CAN, Gumi And A Government Tactically Supporting Jihadists
By: Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi Many have been scammed through religion. potential glorious citizens have become reason for gory human experiences as a result of extreme religious views. Extremism is not limited to religion. But more than any other area…
Sense and Economics of Asaba Airport Concession
By Rebecca Ejifoma On Tuesday, February 23, 2021, the Asaba International Airport entered a new epoch, becoming the first brownfield airport concession in Nigeria. The concession was described by Governor Ifeanyi Okowa of Delta State as a breakthrough in his…
Femi Adesina: A Presidential Mouth Without Odour?
By: Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi There are majorly three Femis in the Nigeria media space none of who can be ignored. This clarification is however decided by the spectacular with which we view them. The first in line, far from…
Open Letter To President Muhammadu Buhari On The Quite Alarming And Disturbing Insecurity Situation In Nigeria
Dr. Chinedu Jideofo-Ogbuagu In the early hours of yesterday, 27th February 2021, exactly one week after my APC membership was revalidated at Ihe, I just settled down in the expansive village living room of my friend I had not seen…
How States Can Recoup Investment in Airports Using Delta State Example
By Lawani Mikairu Last Tuesday, the Delta State government signed a concession agreement with a consortium of private companies to manage and run the Asaba Airport for a period of 30 years. Aside from the companies upgrading the infrastructures at the…
Sheikh Ahmed Gumi: The Making Of Nigerian Ayatollah
By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi 1979 was one inauspicious year for Africa. It was the year Matthew Okikiola Olusegun Aremu Obasanjo vacated the seat of Government as a military head of State and handed over to a civilian government. Also,…
EndSARS: A Battle Cry Of Protest Against Brutal Policing Somewhere in Africa
By Dr. Timothy Oladele Gold The ubiquitous protest across the nation, Nigeria against the evident misdemeanor and gross abuse of power by SPECIAL ANTI ROBBERY SQUAD (SARS) – one of the units of Nigeria Police Force is a pointer to…
Goodluck Jonathan, Nasir El-Rufai Ticket: A Pair of Good, Bad or Ugly?
By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi In recent times, the social media space has been awash with postulations of possible pair of men and women that could rekindle the hope of Nigerians as per the NIGERIA PROJECT. If it were possible,…
Sunday Igboho: A Necessitated Revolution of Brigandry
By Dr Bolaji O. Akinyemi “Necessity is the mother of invention”. By this popular maxim, it simply means that a prolonged problem will at a point activate human creativity to get it solved.Though the solution may not be the best…
Reflections on The Bandit Economy
I will not go into the story of how or how not banditry became a burgeoning industry in Nigeria. I will leave that for historians to worry about. My concern should be about analysing the consequences of such a trade…
Governor Inuwa’s Development Agenda For Gombe State
By Ismaila Uba Misilli The challenge of underdevelopment in Gombe State is getting a pragmatic attention with the launch of the state’s 10-year development plan, a long term vision to reposition the state for growth and sustainable development. Encapsulated in…
