When Jonathan Discredits IBB's Educational policy
The importance of education to national development cannot be over emphasized; this underscores the effort made by successive administrations in Nigeria to ensure that...
WikiLeaks: How It all Began
According to Wikipedia, The WikiLeaks website first appeared on the Internet in December 2006. The site claims to have been "founded by Chinese dissidents,...
My Problem With Nigerians
To what shall I compare this generation? I sang a serenade and they did not dance; I played a dirge and they did not...
Internal Debts as threats to economic Development
“Internal debt is easier –because regardless if you are a democracy or dictatorship, you are always have the option to publicly say: sit down...
NITDA: Straddling the line between performance and culpability
An integral and sometimes unhealthy part of our discourse is the incessant carping about the failures and inadequacies of our political and socio-economic system....
Strengthening the Banking Reform with Economic Liberalization
Over the few years, the success of the banking reform and the on-going strides by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) suggests a complementary...
Sanusi: A Long Misunderstood Patriot
Governor of the Central of Nigeria, Mr. Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, is almost unarguably the most admired Nigerian at the moment. In a series of...
How Shekarau secures N3.8bn Hospital for Kano
The idea of a world-class medical centre that was conceptualised after tedious negotiation process in far away United States, the United Kingdom and many...
Amos Adamu’s Travails: the Consequences of Greed and Corruption
on Saturday 16 October 2010, Complete Sports magazine did a poll to its readers titled: “Is Dr. Amos Adamu A Curse Or A Blessing...
Riches: Face to Face with Alamieyeseigha
It is an experience this writer will not forget in a hurry. It is such an experience that makes one to wonder about life,...
Drum of Third World War Beats Louder
Two men to decide the fate of the embattled mankind in a matter of weeks are Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of...
Pension: A Retirement Income Strategy for Economic Development
Many years ago in advanced economies, a company might make a promise to pay pensions without setting aside any funds to support this promise....
Wanted: change driver, not jingoist
Forget corruption and fraudulence. The most serious political problem in our clime is none of these. It is the proclivity for ethnic jingoism that...
Renaissance Professionals: A Post Mortem
By I do not envy the campaign team of General Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida. One of the hardest things to do is to sell a...
Cybernetic Solutions to Economic Problems
Cybernetics is the science of communication and control in animal and machine. The word was coined from the Greek word steersman (Wiener), applicable today...
Sani-Sidi and the Way Forward in NEMA
Global attention is increasingly focused on disaster issues. This is particularly occasioned by sharp increase in the occurrence of disasters which have left many...
Memories of Colonial Africa: A Nigeria Without Oil
I was born in 1954 in colonial Africa. One of my most cherished mementos from the colony of Nigeria is one of the pennies...
Ledum Mittee Report as Key to Security and development
Call no man good until he be dead” - A philosophical thoughtJohn Donne derided death with his famous phrase, “…death be not proud.” John...
ArchiBuilt expo 2010 and greater Port Harcourt Mega city
Infrastructural development remains the driver of economic growth. Its deficit no doubt has hampered Africa’s development and Nigeria is no exception. Hence this challenge...
