Penpoint

Penpoint

The embattled NOUN law graduates

NIGERIA’s most populous tertiary institution, National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) with a population of over 500,000 active students has become

National security: Drawbacks from national id card scarcity

The recent announcement by the Nigeria Identity Management Commission (NIMC) that the renewal of the National Identity Card will attract a fee of N5,0

Budget 2020: Another lean year for Nigeria?

By presenting the 2020 Budget estimates to the National Assembly last week Tuesday, President Muhamadu Buhari should be commended for stampeding the t

Not every revolution runs on violence

With your permission dear cherished readers, this author feels led to repeat a story once told here. As part of a 2010 social awareness exercise for a

As Nigeria’s ‘soft state’ presidency diminishes our common patrimony

When the Swedish social scientist and politician Gunnar Myrdal used the term ‘Soft State’ to describe the condition of South Asian countries in the 19