There is no denying the fact that prior to and since assumption of office on May 29, 2023 that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has at several fora made the direction of his policy thrust on job creations known to Nigerians, particularly as he on the day of his swearing in to power revealed a series of steps he would take to position the country on the path of economic development, stability, and prosperity. Therefore, it will in this context be recalled that he promised to reduce unemployment and encourage the light industry, even as he also assured of promoting manufacturing…
Author: Isaac Asabor
For The Sake Of Clarity, It’s Hunger That Pushes A Hungry Man To Protest, Not A Labour Activist Or An Opposing Politician According to an African proverb, a caring mother whose children are hungry does not stay long in the kitchen. Rather, she expedite action to ensure that the food is ready to calm her hungry children’s nerves. In fact, it is expedient to admit that the meaning of the epigram was for the umpteenth time pragmatically interpreted by my mother of blessed memory whenever she was about to pound yams; she would serve us with some slices of the…
Unarguably drawing the attention of the federal government, and perhaps the 11 electric distribution companies that are strategically located across the six regions of Nigeria, which are acronymically known as DisCos, to the consequences of irregular power supply with its attendant hit waves, Mr. KazeemAkintunde, in his column, aptly tagged “Discourse”, and regularly published on New Dawn Nigeria; an online news platform, anchored his viewson a salient topic with the title, “Heatwave: Hot As Hell In Nigeria”. Under the above mentioned title, he wrote, “There was an unusual kind of protest in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, few days…
It is not an exaggeration to say that as Nigerians continue to literarily lick the wounds been inflicted on them by fuel subsidy removal that not a few of them are of the notion that the government is anti-people, and that the government did not put the collective wellbeing of the people into consideration before embarking on the removal. Analyzed from the above-mentioned perspective, it is expedient to recall that not a few economic experts and observers blamed the government for not putting palliatives on ground to cushion the effect of the removal of the fuel subsidy on the people,…
There is no denying the fact that against the backdrop of the trending reports of the soaring prices of staple foods across markets in the country, and the way and manners Nigerians are groaning under the prevailing state of affairs, particularly since President Bola Ahmed Tinubu was sworn in as President on May 29, 2023, that the tendencies to protest cannot be ruled out. In fact, the propensity to protest became foreseeable when Tinubu publicly announced that “Fuel Subsidy Is Gone”, and undemocratic enough, not a few politicians are referring to journalists and opinion writers who report or write about…
Urging Tinubu Not To Ignore SOS By Hungry Nigerians Through News Stories, Photo News, Cartoons And Social Media Skits To every Journalist that knows his or her onions, writing is more than just a means of communication. Rather, it is a powerful tool that can be used to inspire, persuade, and even change the world. Throughout history, Journalists have used their words to challenge social norms, and bring about personal transformation. Despite the power that is inherent in written or printed words, not a few Journalism teachers believe that written or printed words become more powerful when a picture…
Revoking Appointment With The Grim Reaper? Avoid Watching Football If Hypertensive, Doctors Warn It is not an exaggeration to opine that the unprecedented death toll that charactized the Super Eagles’ and the Bafana Bafana’s match in the semi-finals of the ongoing African Cup of Nations has left many wondering if the Grim Reaper had resolved to strike only when people are rejoicing. For the sake of clarity, “Death” is known as the Grim Reaper, depicted as wearing a dark hooded cloak and wielding a scythe. The reason for the foregoing gruesome fact cannot be farfetched as no less than five…
South Africans Threat Against Stanley Nwabali Contradicts Nelson Mandela’s Legacy Of Using Sport To Unify, Rebuild South Africa If there is any trending news that made not a few sports lovers and peace loving Africans to be flabbergasted, it is unarguably that one that has it that Super Eagles goalkeeper, Stanley Nwabali, who plays for Chippa United in South Africa, has reportedly received threats from South African fans following his sterling performance against the country. As gathered, the South African fans reportedly warned him against returning to his club after the AFCON. Former Super Eagles international IdahPeterside made the disclosure…
It is no more news to not a few political enthusiasts and observers alike that the Niger Delta activist, AsariDokubo, in November 2022 revealed the reason he opted for Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, the then presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) for the 2023 presidential elections. Dokubo, who spoke while featuring in Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, said the APC presidential candidate was miles ahead of other contenders for the country’s top job, and declared that he had threw his weight behind the former Lagos Governor because of his (Tinubu) track records. “For the presidential election, I am with Tinubu…
Looking At 2 Chronicles Chapter 10 On Why Political Leaders Should Also Listen To Critics As They Do To Hangers On There is no denying the fact that a classical example of biblical Israel’s failure of leadership is inherent in 2 Chronicles, chapter 10, particularly when read from chapter 1 to 19. The scripture explanatorily teaches how King Rehoboam finds himself in need of advice on a difficult matter, and how Jeroboam and all of Israel sincerely counseled him to lighten the burden of forced labor that his father, King Solomon, had laid on them (2 Chron. 8:8). In return…
If there is anything that Nigerian electorates are not doing in the area of politics, it is that of not challenging or holding their elective representatives accountable, especially on campaign promises. The somewhat laxity on the part of the electorates, and which inexorably is their constitutional rights to hold their elected politicians accountable, has remained their Achilles’ heel. In fact, in as much as it is not an exaggeration to opine that it is ignominious for politicians to make promises during election campaigns only to jettison them when elected, it is not ignoble to insist that every Nigerian, including this…
There is no denying the fact that since the All Progressives Congress (APC) was formed in February 2013 with the amalgamation of three political parties, the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress for Progressive Change (CPC), the All Nigeria Peoples Party (ANPP), a faction of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and the New PDP; a faction of then opposition party, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) that the tendency for Nigerians to hope for a better future through the APC has been nothing new. For instance, when the APC was campaigning across the country ahead of the 2015 general elections,…
It is not an exaggeration to say that a recent report by the International Energy Agency (IEA) has disclosed that Nigeria’s national power grid experienced a staggering 46 collapses between 2017 and 2023, and that it is no more news to not a few Nigerians who are abreast with happenings regarding electricity supplies across the country. The report, released on Wednesday, underscored the challenges faced by Nigerians in dealing with persistent and pervasive power failures, particularly noting a confounding prevalence in nationwide blackouts in 2023, notably on September 14, when a major transmission line suffered a fire, leading to a…
It is no more news that reactions have been trailing a report detailing how the late Prophet TB Joshua allegedly sexually assaulted, tortured and manipulated some of his church members The investigative report by the BBC, spanning over two years, said five Britons accused the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN) of assault and forced abortions Also, the late televangelist was accused of faking his “miracle healings,” which were broadcast to millions of people around the world. In as much as this writer does not have the predilection of engaging in spiritual debates and arguments, he has…
There is no denying the fact that it would be hypocritical for this writer to say that he is not been nostalgic as a result of the slang, “We Nor Go Gree” that suddenly became popular in the New Year, 2024. As understood, by virtue of growing up at different times in Agbor in Delta State, at Igbanke in Edo State, in Warri in Delta State and in Benin-city in Edo State; all of which in past eras fell under the jurisdictions of the defunct Midwestern State and Bendel State, where pidgin is majorly spoken by both the young and…
It is no more news that a female staff of Globus Bank, Amarachi Ugochukwu, has reportedly committed suicide at the bank’s branch in Ikorodu, Lagos leaving virtually everyone that heard the sad news brooding over what demon might had pushed her to commit the devilish act despite the wisdom that is inherent in the aphorism that says “Where there is life, there is hope.” In a similar vein, Maya Angelou’s saying that “No matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow” would have been helpful to her. However, it…
There is no denying the fact that life is a continuous learning experience as it is crystal clear that throughout our lives we keep rising and falling, picking up important lessons along the way. While some of such lessons come from personal experience, others more often than not come from watching or reading about what other people are passing through in life. Against the foregoing backdrop, the question on everyone’s lips, particularly among the circle of friends of this writer is “Why aren’t Netizens celebrating Funke Akindele’s N1B Breakthrough with same verve variously used in condemning her in trying times,…
“Do you love the Igbo people?” The foregoing question is without doubt a result-oriented question that can be posed to an Igbophobe (someone who for obscure or unconscious irrational reason (s) has a morbid fear or distrust towards an Igbo) in Nigeria or in the Diaspora to ascertain how far the Igbo people have fared since the end of the civil war in 1970. The reason for asking the foregoing question cannot be farfetched as the seeming pervasive and deep-seated level of hypocritical love which not a few Nigerians exhibit towards the Igbo people is by each passing day becoming…
One may not be wrong to conjecture that not a few people would be heard during cross over night by tomorrow, December 31, 2023, boasting across neighborhoods, particularly within rowdy pubs, and in churches, prayerfully vowing thus, “I am going to do this or that differently in the New Year”, with an assurance that goes thus, “And I mean it this time!” A guy would be heard swaggering, “This is my last cigarette as I will quit smoking from tomorrow” while another would be heard bragging, “From tomorrow, I will not drink beer again!” Given the foregoing yearly sacramental disposition…
There is no denying the fact that not a few people, particularly in Edo State, are aware that tragedy struck on Christmas eve in Benin City as a Journalist, Hillary Nosa Odia, who was a staff of the Independent Television and Radio (ITV) was reportedly murdered by suspected cultists who shot him point blank at a pub near Esigie Police Station in the heart of the state capital. While reports indicate that Nosa, as the broadcast journalist was popularly called, was murder by suspected cultists around 2nd East Circular Road, in Benin City, one of his colleagues explained that the…
If there is a political culture that is traditionally exhibited from one political dispensation to another, and replete in Nigeria’s political history, it is unarguably that of leaders in a new government blaming their predecessors for virtually everything that went wrong. For instance, throughout the period former President Muhammadu Buhari spent in Aso Rock as Nigeria’s President, his predecessor, former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, was blamed for being the cause of virtually everything that went wrong. In fact, Jonathan and his campaign team had a hard-hitting campaign of calumny from the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2015 presidential election…
It is not an exaggeration to opine that despite former President Muhammadu Buhari staying in office for two terms; which lasted 8 years that not a few Nigerians will confess that they did not feel any relief from his administration after the hardship his predecessor, Goodluck Jonathan brought upon Nigerians, which he (Buhari) capitalized on to campaign that he would “Change” for the betterment of Nigerians as a people and Nigeria as a nation. In fact, not a few Nigerians will say that from all indications that Buhari’s government was better than that of former president Jonathan even if he…
A deep reflection on how this writer in his teenage days, in the village, somewhere in Edo state, would put any of his playmates to test on the day rice was cooked by asking: “Guess what my mother is cooking” will make anyone that is about to read this opinion article come to grip with the gastronomic allure of rice, particularly during Christmas in the countryside. As a commonly expressed brainteaser among frisky children in those days, the respondent was wont to excitedly respond by simply saying “Rice”. How the brainteaser, which was then a seeming trend among children in…
“I swear by Apollo the Healer, by Asclepius, by Hygieia, by Panacea, and by all the gods and goddesses, making them my witnesses, that I will carry out, according to my ability and judgment, this oath and this indenture.” To anyone that is au fait with the nitty gritty of the ethics of the medical profession, the foregoing pledge is an extract of the Hippocratic oath that was written nearly 2500 years ago, and forms part of the most famous text in Western medicine. As an oath well-regarded to be taken by physicians, it needs inductees into the medical profession…
It is not an overstatement to say that when it comes to sponsoring a brilliant student back in the day in the university that it is usually a collective effort in the community, particularly in rural areas. Even if kinsfolks do not directly contribute money to such sponsorship, they ensure that loans from any influential member of the community are granted to either of the parents of the benefiting student as there is the widely held notion that it is an excellent opportunity to give back to the community. Not only that, the demonstrated mutual support shows that they value…
