By Abdulwarees Solanke The introduction of a new price regime for Petrol in Nigeria last year has significantly altered the country’s socio-economic landscape. This is to such an extent that there is a visible reduction in number of cars on her roads now. The so-called market forces of demand and supply of petrol now dictate […]
Below is the full text of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s New Year Broadcast to the Nation on Monday, Jan. 1, 2023, as received by TheNewsZenith. Dear Compatriots, It gives me immense joy to welcome each and every one of you – young and old- to this brand new year 2024. We must lift up our […]
By Oscar Japhet The story of Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON), just like many other Federal Government agencies, is that of a beautiful concept but with poor implementation. This is resulting to loss of public confidence and damaging the economy. There is no doubt that enormous non-performing loans pose a big challenge to financial […]
By Celsus Ohain It’s another season of gubernatorial aspirations in Edo State and the league of aspirants is growing by the day, with each of the aspirants moving on with its own ‘Roman mob’. This is not unusual in a democracy; it is perfectly normal and accords with the tenets of the game. However, certain […]
By Ismail Abdulaziz On assumption of office, President Bola Tinubu’s administration made its intention clear to rejig the nation’s ailing economy and make it robust enough to engender the development and growth of Nigeria. A few months into the four-year tenure of the administration, it has initiated many programmes to drive the economy towards growth. […]
By Celsus E. Ohain Astute and foremost U.S. Diplomat and Scholar, Henry Kissinger once described ‘strategy’ as ‘the mode of survival of a society’. Survival here may relate to economy, politics, social relevance and environment. You may the ask: Who threatens the survival of who? This can only be answered, not in absolute. But in […]
By Prof. Kehinde Yusuf President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s Yoruba ethnic group has an interesting proverb about ascendancy: Eni t’ó bá ma ga, esè rè á tínrín. (‘He who would be tall cannot avoid having thin legs.’) Being tall here is the metaphor for recording the highest levels of achievement or reaching the highest rungs on […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke It is, indeed, troubling that most noble reform ideas, initiatives, projects and programmes are never welcome. Soon after the commencement of implementation, they ran into a glitch. They get abandoned. What the government spent billions of dollars on in publicity and publications campaigns and rallies are soon consigned into waste bins of […]
By Atanda Kola Dear Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, I am writing on behalf of the Concern Peoples of Lagos Mainland (CPM) concerning menace of Danfo Drivers. I sincerely express my profound gratitude, unalloyed loyalty and support to your leadership and that of your party, All Progressive Congress (APC). Lagos mainland has been consistent in terms of […]
By Abdulwarees Solanke In the UNESCO publication, Banerjee and Seneviratne acknowledged that structures governing PSB vary considerably between nations. Their reference to the composition of the BBC Board of Governors is quite revealing and exemplary. In the United Kingdom, the BBC has been constituted as a largely autonomous legal entity with a Board of Governors […]