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Nigeria and Mali at 60: Reflections on lust for power
On this occasion of the diamond Independence anniversary, there is the need to review the sharp vicissitudes of Nigeria with a view to building a better and prosperous country. Amnesia is a fatal disease in any human concourse. It appears…
SARS and the Nigerian youth: Odors from a decaying system
Nigeria is home to a thriving contradiction. Here is a country that celebrates its aspirations to greatness—economic success, food security, accountable governance, territorial integrity, internal security, and improved living…
Our food heroes: The average Nigerian smallholder farmer
When Northern farmers chorus “BaWasa” – a Hausa phrase which means no jokes to the call “AFEX”, you can feel the joy punctuating the atmosphere. If you look closely behind their misty-eyes, you will see stoic and strong Nigerian men and…
Of Laycon and N5 million hullabaloo
STUDY this with an intellectual approach: apart from the winner of the popular reality show (Big Brother Naija) becoming the talk of the town, the trending headline about Governor Dapo Abiodun awarding five million naira and a three-bedroom…
Wealth, wealth creation and wealth protection
WEALTH has so many connotations. However, in the context of this piece, wealth is described as the abundance of items of economic value and freedom. For many, it is mainly about money, but that is only partly true, wealth is different from…
When will agitations end?
The North-South dichotomy evokes a lot of passions from the heated debates and arguments which it generates, everyone holding dear to their views, values, idiosyncrasies and what not. A lot has been written, on old perspectives likewise new…
Omo-Agege conveys Niger-Delta reservation over Zamfara, CBN gold bar deal
Deputy President of the Senate, Senator Ovie Omo-Agege has conveyed the reservation of the Niger-Delta region to the Senate over what is considered a breach by Zamfara state government on converting national revenue asset to state-owned…
Of NASS bureaucratic processes
AS the sun rose on the 8th October, the stage was set for a major event inside the ‘Green’ Legislative Chambers of the National Assembly. The event glaringly established the fact that the current chief bureaucrat of the complex is a…
Nigerian professors and their fat salaries
What we are saying is that if the Federal Government would reduce its profligacy and cut waste, there will be enough money to pay teachers in public universities, as well as fund research and upgrade infrastructure in such institutions.…
Assessing the Ogun dispute resolution system
Yearning by the organised labour for improved conditions of service is a normal feature of democracy.The labour unions have the political power to canvass their economic objectives. The organised labour expects the government, be it at…