Opinion

It had been an hard choice; Africa electing a new Chairperson of the   African Union  Commission (AUC)  to run the continental body. The option   had been forced on her after the Chairperson, Dr. Nkosazana   Dlamini-Zuma, the former liberation fighter...

African companies to bid for contracts around the world Public procurement is fast becoming big business in Africa. It accounts for almost a third of the gross domestic product (GDP) in poor countries and up to 15% in developed countries. In...

We are all aware of the  penchant of APC  leaders to churn out lies. We   know that they lack the capacity  to tell the truth. It is common   knowledge  that they script their lies for the  mere reason that...

It is no longer news that APC came into governance on the altar of   deceit. The deceit thrived because the Jonathan administration failed to   bring to public attention its numerous achievements. And APC, being a   party of subterfuge and...

It cannot be overemphasized that churches in Africa are instrumental to   the witch craze in the region. Programs and activities of faith   organizations continue to fuel witchcraft suspicions with sometimes   horrific consequences on alleged witches. There is an urgent...

I often say — we (Nigerians) are an unserious people. Though I blurt jokingly most times, the severity of this statement remains intact. Earlier this week, on Monday, I received a message on my WhatsApp from an unrelenting, serial pusher of broadcasts...

Confucius, the philosopher who lived between 551-479 BCE was credited  as emphatically telling those who are elected by their people to  govern their administrative and political affairs that: “If your  desire is for good, the people will be good.” erhaps,...

The North African country seeks to leverage its economic weight in sub-Saharan Africa Slowly and steadily, Morocco has been establishing itself as a major economic force in sub-Saharan Africa, even as it eyes gaining readmission into the African Union (AU),...

News that seized the public space for the most of the dying convulsions of 2016 was the nomination and rejection of Ibrahim Magu as EFCC chairman by the Senate.  We all know that certain twin brothers - corruption and...

BACKGROUND The budget is perhaps the most important instrument for the development of any modern state apart from the constitution. It can be argued that it is only through the instrumentality of the budget that government can allocate resources to...