Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow When Nigeria celebrated its centenary last year in grand style part of the icing on the cake was to be a convergence of athletes for the National Sports Festival, NSF, in Calabar towards the end of 2014. More than 12,000 athletes from each […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow While appraising the herculean task ahead of Attahiru Jega, the immediate past chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, I recently wrote in this space that I am nominating the amiable academician as Nigeria’s “Man of the Year” because “my gut instinct […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow For most workers in Nigeria there is no calendar period more important than the end of the month. That is when they get rewarded for work done. But for workers in many states of the country the end of the month is now […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow While one would agree to some extent that sentiments ought to be set aside but the issues of ideology, science and international best practices must be challenged in the interest of knowledge in general and the Nigerian economy in particular. In measuring unemployment, […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Employment is an important variable in any economy’s development equation. Employment has both economic and social ramifications. Consequently, the labour force comprises all persons 16 years of age (slightly older in some economies) and upward who are neither in prison nor in a […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow Fuel scarcity in Nigeria has become an ugly recurring decimal for an economy that exports crude petroleum. The Nigerian economy has four refineries and in the late 1970s and early 1980s, the country was even exporting refined products. Thereafter, the fuel scarcity […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By: Amina Salihu In 1995, we stood at the cusp of her story. With the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, BPfA, adopted by UN member nations, suddenly everything looked possible: new pathways for women, new opportunities, new hopes. Through the BPfA, governments […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By AMINA SALIHU FIDA, the International Federation of Women Lawyers, now 50 years old in Nigeria, recently held gala and reflection sessions under the theme, 50 Years of Investing in Women and Children. One of the sessions, to which I belonged, was on […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow A professor of Christian Theology and Ethics, in a book of engaging craftsmanship, seeks to canalise man’s thinking and ways into paths for profitable, worthy living One common thread that runs through the lives of men and women of conscience and character the […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow At the Abuja launch of a book by Amina Salihu, a farmer, newspaper columnist and feminist, the need for deliberate policies to promote women’s participation in politics was brought to the front burner In Nigeria where, more often than not, events such as […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow After being buoyed by a 2-0 win over Congo in Point Noire, no one could realistically foresee the Super Eagles’ hope of defending their African Cup of Nations, AFCON, title come to a screeching halt in their drawn game against South Africa in […] More
Follow ( 0 Followers ) X Follow E-mail : * Follow Unfollow By Ade Adefuye Nigeria and the United States, US, have come a long way. Our relationship has its roots in the strong historical and cultural connections between our two peoples, a connection reinforced by existing economic and geo-political realities. Nigeria with 170 million […] More
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