Category: Editorial

How a gatecrashed interview and a ₦49K job launched my journey to success   By Comr. Vincent Aluu PhD   Do you know why many people haven’t reached where they ought to be or landed their dream job? It’s because they want to start big. They want to be comfortable from day one. Worse still, they often surround themselves with people who do not push them forward.   When I finished university, I was about 25. I made an unusual decision: I delayed my NYSC to focus on job hunting.…

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By Mandy Park Against the backdrop of national outrage and international condemnation, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed that all the minors arrested and facing prosecution in court over their alleged involvement in the #EndBadGovernance protest should immediately be released without prejudice to the law. Many human rights activists contend that a government that deprives its children of education, healthcare, shelter, sanitation, and hygiene; that holds them for 93 days without sufficient food, clothing, or medical care; and that imposes an unachievable bail condition of N10 million along with two…

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*Punch Editorial* The conduct of the 2023 presidential/National Assembly polls on February 25 has once more stirred deep questions on the credibility and integrity of the Independent National Electoral Commission. A host of domestic and international observers agreed that the polls grossly fell short of minimum global standards. It is a shame that after seven election cycles, balloting in Nigeria remains riddled with inefficiency and tainted by accusations of result falsification, vote buying, voter suppression, calculated disenfranchisement, and violence. Just like the previous general elections that were defiled by malpractices,…

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…says, I am the only one with a proven record of having invested in the state … Aba, now a shadow of its glorious past By Mandy Park Professor Gregory Ikechukwu Ibe, founder and chancellor of Gregory University in Uturu, Okigwe, and the APGA gubernatorial candidate for Abia State is a solid contender in the governorship race. In this encounter with newsmen, the erudite scholar explains his mission in Abia politics, why he wants to be governor, and what he intends to achieve among others. Excerpt Why did you leave…

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…says younger generation should get Nigeria back in 2023 Umma Getso, the vibrant political activist was the former Vice-Presidential candidate of the Young Progressives Party (YPP) in 2019. In this engaging chat, she speaks on 2023 elections, presidential candidates, security challenge, the fears and what Nigerians should look out for, among other national issues. Excerpt What is your take on the conversations so far by the different presidential candidates in terms of issue-based campaign? Are you satisfied? Infact, lets be honest, the way our Nigerian politics is going, I am…

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Peter Obi is averse to waste At the root of the poor infrastructural development all over Nigeria is criminal wastefulness, corruption and inflated contracts. Road or rail projects that can be done with N2 billion are inflated to N20 billion. The consequences of this is that projects go on forever and funds that would have been used to do 4 or 5 projects are spent on just 1 project. A very good example is the Lagos light rail project. It was conceptualized by Jakande in the early 80s but still…

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By Mandy Park Respected, First Class Yoruba monarch, the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III, has died at the age of 83. Newsmark gathered that Oba Adeyemi, the third from the Alowodu Ruling House of Oyo Kingdom, died on Friday at the Afe Babalola University Teaching Hospital, Ado Ekiti, in Ekiti State after a short illne Palace sources said the remains of the deceased monarch have been moved to Oyo where his burial rites are underway. Oba Adeyemi was born on October 15, 1938 in Oyo town; he was…

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Philip Jakpor Sustainable funding is crucial to winning the tobacco control war and no one understands this better than the tobacco industry. Realizing that low- and middle-income countries like Nigeria devote meagre or zero allocation to implementing tobacco control policies, the tobacco industry has cleverly etched its footprint in sectors where government agencies are financially crippled.The industry is particularly active in the agricultural sector and so-called youth empowerment and skills acquisition trainings that are well choreographed to garner endorsements from public officials who see them as openings for partnerships with…

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