Nigeria since 1999: When will the years begin to count? By Dakuku Peterside
Think of a Nigerian born in 1999, the year civilian rule came back. That person is twenty-seven now. They have never lived under a military government. But they may have finished school and not found a job. They have probably learned to plan trips around insecurity, and they almost certainly run a generator at home. […]
The risk we take
THERE is something definitely rotten about Nigeria which comes from the very top of governance. Considering the high concentration of power at the centre, such rot is bound to and does have spiralling effects on other members of society well beyond its point of origin.
Vanguard Conference on football
Wednesday, I was a member of a panel put together by Vanguard Newspapers to discuss the way forward for Nigeria football.
The putrid mess also in cbn! (4)
This week, we will conclude the series of articles on “The Putrid Mess Also in CBN!†with an examination of the misguided application of the Central Bank’s instruments of control, and wonder why these wrongheaded policy measures were not subjected to the simple test of whether or not they were in conformity with commonsense!
Sweet and sour for Shola
Hi readers! If the first three ceremonies to mark the wedding of Shola’s son were great, the last one, which was the reception for the wedding proper, was simply fantastic.
ASUU vs FG (2)
0803-787-1553: Presido, ASUU is as guilty as the government. In a recent interview, two graduates couldn’t write one million, twenty thousand and six naira in figures! O.
