Columnists

Governing from the seat of their pants

A columnist with one of Nigeria’s leading newspapers, who may not want his name revealed here, sent in a text message agreeing with the “Memo to ‘Minister of the economy,’” …

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‘I need to feed my family’

The joy in his voice was palpable. “Don’t worry”, he said, “we can easily make a profit of N400,000 a month, and out of that, we can pay ourselves between …

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Tonto Dikeh: Potential vs potentials

“Potential’ is an uncountable noun but almost everyone keeps counting and pluralising it. So, often, you hear some say ‘Nigeria has many potentials’, ‘The company has a lot of potentials’ …

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