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  Sadiya Umar Farouq Minister for Humanitarian affairs and Disaster Management Schools were closed because of Covid-19. Children were at home. We lacked data to locate the homes of the children. Yet school feeding program continued. The name did not change to home

I would have recommended glasses but the man wears one. He says it is petty to say there is more corruption in Nigeria today than previously. I am happy the man has finally woken

 When GEJ mentioned that he was not sure, Boko Haram was not in his government, many people waved it aside. Before him late Army Chief Owoeye Army Chief: Tukur Yusuf Buratai

I have always had a passion for teaching. When my wife celebrated my fiftieth birthday for me, I was working

I t is just not possible. It is believed that the voice of the people is the voice of God. For those who took time to overwhelm me with buckets of good wishes, I thank you.

To the Glory of God, I am 60 today. Born to Late Felix Chukwunweike Emelifonwu and Elizabeth Olufunke Emelifonwu nee  Esenwa. My father was from Illah in Delta State. His parents were Stephen Nwabuzor Emelifonwu the first Post Master in Illah and founder of Christ Apostolic

Zainab Ahmed: Federal Minister of Finance, Budget and National Planning My late Uncle, Fidelis Olisaeloka Emelifonwu, used to say that a liar, has not started lying until he starts lying to himself. How best can I describe this latest faux pas from the Federal Government? I recall my days in the Financial Sector, when the Central Bank of Nigeria,

  In September 1996 Owerri the IMO State, Nigeria, Capital was lit up with protests. It was in the dark days of the Abacha regime. There was hunger and there was anger, yet some people were living large out of no one knows what. Children were missing. Rumours were flying. Cult

  Folorunsho Coker, Director - General Nigerian Tourism Development Corporation This may look a no brainer but not for die hard sellers of Tourism in Nigeria. There is no doubt that Nigeria is not lacking in holiday resorts. Nigeria is one country that does not believe in local but international

When Covid -19 struck real hard, schools had to close down. Schools at all levels were affected. The closure was at a time when Schools were rounding up the second term. The time for the third term has come and Minister of Education: Adamu Adamu

 A beautiful Logo for our celebration but the nation is far from feeling beautiful. Usually when a person is told she is beautiful, she feels appreciated or when your possession is termed

Language and culture go hand in hand and as one with a deep interest in Economics, I am not happy about Nigeria's high propensity to import. The more we import, the less independent and more dependent  we remain. Independent we have been

Adamu Adamu: Nigerian Minister of Education I am aware that in this I will be treading on a delicate path, but I stand by my view. The craze for foreign

                    Mohammed Yusuf  Mohammed Yusuf the founder of Boko Haram was taken into custody by the Police in the early days of Boko Haram. In custody the man died. Just like that. The Police in their wisdom must have

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo Like a fairy tale , it happened before our eyes and yet we all claim to have balls. Yet it happened. My admiration for the persona of Obj is more than I have for many a Nigerian leader but my worry is that

Forty years after the Nigerian Civil war in spite of Reconciliation, reconstruction and rehabilitation, the question of whether the Igbo are fit to rule Nigeria is still contentious. Let us go back memory lane. It could be argued that zoning is not in the constitution but Federal Character is                  Yakubu Gowon

                Pastor Enoch Adeboye Not too long ago, Nigerians were going to Aso Rock, the seat of Power in Nigeria and keeping mum after coming out.  Very recently, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, the revered General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God

 Presidential Spokesman: Femi Adesina Vision 2020 is nearing its end and as if we have a hangover, another bottle has been introduced to steer us economically to 2050. Planning in itself is not a bad idea. Even full ministries could be saddled

Late Justice Timothy Akinola Aguda  When the Late Justice Timothy Akinola Aguda Committee recommended  Abuja as Nigeria's Federal Capital Territory, it was to be a centre of Unity but alas it is fast turning into a centre of Law Breaking. Covid - 19 has done a huge number on the world and in Nigeria revelations

The recent tirade of First Lady Aisha Buhari against the Daily Trust brings to mind an incident in Nigeria in 1973. It had to do with a journalist working for Nigerian observer but based in Port Harcourt, The Late Minere Amakiri, who Photo Credit: Daily Trust

Nigeria is the giant of Africa, but where is our Nelson Mandela? Nigerians are all over the world making waves but when will Nigerians fix Nigeria? To think that Britain colonized both India and Nigeria and yet, Nigeria is nowhere near India in terms of Mahatma Gandhi

Governor Emmanuel Udom  Governor Emmanuel Udom of Akwa Ibom was a Lagos State based top banker before venturing into Politics. His emergence as a Governor of his people did not happen over night. Although, he for now does not see eye to eye with former Governor and Senator Godswill Akpabio, but he

 Inspector - General, Mohammed Adamu I thought we would have learnt from the fiasco that recruitment into Immigration Service turned into. Recruitment into Government Agencies

Like a thief in the night the increments chanced upon us. There is this saying that he who goes a borrowing goes a sorrowing. Those familiar with Nigeria's economic President Muhammad Buhari

 Late Mrs Joan Olufunke Uchidiuno I liked to see her as a gentle giant. She was my Boss at Lafiaji High School. Somehow I do not suffer fools gladly so if you were my Boss, you had to earn it. Late Mrs Olufunke Uchidiuno was a thoroughbred English teacher who had my deepest respect for many reasons.

National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, came into being through a 1993 Decree under the regime of IBB. It was a child of necessity, Ghana and Sierra Leone Mojisola Adeyeye: DG, NAFDAC

 President Nana Akufo - Addo of Ghana Time there was when Ghana was the butt of Nigerian jokes, but that was then. Things have changed. In the 60s Nigerians were sent packing from Ghana. In the 80s Nigeria paid