Danbatta’s five years harvest of hope
BY KEN UGBECHIE The nation’s telecom sector blooms like Mayflower. Reason is not far-fetched. A good workman is on duty. Professor Umar Garba Danbatta, the Executive Vice Chairman of the…
CAMA 2020: Between the letter and the spirit
BY PIUS ISIEKWENE The presidential assent to the amended Companies and Allied Matters Act 2020 (CAMA 2020) in early August has expectedly drawn diverse reactions from stakeholders. The reactions range…
SOUTHERN KADUNA CRISIS: A SALUTE TO COMMITMENT OF ATYAPS(KATAFS),HAUSA/FULANIS
By Danjuma Musa “Peace is a daily, a weekly, a monthly process, gradually changing opinions, slowly eroding old barriers, quietly building new structures”. John F. Kennedy The peace deal between…
Okowa: Taking the bull by the horns
Ray Umukoro Early this year, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, predicted a rash of pay cuts in global public finance amid the Covid-19 pandemic. The prediction has come true across…
The fall of Magu is betrayal of Buhari
BY KEN UGBECHIE Ibrahim Magu, a police officer, has fallen. And great’s his fall. He was the former acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. He was…
I stand with Festus Keyamo
KEN UGBECHIE ..gongbeat column It’s democracy in action once again last Tuesday at the National Assembly. Mr. Festus Keyamo, the Minister of State for Labour and Employment was before a…
THE DAY AREGBESOLA CAME TO JUDGMENT – FEMI ADESINA
Wednesday June 10, 2020, was ‘judgment day’ for Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Adesoji Aregbesola. Incidentally, the day had broken with stories of denials of rift between him and his…
International Cancer Survivors Day 2020: Covid-19 as a Wake-Up Call
“Goodness is the only investment that never fails. Those who bring sunshine cannot keep it from themselves.” – Thor The first Sunday in June every year (Sunday, June 7 in…
Senator Nwaoboshi’s Unlimited Lies Against Akpabio as acts of desperation
By Francis Udoka Ndimkoha It was Mark Twain that was quoted to have said that “A lie can travel around the world and back again, while the truth is lacing…
How Not to Police a Pandemic
By Victor Ikem As soon as the COVID-19 pandemic was announced and its widespread implications made public, everyone including governments around the world went into a panic mode. Fear! The…