Posts By Editor
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553DEVELOPINGOnitsha: City of Sweat and Tears
Thanks to the tanker fires of last Wednesday, we now know that Onitsha, despite its huge population, lacks a functioning fire service...
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578LEADWe Must Not Sleep-walk into Another Debt Crisis
By PATRICIA SCOTLAND* Trade wars, protectionism, and nationalist rhetoric are combining to weave the possibility of a nightmare debt crisis that could...
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789BUSINESS & ECONOMYA Model for Grassroots Development
By ANIEBO NWAMU Good governance is not rocket science but common sense. It is also about having the political will to do...
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610DEVELOPINGAguiyi-Ironsi’s Son Dead
Mr John Nnanyerem Aguiyi-Ironsi, 54, the last child of Nigeria’s first military leader Gen. JTU Aguiyi-Ironsi, has reportedly died in the United...
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517OPINIONMugabe: The End of an Era
By ABBA MAHMOOD Robert Gabriel Mugabe, former president of Zimbabwe, died at Gleneagles Hospital in Singapore on September 6, 2019, at the...
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543LEADBudget 2020: Sustaining Growth and Job Creation
By MUHAMMADU BUHARI I will start by asking you to pardon my voice. As you can hear, I have a cold as...
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647OPINIONIdoko-Akoh and the Unseen Hands Behind Labour
By ANIEBO NWAMU Six months after President Buhari signed the new minimum wage bill into law, “organised labour” has threatened to embark...
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503IN THE NEWS...$6.3m Grants from MacArthur to Nigerian Journalism and Media
/… to advance accountability and anti-corruption efforts/ MacArthur Foundation has announced more than $6.3 million in journalism and media funding to advance...
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461DEVELOPINGBuhari Speaks to the Nation on Oct. 1
President Muhammadu Buhari will make a nationwide broadcast at 7am on Tuesday, October 1, as part of activities marking Nigeria’s 59th independence...
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805DEVELOPINGNsukka Journalists Prepare to Tackle Officeholders
Nigeria’s Independence Day seems to have also become Convention Day for Nsukka Journalists Foundation. The group established by veteran and working journalists...