CEMENT and concrete are synonymous with strength ;the strength of the economy and infrastructural development. Cement is specifically an indicator…
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NIGERIA’s maternal and infant mortality rate is still among the highest in the world, with 540 babies out of 100,000…
‘Lagos NURTW generates N123bn annually’ THE above was the subtitle of the last paragraph of the third piece last week,…
IT is such a shame that in a country where the present administration keeps talking about fighting corruption, the same…
THE other room is the most important room in the home and in any woman’s life. Every woman knows that.…
NIGERIA’s politicians have perfected the art of burying themselves with one foot sticking out. And it appears that the All…
ADAMU Maina Waziri is one politician most people misunderstand. He is one man who does not suffer fools and, unlike…
CLEAN-SHAVEN, suave, upwardly mobile, and incurably optimistic ,Herbert Onyewumbu Wigwe (HOW) was one of the most recognisable figures in the…
THERE was an unusual kind of protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, few days ago. The protest was…
‘WHEN we revolt it’s not for a particular culture. We revolt simply because, for many reasons, we can no longer…
LET’s revisit some bits of the public lecture on the benefits of tribalism by Dr. Nnamdi Azikwe at the University…
I WAS going through some old files in my closet the other day when I saw some documents and receipts…
“He had a good heart, see where he died.” “To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.”…
MOST Nigerians are tense and not at ease. The reasons are plausible. The scourge of hunger, spiralling inflation, insecurity, and…
THE nation has been in celebration mode in the last couple of days due to the superlative performance of the…
I HAD planned to write on leadership lessons from the late General Murtala Muhammed who was assassinated 48 years ago.…
SO there have been protests from certain quarters since last week’s piece titled ‘WHAT EXACTLY DO MEN WANT FROM US?’.…
AS THE troubled Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) convenes its Ministerial Council meeting in Abuja on February 8…
THE promotion of peaceful and inclusive societies is the focus of goal number 16 of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).…
ON Sunday, August 15, 1971, the United States economy was literally facing a firing squad. The Dollar was in a…