Perspectives
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FG’s 50% transport rebate: a festive season blessing for travelers, By Babajide Fadoju
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s recent announcement regarding free train rides and a 50% discount on interstate bus fares during the festive period has sparked widespread reactions across Nigeria. While some voices, notably the Nigerian Labour Congress, expressed skepticism, numerous travelers, including myself, have already experienced the benefits, potentially making this policy a game-changer for the Yuletide season. The Minister for…
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How Nigeria added territory without war, litigation, and the unsung heroes, By Garba Shehu
With the important announcement of the accession of United Nations to the nation’s request for the extension of the country’s Continnental Shelf a few days ago, no one should be in doubt any longer about the rising capacities of Nigeria in the emerging geopolitical equation, globally. Adnan Rashid Nasser Al-Azri, chairman of the United Nations Commission on the Limits of…
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Christmas: We will continue to flow with the waves of love, By Umo Eno
BEING THE CHRISTMAS MESSAGE BY HIS EXCELLENCY, PASTOR UMO ENO, GOVERNOR, AKWA IBOM STATE, GOVERNMENT HOUSE, UYO-DECEMBER 25TH, 2023 Fellow Akwaibomites, Today represents a great day in Christendom. It is the day the Saviour of mankind, our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ was born. My wife, Her Excellency, Pastor Patience Umo Eno and I, extend to you our warmest greetings…
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The many silver linings of Tinubu’s 7 months in office, By Bayo Onanuga
The removal of fuel subsidy and the move to merge foreign exchange rates, two headline reforms introduced by the Tinubu administration since late May, triggered problems such as high fuel prices and the depreciation of the Naira, two monstrosities which combined to cause a general spike in costs of services and goods. Today, many Nigerians complain of a rise in…
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Yuletide: Excitement, commendations trail Tinubu’s transport subsidy, By Segun Tomori
Nigerians from all walks of life are thrilled by the Presidential intervention mitigating the high cost of transport this festive season. Cross-country travelling to see loved ones at the end of the year has been the norm for Nigerians, for decades, irrespective of religious inclinations. Therefore, the far-reaching effect of discounted inter-state bus fares and free train rides on the…
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Crying more than the bereaved, By Bolaji Adebiyi
President Bola Tinubu’s intervention in the Rivers State crisis was essentially a political rather than legal resolution of a political issue, writes Bolaji Adebiyi President Bola Tinubu has come under searing attacks since the outcome of his intervention in the political crisis in Rivers State became public on Tuesday. It didn’t matter that his traducers were among the legion of…
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Tinubu’s ‘directives on Rivers crisis unconstitutional, By Edwin Clark
Firstly, I wish to commend President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for heeding the various calls, including our own, to mediate in the on-going crisis rocking Rivers State by calling Barr. Nyesome Wike to order so as to restore peace and tranquillity in the State and avert any problem similar to that which occurred in 2013, when Barr. Wike was Minister of…
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My shared journey with Oba Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomoso, By Adedokun Omoniyi Abolarin
As I weave the words of our shared journey and reduce it into a piece of portable writing, pride and joy swell up within my heart for my very good brother and friend and now Alayeluwa Ọba, Ghandi Afolabi Olaoye, the Soun of Ogbomoso land. I remember that the tale of our shared stories began within the echo of our…
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Economic diversification: all eyes on solid minerals, digital economy, by Kola Amzat
Over decades, very unsuccessful attempts have been made by the successive administrations to diversify the nation economy from oil sector. But, it’s instructive to submit that the efforts made so far have not been strategic, deliberate and profound enough, as they’ve yielded no notable and significant results. Indeed, more of those moves have ended in the realm of policy formulation,…
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The year of Renewed Hope, By Fredrick Nwabufo
It has been months of bold decisions, strategic re-engineering, and studied statecraftship. The expectations effusive, the yearnings harkened, the promises certain, and the hope ever so sure. Nigeria is in planned drive under an ambidextrous and masterful pilot, President Bola Tinubu, and destined for majesty. The road has not been without a few bumps, but the journey is as exhilarating…
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