By Thomas Peretu If the likes of Ahmed Joda, Phillip Asiodu and Allison Ayida—the legendary corps of Nigeria’s super permanent secretaries—were with us today, they would probably shudder at the level of administrative ineptitude confronting the public service. It is almost inconceivable that a Head of the Civil Service of the Federation would publicly acknowledge…
By Harry Pobeni Driving past the Bayelsa Ecumenical Centre recently, I found myself asking a simple question: How do we measure the long-term value of public infrastructure? The Ecumenical Centre was built as a non-denominational Christian worship and event facility with a capacity of about 10,000 people, intended to promote Christian unity and host large…
Prominent activist and member of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), Aisha Yesufu, has criticised the party’s national leader, Senator Seriake Dickson, accusing him of appearing insecure and acting as though he was in competition with the party’s presidential candidate, Peter Obi. Yesufu made the remarks in a post on her X handle on Thursday while…
