Op.Ed pieces and columnists
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), appears to have taken on the toga of a lame duck, as the governments of Ebonyi and Enugu States withhold September salaries of their workers who embarked on industrial action to force their respective government...
It is a new dawn for Nigerian pensioners with the establishment of Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reform. WILLIAMS ORJI writes on the challenges facing this team and the need for the body to be given a maximum support. When the Presidential Ta...
The Nigerian telecoms industry has in the last 10 years evolved to become the number one market in Africa and one of the major players, Etisalat Nigeria marks three years of operation this week. In this interview, chief executive officer, Etisalat Nige...
Popular Yoruba comic, Babatunde Omidina (aka Baba Suwe) has for the past two weeks been a guest of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over allegations of drug trafficking. In this piece, OLAOLU OLADIPO examines the issues surrounding the ...
The consistent harassment and threats by Abuja Market Managers Limited (AMML) have taken a different dimension as traders now conduct business in fear of the high and mighty.CHIKA OKEKE writes. Garki Model market is situated along Ladoke Akintola Boule...
In Abuja, where you reside could determine what type of job you get. Michael Oche writes that employers now turn down applicants who reside in border towns like Suleja Victoria had applied for a job in one of the fast food joints in Wuse 11 part ...
There are three universities in Akwa Ibom State. While two of them-University of Uyo and Akwa Ibom University of Technology- are conventional and impart knowledge on applied and social sciences, the third, ‘University of Thought’ is a roads...
The body charged with regulating the foods, drug and cosmetics sector in Nigeria is the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC). In this interview with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND’s RUTH CHOJI, the agency’s Director-Gen...
Since the 80s when the economy nosedived and people’s purchasing power dwindled, there has been an increase in the demand for imported partially used cars and parts in Nigeria’s automobile industry. And though government has on several occa...
In this interview with RUTH TENE NATSA, Abdullahi Dan-alkali, who represents Zuru, Fakai Sakaba , Danko/Wasagun constituency in the House of Representatives, is of the view that military interventions led to the political quagmire that Nige...
Abuja, like the commercial city of Lagos with unmerous shops, is flooded with private primary and secondary schools. Owners of these schools which are strewn all over the city, set their eyes on the parents, like commercial banks would target prospecti...
Education is regarded as the bedrock of any society, hence its importance to national development cannot be overemphasised. Any society that is serious about development must therefore educate its citizenry. It is against this background that the...
The beauty and serenity that are synonymous with Abuja are fast being eroded by have converted available under bridge spaces crisscrossing the city to their businesses premises. However, the illegal conversion of underground spaces to business centres ...
With the current precarious security situation in the country it is imperative for the management in every organisation to review its security system and put in place necessary measures to stem the rising tide of internal insecurity. GABRIEL EWEP...
Mr Chinedu Eze, reporter with Thisday Newspaper resides in Lagos. He was in the nation`s capital, Abuja for an assignment at the National Assembly in 2008. From the airport, He picked up a taxi to the National Assembly Complex and on alighting from the...