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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Why Trump would not have won in Nigeria
Last week, the United States of America once more lived up to its billing as the bastion of democracy in the world with the seamless way its presidential election was …
Read More »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’ …
Read More »Fuel price crisis: Why Dangote is against exploiting Nigerians
The recent disclosure by the Dangote Refinery that it sells PMS (petrol) at N990 per litre into trucks exonerates the company from blame of being part of the oil mafia punishing Nigerians with exorbitant and …
Read More »World Bank and IMF: Siamese twins of imperialism?
Recently, the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) have been in the news arguably for the wrong reason. According to these institutions, the economic reforms being carried out by …
Read More »Indiscretions that hurt democracy
From experience, liberal multi-party democracy as a form of government is beautiful, that’s if operators behave themselves and abide by the principles. The principles include inclusivity, transparency and justice. The …
Read More »What are our politicians up to?
Let us begin with what politics ought to be and not what it has been turned into, with a right conception of politics and not with its monstrous misconception. The …
Read More »Despondency in the land, an indictment on the political class
Las week, The Guardian newspaper published a news report in which the paper marvelled at the situation that has brought Nigeria to the point where citizens openly beg the military …
Read More »Constituency allowance for inclusive growth
Politicians have a way of cleaning their mouths after sumptuous meals. That was why it was difficult to get the actual monthly take-home pay of a federal legislature until one …
Read More »Some long-term complications of diabetes
The prospect of suffering from some of the long-term complications of this disease condition is a real one facing the growing number of people living with diabetes in our country …
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