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Don’t blame the youth; their parents worship money too

On May 18, 20197:37 amIn Back to the matter, Newsby vanguard

Registrar of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board, JAMB, Professor Ishaq Oloyede, has come out to say that parents of Nigerian students who partook in the April 2019 edition of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, paid hundreds of thousands of Naira in some cases, to professional examination writers who assisted their wards to tackle the examination.

We need better businesses, not more taxes

On May 4, 20197:03 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

Last January, FIRS chairman Tunde Fowler proudly announced that the organization he heads has broken the all time record in tax revenue collections in Nigeria, taking in a whopping 5.3 trillion naira against the former high of 5.07 trillion in 2012.

2023 and our grammar-blowing politicians

On March 23, 20195:25 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

In the days when the legendary Lamidi Adedibu reigned over Oyo state with his Amala politics, his cunning as well as the culinary skills of those in his massive kitchen were the main sources of his political power.

Ambode and the madness on Lagos roads

On January 12, 20193:16 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

For some reason, in the past week, the Lagos state propaganda machine has made a hue and a dance about the Governor making a harsh example of some uniformed personnel and another hapless fellow who had been driving against traffic along the Airport road in Lagos.

Empathy over Politics

On December 29, 20183:43 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

Not many knew there could be a strong relationship between poetry and the economy until Nigerian Poet, Dike Chukwumerije gave his outstanding performance at the 23rd Nigerian Economic Summit in Abuja last year, with which he exposed our ethnic hypocrisies as a nation while criticizing other peoples about racism.

So, Oshiomole wants minimum wage

On December 22, 20188:34 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

When a man has got the gift of the garb to the extent that APC Party Leader, Adams Oshiomole does, he can literally get away with murder.

Who is afraid of 2019?

On December 15, 20188:19 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

Difficult as they have been, the Buhari administration years appear to be the fastest we have had in recent times. While the opposition is catching its breath, it would seem, the administration is already on its way to the next general elections.

Glory Dome and the inglorious religious enterprise

On December 1, 20185:04 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

When pundits refer to religion as the opium of the masses, they suffer from a severe lack of profundity. To refer to religion in such sweet terms is to remain shallow and inadequate students of History.

More privatised than thou

On November 24, 20184:27 amIn Back to the matter, Newsby Urowayino Warami

At the very height of globalization, Nigeria adopted the mantra: government has no business doing business. Having convinced citizens of this baseless philosophy and while we were drunk in the euphoria of new civilian rule, the Obasanjo administration proceeded to dispose of some of the state’s businesses, many of which owned some of the state’s most valuable movable and unmovable assets. Massive real estate assets in the highbrow neighbourhoods of Ikoyi and Victoria Island were divested and essentially round-tripped with the promise of enhanced efficiency in the different spheres.

How unhealthy narratives hurt the Nigerian girl child

On October 27, 20187:18 amIn Back to the matterby Nwafor

October 11- the world came together yet again to draw attention to the plight of the girl child once again, and all over the world.