5G in Nigeria: Role of the media and a revolution yet again
December 19, 2021 On Monday, December 13, the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, pulled off yet another stunt; a milestone of gigantic socio-economic implications. It successfully conducted the auction for the…
We can trigger another broadband revolution powered by 5G – Ken Ugbechie
Dec. 9, 2021 Nigeria in a couple of months will be making history as it will begin the deployment of 5G technologies to facilitate broadband across the country, Though the…
With Mele Kyari, NNPC now truly for Nigerians
December 6, 2021 President Muhammadu Buhari’s ascetic lifestyle has found a match in Mallam Mele Kyari’s predilection to probity and transparency. The result is a nimble-footed Nigerian National Petroleum Company…
I’m Atiku, I’m 75, I feel 57 and I stand for democracy
November 28, 2021 Don’t cry for me, don’t even weep. Let your tears not barb your cheeks. Weep not my dear for I have wept for you. I have cried…
Anyim, 2023 and Zik Prize: The Man and the Moment
November 14, 2021 Senator Anyim Pius Anyim needs no introduction. He is a democrat by badge and banner. He wears his democratic epaulet boldly without pretence. A proud Igbo man,…
eNaira as Emefiele’s bell ringer, by Ken Ugbechie
OCTOBER 31, 2021 The launch of eNaira on October 25, should be seen for what it is: A bell ringer for deepening the digital currency bourse by Central Bank of…
PDP as a failed opposition party: A disquisition
October 25, 2021 The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was Nigeria’s ruling party for 16 years from 1999 to 2015. It’s as old as the 4th Republic and remains the largest…
BBNaija: Like Whitemoney, Like Pretty Cherise of Zambia
October 10, 2021 And it came to pass that after 72 days in a palatial house called the Big Brother House, a certain Hazel Oyeze Onou, popularly called Whitemoney, out…
Delta at 30 and Okowa’s moment in history
Last month, precisely on August 27, Delta marked its 30th anniversary as a state. A ceremony for buntings and banners. A moment for confetti and colour-scape. Governor Ifeanyi Okowa bears…
Nigeria: Portrait of a nation in bloody tears
September 5, 2021 The nation sunk deeper into the abyss of despondency under Buhari. He has scored an all-season high in nepotism; an all-time low in economic management. And he,…