By Tony Afejuku Many of Nigeria’s Vice Chancellors are unquestionably perfect islands of distinguished academic administrators. So long as their islands remain islands many of their colleagues who constitute the rank-and-file outside their respective islands will forever need bridges and bridges across the Channels to be constructed and reconstructed to get to the islands. The […]
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This August makes it 20 years of telecommunications revolution in the country. This revolution stirred up many changes in the history of the country. Notably, Nigeria moved from meager 400,000 NITEL lines in 2001 to 297 million connected telephone lines within the space of two decades. This feat, among others, made the sector a ‘star […]
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Liberty Oneshiagbe had ridden bikes practically all his adult life. About three years ago, he got employed as a pilot (bike rider) with Gokada (which started as a commuting service but now is into last-mile delivery in Lagos). The second day after joining Gokada, he had an accident with his bike. But, today, he is […]
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Since the Chibok Girls kidnap in Borno State in 2014 by the dreaded Boko Haram insurgent group, it seems kidnapping of young people in schools has become the latest money-spinner among rogue groups. But how do parents deal with the emotion of raising and paying huge ransom money and yet not get their children back? […]
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By Ben Ezeohagwu Liars are humans in diversely different shades and tones of contortions…. they all share common characteristics denominators of dishonesty, disguise, intrigue, greed and so on… which connect countless human vices in a chemistry of densely dark entanglement. Humans may lie for several reasons better known to them. For whatever reasons, no reasons […]
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Thousands of cases of cholera have been reported in Nigeria between January and June 2021. The northern states of Bauchi, Gombe, Kano, Plateau and Zamfara are among those affected. Cholera is an acute diarrhoeal disease caused by Vibrio cholerae bacteria. It is passed on from faeces through contaminated food, drinks and unhygienic environments, and causes […]
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The planned review of telecoms license structure in Nigeria is expected to throw up more issues, among which is convergence. Largely, it is expected this should make the country improve its competitiveness. Adeyemi Adepetun writes. Technology is changing so fast that no one may be capable of giving a one hundred per cent detail of […]
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Port access road in Apapa during Buhari’s visit When President Mohammadu Buhari visited Lagos seaports to inaugurate the deep blue project on Thursday, the protracted Apapa traffic gridlock that has defied nearly every solution disappeared overnight; leaving the stakeholders with shock about the magic wand that brought the gridlock monster to its knees. Even though, […]
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Enugu State Governor, Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi (sixth left); Ebonyi State Governor and Chairman, South East Governors Forum (SEGF), David Umahi (middle), Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu (sixth right), Imo State Deputy Governor, Prof. Placid Njoku (fifth left), Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Uchechukwu Ogah (fifth right), President General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo, George Obiozor […]
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