•Ikanna Okim Esq and Prof Emmanuel Osodeke I had barely recovered from thinking about the effect of the contemplated NLC strike action in 13 states in Nigeria when I stumbled upon news in mainstream media quoting Professor Emmanuel Osodeke, the National President of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), on the increase in first [&he...
•Dr Nnimmo Bassey As COP29 dragged into overtime the expected climate finance target of at least $1.3 trillions of dollars shrunk to an offer of $250 billion per year from 2035. After much bickering the rich countries decided to raise its offer from $250 billion to $300 billion. This does not indicate that there is […]
•Laolu Akande I always like to make the point each time I get the opportunity to refer to the Nigerian Tribune as Nigeria’s oldest surviving private newspaper. Just do a quick check, you will not find too many organisations today in Nigeria with that life span. So Tribune has always been a thing of pride […]
After the dust of the COVID-19 pandemic began to settle, Nigeria was suddenly gripped by a new wave of obsession—crypto mining. What started as an opportunity to earn money from the digital world has spiraled into an addiction that’s slowly creeping into every corner of society. From the hospital to the classroom, the office, and […]...
•General Christopher Musa The Nigerian military has been spinning its way in and out of the murderous mess created by Boko Haram terrorists in the last turbulent and traumatic 15 years. Regrettably, the bloodlust beasts are now imbued with a new strain of the mesada complex and are determined to recruit the last Almajiri in […]
•Chukwuneta Oby I attended a wedding ceremony recently. My first observation was the active presence of reverend sisters and the countless Catholic church activities at the reception hall but all that began to make sense to me when a friend who was with me explained that the bride is a church-girl. And then, she added, […]
Nigeria’s external debt is the largest amongst all sub-Saharan African nations, despite the fact that it received debt waivers from the Paris Club, London Club or from Independent Creditors. The arrears of this debt have accumulated inexorably, putting Nigeria in the bad books of international financial communities. Also, Nigeria’s huge debt p...
They get younger these days, don’t they, our army of ritual murderers? And we have a lot of them. Killers. Potential killers. They are all out there, waiting for the charlatan who would tell them that if they bring certain human body parts, they would slay, slash, and chop, even if it were their parents, […]
•Etiebet Michael Jordan is arguably the greatest basketball player of his era not only because of his height and strength but also because of his competitiveness and brilliance. Donatus Obot Etiebet, better known as Don Etiebet could have been a great basketballer but he was born in 1944 when basketball was not a major or […]
•Food market in Nigeria Nigeria is grappling with a multitude of significant challenges, each akin to a ‘ticking time bomb’ that threatens national stability. Among these, the most pressing yet underappreciated is food insecurity. Despite its critical nature and its direct link to national security, food insecurity has not received the urgent ...