By Abdul-Rauf Musa CHINUA Achebe’s postulations on the trouble with Nigeria as simply and squarely a failure of leadership captured…
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By Jaye Gaskia So, as long as we continue to import refined products, and we are incapable or unwilling to…
By Jaye Gaskia “In 2012, together we authored and got to be published BLUF. If some of our friends were…
By Abadom Lawrence Amechi THE crisis in the National Union of Food, Beverage and Tobacco Employees (NUFBTE) continues to fester…
By Ali Sabo ALL over the world, journalists are facing threats to their lives and are being assaulted either verbally…
By Andrew Agbese IT is nine years now since Libyan leader, Muammar Gaddafi, was killed, but Nigeria and other African…
By Andrew Agbese THE Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) is to hold its Annual General Conference and decided to invite some…
Sharif, a Tijjaniya musician, residing at Sharifai Quarters was tried for blasphemy against the Holy Prophet Muhammad (SAW) in a song clip that went viral on WhatsApp.
All over the democratic world, honesty, performance and constitutionalism are major determining factors on the occupation of office. Where there are clear cases of irredeemable decline in performance and serious breach of the law, change or impeachment becomes inevitable. NUFBTE leadership must be changed this year because the conditions for its removal have since been met in both our constitution and its toxic performance.
Unity is the cardinal principle of trade unionism. This has been a recurring theme in my written reflections on “Labour and Trade Unions” as well as active praxis in the past four decades. As the General Secretary of National Union of Textile, Garment and Tailoring Workers of Nigeria (NUTGTWN); between March 10, 2000–March 30, 2020, I bear witness that a cohesive, indivisible movement is an indispensable precondition for the union’s acknowledged achievements in wage improvements, defense of workers’ rights and advocacy for industrial renewal over the past four decades.