Perspectives
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Renewable energy solution to 5G coverage energy consumption, By Prof Umar Dambatta
Exactly one year ago at the Nigerian Communications Commission’s Head Office in Maitama, I unveiled the Commission’s year-round plan for implementing initiatives for realizing the theme of 2022 World Consumer Right Day, which was “Fair Digital Finance”. In the period between March 15, 2022, and today, NCC carried out its mandate in a manner that further strengthened consumer protection while…
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Nigeria decides: Reflections on Lagos, Nollywood and clean politics, By Tunji Bamisigbin
l am not a politician but l can’t be apolitical at my level. l therefore find time to play a role through friends who have chosen politics as career. Aside my exposure to Lagos, having been born here well over 60 years ago on the lsland. I grew up with indegenes and non indegenes in an atmosphere of love and…
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Emefiele: The worst Nigerian CBN governor ever, By Kola Amzat
Since the turn of 60s when Nigeria became independent, the Apex Bank has never lacked men of undoubted quality in control, with outstanding intelligence and brilliance, keen and shrewd minds, admirable banking and financial skills, helicopter views on economy and above all, undoubted patriotism. From the era of Alhaji Aliyu Mai Bornu, the first indigenous CBN governor to Dr. Clement…
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Naira redesign implemention failure and its consequences, By Kingsley Moghalu
The terrible suffering & economic loss Nigerians and Nigeria have experienced as a result of the faulty IMPLEMENTATION of the Central Bank of Nigeria’s Naira redesign policy, the entry of the judiciary into central banking functions, all show clearly how our institutions— and Nigeria — fail when institutions that are meant to be operationally independent become politicized. Currency functions are…
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The Naira grab: we fought the battle, we won the war, By Kayode Gani Balogun
Sometimes, Public Analysis can be a chore. But once in a while, like today, you feel that it was worth it. All those hours spent doing research, both by the production team and the analysts, looking critically at both sides of the argument and then presenting these facts in a lucid and logical manner on live television, while also trying…
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Sanwoolu’s quest to keep Lagos rising! By Dapo Okubanjo
This is an election like no other and this has nothing to do with Labour Party’s shock outing on February 25 in Lagos State. The introduction of the Bimodal Voters Accreditation System (BVAS) was always going to be a game changer in the electoral process but any casual watcher of the political space in the state would have noticed that…
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Sanwo-Olu: Running on experience and track record, By Gboyega Akosile
The decision of Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to seek a second term in office, came as no surprise to millions of Lagosians, in that the constitution of land permits him to do so. But the move, no doubt, was greeted by spontaneous excitement among the residents, given the quality of leadership, people-oriented policies and clear governance direction brought to…
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Sanwo-Olu and Lagos elite, By Kunle Awosiyan
After the 2019 presidential election, which President Muhammadu Buhari of APC won with just 130,000 votes against Alhaji Atiku Abubakar of PDP in Lagos State, there was a sudden fear that perhaps Jimi Agbaje of PDP might beat Babajide Sanwo-Olu of APC in the governorship polls. The rejection of Governor Akinwunmi Ambode by the APC and eventual emergence of Sanwo-Olu…
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Dino Melaye and his shameful public tantrums, By Umar Mohammed
I remember with nostalgia my first contact with Hon Dino Melaye. It was circa 2000 or 2001 then I was a capt serving in Bauchi. It was wen I came to Kaduna for a weekend while relaxing and watching TV in my living room wen my house guard informed me that somebody wanted to see me. I directed the guard…
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Lagos, my Lagos! By Femi Fani-Kayode
I make no apology for saying the following. Lagos is NOT no-man’s land. It belongs to the Yoruba. Other than winning the Presidency, the most important thing for the Yoruba to do today is to ensure that Babajide Sanwo-Olu is re-elected as Governor of Lagos state. Outside of that we are finished as a race and as a people. The…
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