The essence of competition in telecoms sector
Competition is not only the basis of protection to the consumer, but is the incentive to progress.–President Herbert Hoover COMPETITION…
Why cashless policy must be enforced nationwide
IN banking, the concept of demand for money identifies three reasons why money needs to be kept: individual and corporate…
Development versus debt peonage
TEN of the world’s richest people hold more wealth than the 3.6 billion people who constitute the poorest half of…
Of hegemony and ports management
WHEN the Civil War ended on January 15, 1970 and with massive importation of goods into the country which occasioned…
Ekiti 2018 and the equity question
EKITI 2018: Fayose wherever you go, we go–that is the inscription on the paper banners that currently adorn the Trunk-A…
The civil servant in recession and inflation
HOW are civil servants coping with life under recession and high inflation? Today, there are public servants whose monthly salary…
PDP: Between Sheriff and Fayose
POLITICS is a game of numbers. The numbers are, however, not just derived from Roman numerals but from people who…
Constitutional amendment: Adeola goes for broke
THE legislative arm of government is primarily put in place to make laws for the governance of a nation. For…
Ekiti governorship, Fayose and Oni’s second-coming
GOVERNOR of Ekiti State, Mr Ayodele Fayose, loves razzmatazz. His day is incomplete without showiness that is designed to excite…
The truth about Mimiko’s administration
ONDO State closed a chapter in history as Governor Olusegun Mimiko’s eight-year tenure ended and the baton of power changed…
Development versus debt peonage
T EN of the world’s richest people hold more wealth than the 3.6 billion people who constitute the poorest half…
For a successful 2017 UTME
EAGERLY and anxiously, many a university, polytechnic and college of education aspirant is waiting for the Joint Admission and Matriculation…
The future of Africa
THE current population of Africa, according to the United Nations, is 1.1 billion, which is about 16 per cent of…
Fixing Nigeria in a healthy way
U NLOCKING Nigeria’s greatness can sometimes look as simple as flipping a coin - that is how blessed my country…
Elder Edison Eboigbodin: 1947-2017
BORN in Benin City on the 12th December, 1947 to the families of late Pa Solomon Osadolor Eboigbodin (often called…
One thing the North needs to excel
LEADERSHIP is the problem of the North and by extension the nation. This is in no way suggesting that Muslims…
Fayose and the reemergence of PDP in the South-West
The appointment of Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State as the new chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governors…
2017 budget: Taking the process a notch higher
SINCE President Muhammadu Buhari submitted the 2017 Appropriations proposal to the joint sitting of the two branches of the National…
Oiling the Amnesty Programme through funding
THE Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP) was formally set up on June 15, 2009 by the then President, AlhajiUmaru Musa Yar’Adua. …
Avoid herdsmen/farmers’ clash in Ekiti
THE atrocities and mayhem unleashed by suspected armed Fulan herdsmen in our dear nation, Nigeria, cannot be accurately estimated. The…
