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How Niger Delta was underdeveloped by its leaders, by Dele Sobowale

How Niger Delta was underdeveloped by its leaders, by Dele Sobowale

“Niger Delta got $160bn in 27 yrs, yet remains underdeveloped – Aig-Imoukhuede” – VANGUARD, SEPTEMBER 16, 2026. “Every country has the government it deserves” – Joseph de Maistre, 1753-1821. Thank God for Nigerians like Aig-Imoukhuede who occasionally seizes the opportunity to tell Nigerians the truth we hate to hear. He was the Keynote Address Speaker […]
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President Tinubu, acute food scarcity is here, by Dele Sobowale

President Tinubu, acute food scarcity is here, by Dele Sobowale

“No one whose stomach is totally empty can be persuaded that his need is not for food but for entertainment” – Professor John K Galbraith Tears came to my eyes when I read recently that the World Bank (which some of us love to hate) announced that it was spearheading the effort to raise $300 […]

Four+one outstanding governors of 2023-24, by Dele Sobowale

Four+one outstanding governors of 2023-24, by Dele Sobowale

“Leadership is the ability to define issues without aggravating problems” – Warren Bennis, VBQ p 125. I spent my 80th birthday in a prayer and fasting retreat with four others who were also eighty. In my journeys throughout Nigeria since 1974, I moved with two obsessions. One, given a chance, I wanted to know which […]

President Tinubu, scarcity is evident; chaos follow, by Dele Sobowale

President Tinubu, scarcity is evident; chaos follow, by Dele Sobowale

Cash scarcity reduces demand for some basic commodities; transporters bring less; prices escalate on account of reduced supply and demand plummets even further – ad infinitum “Love and business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man is starving” – O’Henry, 1862-1910. Sometime ago, your Vice […]