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Ours must not be empty-stomach democracy Fola Ojo Glorious and great Rubicon Nigeria crossed last Wednesday when the nation marked 25 years of democracy. In the last quarter of a century, the nation has struggled and wobbled. And unfortunately, til
As a lawyer rubbishes ‘restructuring’ One issue with some of the nation’s challenges is how complex, confusing, and unsolvable they seem to many Nigerians. And it doesn’t help matters when public figures intervene but what they say makes so
Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Back in 2005 or thereabouts, a good friend of mine shared with me the challenge his wife was encountering in her place of…
“We must also be aware that there are those among us who will try to exploit current challenges to undermine, if not destroy, this democracy for which so much has…
Should Nigerian politicians earn N62,000? Abimbola Adelakun Each time a country goes through minimum wage negotiation, you can take it for granted that the argument to put politicians on that same salary scale will come up. It is a common argument
Is this the democracy we want? Greg Odogwu While all indices point to a distressed nation, yet we must take a moment to reflect on how blessed we are as a people. By this time 31 years ago, we were a confused bunch. After the sudden annulment of th
As a pro-democracy activist in the heydays of brutal military dictatorship in this country which became even more vicious after their annulment of Nigeria’s widely acclaimed freest and fairest election…
Joseph Odidi Itotoh, the legendary educationist who raised my generation at the famous Immaculate Conception College, (ICC) in Benin City, was notable as a thoroughbred teacher, an uncompromising disciplinarian and…
Gaffe over minimum wage Lekan Sote Pray, why are the Federal Government and labour leaders splitting hairs over a matter that should not take so much of their time? They are unnecessarily running the risk of getting high blood pressure. While the
There is currently no evidence to support the claim that democracy is a perfect system of governance. However, humans still need to figure out a better means to guarantee the…