Op.Ed pieces and columnists
Is it possible to sell Fura da nono, a milky drink and survive with it? Our correspondents, NANNA SENKUR and ROSE OWOTA ADAH tell the story on how Fulani women are taking care of their needs from the proceeds of the product. Are they primitive? No, the...
In this piece, Patience Ivie Obhafuoso identifies lack of enlightenment, positive orientation, adequate mobilistion and national values as some of the factors that lead to the inherent challenges of social transformation in a heterogeneous nation like ...
Many youths are groaning and languishing in penury as they continue to wait for a white-collar job, and fail to see opportunities in trades they tend to look down. John Aju narrates how he got to this point of comfort as he speaks with GABRIEL EWEPU. T...
‘I think gossip is one of the most destructive things people do in life. Many reputations are destroyed because someone feels insecure and wants to make other people look bad. The folks who gossip with the intent to make someone look bad to other...
Professor Ibrahim Abdullahi Madugu is the Director-General, National Metallurgical Development Centre (NMDC), Jos. In this interview with Ruth Tene, he says with proper government attention, the solid minerals sector would contribute significantly to j...
This is one of the most controversial topics on planet earth. It is a debate that has raged from probably since record keeping began. The whole world is divided into two over this never-ending argument. In the blue corner (subtle and cool) are the fema...
It was like a tale told in the movies; full of twists and turns. But the curtain finally fell on the career of Zakari Biu, Commissioner of Police in charge of investigation at Police Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja. In this piece, CHIZOBA OGBECHE, examines ...
The Nigerian police has come under attack in recent times not only by the dreaded Boko Haram sect, the new acting IG Mohammed Abubakar also tongued lashed the officers and men of the police force for allowing the standard of policing the country to fal...
It will not be out of place to say that in Nigeria today, the menace of the dreaded Boko Haram is taking a toll in all aspects of our national life including the church which has received more than a dosage from the mindless sect that attack and bomb c...
Residents of Obiagu, a well-known ghetto in Enugu, are bereft of modern social amenities, a setback that has forced them to struggle for survival in the settlement as though they are in the pit of hell. But MIKE UBANI, reports that in spite of th...
Since the birth of the Fourth Republic, the national parliament has churned out hundreds of resolutions. Curiously, these resolutions are largely ignored by Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) which have been at the receiving end of a large chu...
Working hard to meet the target set by World Health Organisation (WHO) of eradicating the polio virus in Nigeria, the Executive Director/CEO, National Primary Health Care Development Agency (NPHCDA), Dr Ado J.G Muhammad is optimistic that come 2013, Ni...
A coalition of Northern politicians, academics, professionals and businessmen met yesterday at Asokoro, in Abuja, to deliberate on matters of serious concern to the Northern states of Nigeria and their peoples. In the course of the meeting the Northern...
DAVID-CHYDDY ELEKE in this report looks at the preparations being made to ensure hitch free burial for former warlord, and the leader of the Igbo people, Dim Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu. Since the announcement of his death last year, 26th November, the...
Former governorship aspirant in Kaduna State, under the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Idris Shuaibu Mikati and member Governing Council of the Kaduna State University is an expert in human resource management and governance. In this int...