An obvious advantage of the NIN registration is to have a reliable national database. Different regimes have encouraged Nigerians to procure the National Identity Cards but without much success. I consider the idea of linking the NIN registration to the mobile phone numbers quite astute and smart since it will compel people to register. […]
Thompson A wise man once said that the greatest tragedy in life is not death but a purposeless and irrelevant life! Man is at his best when his potentials are deployed to find relevance in the community. We, however, observe that highly developed and sophisticated nations are structured in such a way that its […]
A few days ago, some youth groups in the Niger Delta aired what they termed their resentment in the appointment of Mr. Effiong Okon Akwa as Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) by President Muhammadu Buhari. One of the groups, Uhrobo Youth Leaders Council (UYLC) was said to have sued the Minister […]
Donald Trump is sitting by the side of a shithole – an extremely unpleasant place. The poor man is facing a second impeachment. Thanks to his vice president, Mike Pence (who Trump recently told, “I don’t want to be your friend” for refusing to overturn the election), he has somehow managed to survive the invocation […]
What this masses-targeted educational policy of Fayemi has achieved is the exponential increase in the enrolment figures in the primary, secondary and technical schools in the state. From 106,271 pupils in primary schools in 2018 to 140,518 pupils in 2020; 85,681 in secondary schools in 2018 to 109,542 pupils in 2020 and 240 students in […]
Daily news items of President Trump’s madness over his loss of the Presidential election and his supporters’ neurotic schemes to turn USA upside down including destroying capital have excited Nigerians. Matters concerning the United States are of deep concern to Nigerians. Why such matters concerning the USA excite public interest in Nigeria is difficult to […]
As days unfold, advancement becomes the order of the day. Hence, mankind can’t thrive without acknowledging the obvious occurrence of enhancement. This is why everyone shouldn’t claim ignorance of whatever that is trending or in vogue. Computing has presently proven to be the best way a job could aptly be done in the office or […]
Education is the bedrock of development and any nation toying with her education sector is putting her future into jeopardy as no nation has grown beyond the level of education of her citizens. A foremost African, late Nelson Mandela succinctly posited: “Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the […]
If you ever come across the phrase, “nasty, brutish and short,” then you would remember the book titled “Leviathan,” in which Thomas Hobbes expressed his views about the nature of human being and the necessity of governance and societies. Leviathan itself is a sea monster. Hobbes used it as a metaphor for absolutism, which is […]
It would appear that the greatest drama to define American elections in recent memory is finally coming to its denouement. What a relief as Trump is quoted to have observed following the formal certification of the Electoral College votes, already approved by the states and the unprecedented consequent mayhem, announced that the event marked […]