Why vision matters
As the first set of our governors who took office on May 29, 1999, prepared to wind up their two terms in office in 2007, Newswatch editors decided to
Dialogue With My Country
Dialogue With My Country
The burden of abandoned projects
Abandoned projects are part of the unique features of our national landscape. We are not unused to the unsightly sight of abandoned road construction,
The lure of other people’s money
The lure of other people’s money is irresistible. It hardly comes as a surprise that state governors are falling over themselves to get their hands on
Our outdated population census
How many are we in Nigeria? I raised this question in my column of May 16, 2019. If I expected anyone to answer me, put it down to my naivety. We last
The Yahaya Bello drama and the mockery of law
The current drama of the absurd starring Yahaya Bello, the immediate past governor of Kogi State, his handpicked successor, governor Ododo, a Lokoja h