Paranoia makes governance costly under dictators. This personality disorder trait, which makes a dictator delusional, compels him to chase shadows where there is no light, enemies where there is none, to the extent that his self-repressed personality becomes the mirror that expresses his fears and anxieties. A paranoid dictator always stands in front of the…
Away from the gloom and doom happening here in Nigeria, Europe and the South America continents have been treating the world to scintillating soccer this past month. By the time you read this, one of Brazil or Argentina must have lifted the 2021 South American football championship trophy, otherwise known as Copa America. The final…
“Bandits kill seven in Kaduna communities”, a colleague of mine read aloud a headline from an online media she was reading on her phone, the other day. “Uhnm”, was my reply. And she too just continued pressing her phone without being annoyed at my nonchalant response. As a matter of fact, she didn’t expect any…
Acknowledging the successes recorded in increasing immunization coverage and reducing infant deaths from vaccine preventable diseases in state, Governor Badaru Abubakar, has pledged to support an iNGO, New Initiatives – All Babies Are Equal Initiative (NI-ABAE) in its Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme. NI-ABAE is providing cash to mothers as incentives to encourage them to…
During this past week, government released a statement, detailing the officials that will engage Twitter on the ban it imposed on the giant American high-tech company. The team is made up of the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed as the Chairman. Others include, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of…
Valentine Ozigbo, the immediate past President and Group CEO of Transcorp Plc, on Saturday, June 26, 2021, emerged the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) candidate for the Anambra governorship election after winning the party’s primary held at the Prof Dora Akunyili Women Development Center, Awka. Announcing the results, the head of the electoral panel, the Deputy…
