Nigeria must break away from austerity so says the Director General, West African Institute for Financial and Economic Management, Dr. Baba Yusuf Musa. Dr. Musa was at the Arthur Mbanefo …
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The hypothesis of a U.S. military base in Nigeria
Globally, cascading crisis is informing strategic realignments, alliance recalibrations, re-setting of geopolitical priorities and new military pacts amongst sovereign states. In Niger, the military junta, following the coup d’etat of …
Read More »Safeguarding Nigeria’s water resource
Nigeria, a nation blessed with abundant natural resources, faces a critical challenge in safeguarding its water resources from the detrimental effects of pollution. Water pollution, the contamination of water bodies …
Read More »Bobrisky and tax reforms in Nigeria
The charade of Nigeria is never-ending! Only recently, one of the country’s best-known cross-dressers, Idris Okuneye, alias Bobrisky, was arrested on charges of abusing banknotes. He was later convicted and …
Read More »Living wage not salary increment
Life in Nigeria has become miserable for the larger population as 2024 is one of the hardest years Nigerians have ever undergone after the ugly experience of civil war. The …
Read More »President Tinubu’s controversial policies
Controversial policies of President Bola Tinubu, including removal of petroleum subsidy and electricity tariff hikes are making the masses to groan under serious economic strain. The post President Tinubu’s controversial …
Read More »Corpus juris abracadabrum
There is a joke that when he or she wants an excuse to impress a client in order to finagle substantial earnings, a Nigerian lawyer resorts to Latin phrases. The …
Read More »Uzere 2023 oil spill: where is NOSDRA report?
Concerning the subject matter above, we will start by stating the facts and avoid any speculations. On June 15, 2023, an oil spill took place in Uzere Isoko, Delta State. …
Read More »As the world celebrates Press Freedom Day
Like a ritual of the sort, Friday May 3, 2024, saw media professionals in Nigeria, members of civil society organizations and non-governmental organisations, among others, joined their counterparts across the …
Read More »Otedola: An undying whisper from the past – Part 2
Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola commended my bearing and youthful savvy. He told me that he believed that I had the capacity and the ability to mobilise support for him in …
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