Opinion

Natural landscapes are declining worldwide. Approximately 30 percent of the world's natural forests are expected to be lost by the end of this century. Further, 25 percent of all land on earth is currently under threat of desertification, resulting...

Quite often, the news oozing out of Africa are those of  booming  guns, rumblings of hunger, cries of children, sighs of adults and the forlorn look of the aged and, of course, an inept leadership that has turned the...

West African traders demand investments in transportation infrastructure Ken Ukaoha knows something about infrastructure and intra-Africa trade. He is the founder and chief executive officer of Kenaux International Concept, a shoe and garment manufacturing company based in Aba, southeast Nigeria....

Even before voting got under away at the recent presidential primary election of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Port Harcourt, Atiku Abubakar was looking every inch the man to face President Muhammadu Buhari in the scheduled February 16,...

It is now evidently clear that the Nigerian media do not give a damn about the plight of Hausa/Fulani who have been penciled and are being eliminated by the Berom militia. This conclusion is arrived at in view of...

There has been some clarity about Nigeria’s 2019 Presidential election, with the end of the October 7 deadline set by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) for the conduct of party primaries at all levels. On Saturday, the ruling...

September is a special month for the family of Chief Gani Oyesola Fawehinmi, the matchless fighter  for the Nigerian poor who committed his 45-year legal practice, wealth and life to the emancipation of the Nigerian people. For his beliefs,...

Compliance standards can enhance ecosystems Ratifications are moving ahead, if slowly, on the newly signed African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA)—the world’s largest free trade agreement (with the most member countries) since the founding of the World Trade Organization. The African...

The emergence of Atiku Abubakar has understandably excited the opposition, and indeed the ruling party, whose officials couldn’t resist the urge to quickly react to the news. Festus Keyamo, Spokesman of the President Muhammadu Buhari Campaign Organization said the...

In July 2016, the Nigerian government inaugurated the Presidential Enabling Business Environment Council (PEBEC), as the administration’s flagship initiative to reform the business environment. The PEBEC, chaired by Vice President Prof. Yemi Osinbajo was also to attract investment and...