By SNC Nwagu, Esq. “We cannot keep sending graduates into a security environment the 1973 law never imagined. Let us train them first.” President Bola Tinubu is right to appeal for the repeal of the extant NYSC laws. The National Youth Service Corps Act, Cap N4 LFN 2004, was designed for unity in 1973. In … [Read more…]
By Sebastine Okafor, Ph.D. As a victim of Ponzi schemes in 2020 due to naivety and subsequently a victim because of greed, I feel that it is time for Nigerians to understand why they should stop falling victim to these schemes and focus on businesses that yield genuine profit. For many Nigerians, the story is … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Eight days after the death of her husband, a twenty-eight-year-old widow, Tosin, found herself confronting a tragedy that had little to do with death itself and everything to do with the conduct of those who ought to have stood beside her in grief. According to media reports, members of her late husband’s … [Read more…]
By Dr. John Egbo, Deputy Sheriff (Rtd.) “Leadership is not about the next election; it is about the next generation.” This timeless truth finds resonance in the words of renowned leadership author Simon Sinek, who observed: “A good leader is someone who makes people feel safe, valued, and inspired so they can build a better future … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud Death has always had impeccable timing in Nigerian politics. Campaign managers, pollsters and party apparatchiks are never consulted, although the political class somehow receives the message; before the condolences’ registers announce themselves at the entrances of the houses of mourning, convoys begin to gather with punctuality, funeral ceases to be a private … [Read more…]
By SNC Nwagu, FIICA, MNIIA CORE ARGUMENT US-Iran hostility in 2026 is not a distant Middle East problem. It transmits directly to Nigeria through four channels: oil, money, food, and security. Until Nigeria builds refining, food, and currency capacity, we will keep paying for wars we did not start. INTRODUCTION A war 6,000 miles away … [Read more…]
Today, I had one of the proudest moments of my life. As a technologist I was assigned, as the IT personnel, to set up the boardroom for a high-level Business Strategy and Innovation meeting. Everything was ready the network, the presentation systems, and every technical detail. Once I was done, I sat outside the boardroom … [Read more…]
By Prince Ejeh Josh Some people pass through life chasing recognition; others leave behind something far more enduring—the quiet gratitude of lives they have touched. Their names may not dominate headlines every day, yet they are remembered in whispered prayers, heartfelt testimonies and the silent triumphs of those they once lifted from uncertainty to hope. … [Read more…]
By Clinton Umeh “Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others.” — Jonathan Swift “The purpose of looking at the future is to disturb the present.” — Gaston Berger Every generation is remembered for the leaders who merely managed the present and those who dared to redefine the future. History rarely celebrates … [Read more…]
-By Abdul Mahmud The American-English poet, T.S. Eliot’s Murder in the Cathedral is, on its face, a play about the assassination of Archbishop Thomas Becket in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170. Beneath its religious setting, however, it is a profound meditation on power, authority and the moral corrosion that occurs when political office comes to regard … [Read more…]
By Dr. Chukwuebuka Agah Politics has never been a contest of ideas alone; it is also a battle of narratives. Throughout history, candidates who inspire enthusiasm, attract grassroots support, or threaten entrenched political interests often become targets of coordinated attacks aimed at diminishing their public appeal. There is an old saying in politics: when your … [Read more…]
By Ikechukwu Amaechi There is no well-meaning Nigerian who is not relieved that the Oyo State kidnap saga ended happily despite the multiple fatalities and the 56 agonising days it took the country to embrace, once again, the light at the end of what was, to all intents and purposes, a very dark chapter in … [Read more…]