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Labour Party holds crucial NEC meeting, INEC, key stakeholders in attendance
By AJU Elumelu IN a significant move aimed at strengthening internal democracy and reaffirming its commitment to national development, the Labour Party held a high-level meeting of its National Executive Committee (NEC) on Friday. The gathering at the party’s national secretariat, achieved full attendance from all 36 state chairmen, and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja,…
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General Uba’s death and our debt to the military, By Farooq Kperogi
General Uba belonged to that same fraternity of men and women who live with death shadowing their every deployment. The video of his widow’s anguished lamentation captured something Nigerians rarely confront honestly. We see uniformed men and women. We see boots on the ground. What we rarely see are the families they leave behind, the…
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Insecurity: Again, how did we get to this pass? (1)
By abiodun KOMOLAFE The roots of the current crisis stretch deep into the past. To truly discern these origins, one must look all the way back to the Justice Alexander Ovie Aniagolu Report on the Maitatsine Riots in Kano (1981), whose findings clearly harbingered the events that were to come. Four decades later, we are…
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Umaru Musa Yar’adua University appoints 19 professors
By Angel Ojonugwa The Governing Council of Umaru Musa Yar’adua University (UMYU), Katsina, has approved the promotion of 19 academic staff to the rank of professors. This is contained in a statement issued in Katsina on Saturday by Hajiya Nabila Dahiru-Anche, Assistant Chief Information and Protocol Officer, Office of the Vice Chancellor. According to her,…
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Don’t Cry For Arne Slot – Remember Jose Mourinho and Others Before Him
By Victor Anazonwu Introduction Ten years ago this November, I wrote an essay for The Guardian (Nigeria) that later appeared in several other publications. It was titled “José Mourinho’s Missing Mojo,” and it examined a baffling phenomenon familiar to sports and to life itself: the sudden, inexplicable collapse of a winning streak. Using Mourinho’s unraveling…
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NSACC@25: Sanwo-Olu wants more investments between Nigeria, South Africa
By Stellamaris Ashinze Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has called for a more transformative relationship between Nigeria and South Africa in terms of investments, especially in manufacturing, fintech, entertainment, and green energy. Sanwo-Olu gave the charge at the Nigeria-South Africa Chamber of Commerce’ (NSACC) 25th anniversary dinner held in Lagos on Friday, and sponsored…
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