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By Paul Onomuakpokpo At a time the buzzword in government is reform as envisioned in President Bola Ahmed’s Renewed Hope Agenda, Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack’s memoir Beyond The Mandate: A Memoir On Leadership, Legacy And Labour Of Public Office is a befitting addition to a grand corpus on how to make the machinery of government, […] The post Walson-Jack’s Memoir: Walking A Tightrope Of Reform And…
By Paul Onomuakpokpo Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack’s I Planted: A Memoir Of Purposeful Service is located at the intersection of public service, integrity and faith . It is preoccupied with the tensions of navigating public office while reconciling the demands of meticulousness and integrity in a fledgling state. While the memoir inevitably serves Walson-Jack’s purpose […] The post Walson-Jack’s…
By Tony Afejuku The Glitterer is writing, talking, exhilaratingly now about the relationship between the writer and his readers. Specifically, he is dwelling on the relationship between him and his readers – as he does time after time. This time, however, he pointedly sees, and appreciates them as a chorus, as his audience that does […] The post Readers As Chorus appeared first on New Times…
Following Mrs Didi Esther Walson-Jack’s attainment of the retirement age of 60 years, President Bola Tinubu has appointed Abel Olumuyiwa Enitan as the new Head of the Civil Service of the Federation. Enitan who succeeds Walson-Jack on August 27, 2026 is from Osun State, and he is the most senior Permanent Secretary in the Federal […] The post BREAKING: Tinubu Appoints New Head of Civil Service As…
By Raymond Oise-Oghaede We will be entering another important phase of our democratic governance from tomorrow, because, going by the 2027 Elections Timetable released by the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), electioneering for the various elective positions will officially commence tomorrow 19th August, 2027. According to the timetable, campaigns for the Presidential and National…
By Blaise Udunze Three years after the removal of the fuel subsidy and the adjustment of the foreign-exchange regime, Nigeria’s revenue and external positions have improved significantly. After escaping the fiscal cliff as touted, but with the United States questioning the country’s fiscal transparency, the harder question is whether these gains can be translated into […] The post Nigeria May Have…
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) is intensifying efforts to improve airport infrastructure, strengthen operational efficiency and enhance passenger experience across the country, with the ongoing redevelopment of Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Terminal One in Lagos emerging as one of the key projects in the Authority’s modernisation programme. These developments were…
By Hope O’Rukevbe Eghagha THE immediate trigger for this essay is a chance encounter with an old schoolmate during our reunion two odd weeks ago in Abuja. The stories from that memorable event are for another day. Suffice it to say that we who were present had cause to give thanks to God for being […] The post Betrayals And Backstabbing By Close Persons appeared first on New Times Newspaper .
By Toyin Falola The decision by the University of Jos to invite Professor Attahiru Muhammadu Jega as the keynote speaker for the 2026 edition of the Toyin Falola Annual International Conference (TOFAC) in Jos was an intellectually informed one. The decision was timely and well aligned with the conference’s vision in addressing critical matters both […] The post TOFAC 2026: Professor Attahiru Jega…
By Tunji Olaopa In this piece, I am interested in distilling the consequences, in economic and governance terms, of what investing in public service institutional reform would mean for the Nigerian government, going forward. And by investment, I speak to the possibility of the government being willing to facilitate foreign low-interest loans from the entire […] The post Deepening Post-2027 Federal…
