Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Politics, Economics & the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (3rd Edition) Essays by Austin Avuru; RADI8 Ltd, Lagos; 2022; 474pp Let’s start with a confession. This book, Politics, Economics & the Nigerian Petroleum Industry (3rd Edition), Essays by Austin Avuru, has been so engrossing that, after some readings and rereading, I almost found it too heavy to compress into ...

By Raymond Ozoji, Awka The lawmaker representing Dunukofia state constituency in the outgoing 7th legislature of Anambra state, Hon. Lawrence Chukwuweike Ezeudu, says politics has indeed taken him away from his wife and children for 8 solid years. Ezeudu, who spoke with our correspondent exclusively at the state assembly complex Awka, said hindsight revealed that he has been distant from ...

Women protesting the failure of the gender equality bills on International Women’s Day in 2022. Adekunle Ajayi/NurPhoto via Getty Sharon Adetutu Omotoso, University of Ibadan In March 2022, Nigerian women suffered backlash in their pursuit of gender equity. Five gender bills presented to the National Assembly were thrown out. The bills sought to advance women’s rights on a number of ...

Supporters of the opposition Peoples Democratic Party describe their presidential candidate and his running mate as unifiers because of their ethnic and religious mix. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Adeyemi Balogun, Osun State University One of the issues that has generated great concern among voters in the run up to the Nigerian presidential elections is religion. Many Nigerians see ...

The Presidential Candidate of Labour Party, Mr. Peter Obi, has described as uncharitable, the reports credited to Gov. Ifeanyi Okowa accusing him of dragging the Church into politics on the sole reason that he attends Church programmes. Obi spoke through his Special Adviser on Media, Mr. Valentine Obienyem. In a release made available to the Press, Obienyem said that it ...

The way to transform society is largely dependent on the actions and decisions of those who occupy public offices. This is why young people in Nigeria must get involved in politics, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, SAN. Prof. Osinbajo said this Wednesday at a virtual forum where he interacted with Nigerian Fellows of the Mandela Washington Fellowship for Young ...

Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has won an endorsement for the way he has positioned Lagos State on the path of growth, despite the State being hit by inadvertent crises in the past year. The validation came from the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Femi Gbajabiamila, who extolled the competence and leadership style of the Governor. In an interview ...

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari in the Nigerian Senate in 2015. There are very few women representatives. Sunday Aghaeze/AFP via Getty Images Damilola Agbalajobi, Obafemi Awolowo University There are few women in political and leadership spaces in Nigeria. Currently only seven out of 109 senators and 22 of the 360 House of Representatives members are women. Ogechi Ekeanyanwu, from The Conversation ...

The Vice Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the 2019 elections, Mr Peter Obi, has stated that national development and human progress are the mainstay of his political life, saying that he looks forward to a nation where the government will positively touch the lives of the people. Speaking during the Anambra PDP’s Interactive Meeting held in ...

Uzor Maxim Uzoatu The 250ml liquid antiseptic on my table as I write now commands attention. The product is called “YESS Antiseptic” and bears the tagline “always protecting”. It is meant “for external use only” and there are directions on the capfuls needed for bathing, cuts, abrasions, bites, cleaning floors, WCs etc. There is the necessary advice to “keep out ...