The President’s Steward: A pauper in Aso Rock!
Many Nigerians would like to think that having a job in the Presidential Villa would be the opportunity to avail oneself of his/her share of the national cake. That, however, is not the case with the presidential steward, Mr. Micheal Onuh, who lives in a rented apartment on the outskirts of Nasarawa State and survives on two hours sleep daily.
Fear is the sum total of Nigerians
“I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.” — Nelson Mandela
Who deserves Independence Anniversary dinner?
In less than 72hours from today, Nigeria would be due for another independence anniversary – the 54th
And He laughs!
Comedy is great fun, I especially love to laugh heartily and I can make jokes of most sad situations. If you can find some mirth in adversity, you can find enough hope to positively spin things around.
Old Peoples Day celebration October 21, 2014
“If you don’t die, you are bound to grow old.”
Shibboleths and refutations (1)
Anytime I suggest, with good reasons, that successive federal governments have systematically marginalised south eastern Nigeria since the Biafran war ended in 1970, some critics allege that I am over flogging the marginalisation issue, that I must be a tribalist, and that my claim is tantamount to making excuses for incompetent and corrupt Igbo political leaders.
Over 50% of global population to have internet access
A new country-by-country data on state of broadband access worldwide released last week by the United Nation Broadband Commission has indicated that over 50% of the global population would have Internet access within the next three years.
Diaspora Matters: ‘Sir, you look so ordinary’
Some years ago, I ran into a “big” Nigerian on the streets of Edinburgh, United Kingdom. To be honest, it wasnt a “running into”, it was a case of a conscious encounter.
Nigeria’s growth indices, 54 years after: The need for entrepreneurial devt – Expert
Nigeria’s economy has experienced series of reforms in the last 54 years. The annual indices on growth of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) from 1960 to 1970 was 3.1 per cent. In the 1980s, the economy on average recorded high rates of inflation but with low rate of unemployment.
World Cup Fall-out:Blatter rejects calls to publish findings
FIFA president Sepp Blatter has rejected calls for the report into alleged World Cup bidding corruption to be made public. American lawyer Michael Garcia investigated the bidding processes for the 2018 and 2022 World Cups, filing his findings to FIFA this month.
Four killed as gunman attacks football team
Three football players, two of them minors, and their driver died in a gun attack against their bus in Mexico’s troubled Guerrero state, authorities reported Saturday
