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90 candles for distinguished diplomat, Chief Anyaoku

90 candles for distinguished diplomat, Chief Anyaoku

On January 18 this year, a former Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations, Chief Chukwuemeka Anyaoku turned 90. Congratulations and tributes have and are still flowing into the celebrant’s family for what could be termed…

National Sports Festival must survive despite medals padding issues

National Sports Festival must survive despite medals padding issues

A big controversy has enveloped the sports scene over medals computations at the recently concluded Asaba 2022 National Sports Festival. There are claims and counterclaims over the computations of the medals table and this has…

Tackling indebtedness of Nigeria’s foreign missions

Tackling indebtedness of Nigeria’s foreign missions

R ecently, Nigeria was again in the headlines for all the wrong reasons when reports out of South Africa indicated that the nation’s High Commission has had its power supply disconnected after failing to pay…

Abolishing medical tourism, other perks for public office holders

Abolishing medical tourism, other perks for public office holders

F or decades now, political office holders have been beneficiaries of juicy perks despite the fact that they enjoy attractive salaries. Among the referred beneficiaries are the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Vice…

Long queues at filling stations show nation’s fuel malaise

Long queues at filling stations show nation’s fuel malaise

We are already more than three weeks into the New Year and yet the long and winding queues are still a regular feature at virtually all filling stations across the country. Motorists are being made…

IMC’s impact must boost results in CAF competitions

IMC’s impact must boost results in CAF competitions

Bendel Insurance recorded an inspiring 2-0 away win over Akwa United in the NPFL opener decided in Uyo, Akwa Ibom recently and we believe that win was a testimony of the new initiatives of the…

Sale of national assets and its consequences

Sale of national assets and its consequences

N ot too long ago, the Federal Government (FG) announced its plans to sell off some of the country’s assets. Some of those mentioned included some power plants, the National Arts Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos and…

Imo PVC collection centre attack, again underscores threat to election process

Imo PVC collection centre attack, again underscores threat to election process

O ver the weekend some criminally-minded elements reportedly killed a police officer and injured some others during an attack on a Permanent Voter’s Card (PVC) collection centre in Imo State This is coming on the…

Curtailing rising inflation

Curtailing rising inflation

In its most recent update on inflation, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Nigeria’s CPI accelerated for the 10th straight month to 21.47per cent in November of 2022 from 21.09per cent in October and…

2023: Federations must embrace policy template to boost sports

2023: Federations must embrace policy template to boost sports

There are deliberate steps we expect to be taken to ensure things fall into places accordingly. There should be moves aimed at correcting the mistakes of the past to ensure the future is better and…