroleum Industry Act (PIA) signed by President Muhammadu Buhari is the most anti-Niger Delta legislation in history, conceived and designed to…
PMB: CALL HIM THE MASTER FINISHER
By FEMI ADESINA The country has been agog this week with fallout from the signing of the long-awaited Petroleum Industry Bill (PIB) into law. That…
Boko Haram surrender, a Trojan horse?
Over the past weeks, we have seen hundreds of members of the dreaded Boko Haram sect come out of their hideouts to surrender to the troops of Nigerian Army and more are still…
The cross Babangida still carries at 80
GENERAL Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida will be 80 today, August 17. He is the second longest military ruler in Nigeria, the first being General Yakubu Gowon who ruled Nigeria from…
Why Twitter got it wrong in Nigeria
It has been two months since the Nigerian government banned Twitter after the tech giant deleted a post by President Muhammadu Buhari for violating its rules on abusive…
Dear God, let oil price fall to $44
If you think this is a satire, then you are taking life too seriously. It is time to start thinking about unusual solutions to Nigeria’s unusual problems. There is no use following the regular route…
If not infrastructure, then what?
Former Governor of Anambra State and running mate to Atiku Abubakar in the 2019 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, flew into the eye of the storm some days ago, when he said…
Maradona’s latest dribble
Anyone born in the 1990s cannot understand why for those slightly older, former President Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida aka IBB aka Maradona remains an object of enduring…
Lessons From The Zuma Riots
The times call for political pragmatism and economic realism The dust is gradually settling after the recent violence and looting in many urban centres of South Africa,…
Is education still key to success?
Education is the bedrock of development. If the education system in the country can be revised to emphasise the practical aspect of study and particularly entrpreneurship,…
No, IBB, power rotation is democratic
Ahead of his 80th birthday, Gen Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida, who ruled Nigeria as a self-styled military president from 1985 to 1993, spoke at length with ARISE TV in an interview aired…