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11 Apr
On January 4, 2024, a Nigerian senator, Ned Nwoko, proposed a bill that permits civilians to own and bear firearms for protection. The senator explained that security agents are ill-equipped and incapable of protecting Nigerians
11 Apr
Despite the more than 8,000 kilometres separating Nigeria and the Georgia Republic, the two countries share some socio-economic and political antecedents. Located at the intersection of Eastern Europe and West Asia
10 Apr
Generally, justice connotes a system put in place for the resolution of disputes, to determine rights and wrongs, leading to the award of benefits or the imposition of burdens.
10 Apr
Today’s epistle is directed at you to reflect on the issue of minimum wage in the country. I write directly to you Mr President in your position as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of all matters in the country including that of the economy in general and minimum wage in particular.
10 Apr
Every year, thousands of graduates are produced from our tertiary institutions without any hope of getting jobs.
10 Apr
State police,within the purview of Nigeria’s United States-modelled federal and presidential system of government, means a policing model administered at a devolved or sub-national level.
10 Apr
Legacy planning is a strategic and holistic approach to preserving and passing down one’s values, traditions, and assets to future generations.
9 Apr
Nigerian's politicians like many politicians in many countries are always in the pageant of promises, false promises to be exact. These promises often constitute the core of their election propaganda. For them electoral promises are like a pencil and eraser affair, you write it with a pencil and you erase it with an eraser.
9 Apr
Nigeria is a distinctive nation, renowned for its diverse array of cultures and abundance of natural resources; however, it is currently positioned at a pivotal juncture. Lately, it has been confronting several serious issues that threaten its stability and economic health.
9 Apr
And second instance, “This brings to mind a statement credited to Sir Charles Arden-Clarke, the Governor of Gold Coast (now Ghana); published in Accra on May 31, 1956, by the West African Pilot.
9 Apr
It is a pedestrian knowledge that Vice-President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Kashim Shettima some weeks ago inaugurated the 188-megawatt geometric power plant in Aba, Abia state, to accelerate power supply to industrial clusters in the region.
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Consequent to the global inflation challenges, which have seen many economies battling with rapid or galloping inflation, it is imperative to take another closer look at the concept of replacement costs as one of the many alternatives deployed by sellers to edge against those associated with the phenomenon.
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