Obi can win if he steps up!!! By Donu Kogbara
Dr Yunusa Tanko was one of Peter Obi’s staunchest allies for years. News that he has resigned from the Obidient Movement he once coordinated to head the presidential campaign council of Prince Adewole Adebayo’s Social Democratic Party (SDP) came as a shock to me and many other onlookers. As former Kaduna Central Senator, Shehu Sani, […]
May Day calls and clashes in a Year of Genocide, by Owei Lakemfa
THE streets of the world exploded on Wednesday as workers and students, marchers and protesters, sent May Day calls and, in several cities, clashes erupted over local needs and international concerns. The streets of France, Greece, United States, Chile, Cuba and several cities around the globe, quaked over the Gaza War. In Nigeria where abysmally […]
Petrol scarcity: Again, the state fails the people, by Adekunle Adekoya
WHEN queues started growing at petrol stations some two weeks ago, one initially thought it was because of the nature of the market. Since subsidy removal was announced last May 29, the cheapest price at which petrol could be bought was N568, at NNPC-owned filling stations. Other marketers sold above that, and in the Lagos area, often […]
What’s in a book? You’ll never know, until…, by Azu Ishiekwene
EARLIER this week, I teased on my social handle about my encounter with a deity. Of course, not in the sense that one might meet a deity in the groove of a village forest. Yet, those who have met this man – who know him – might agree that Sam Amuka, fondly called Uncle Sam, is […]
Ogoni Peoples Assembly says enough is enough!!! By Donu Kogbara
The Hydrocarbon Pollution Remediation Project, HYPREP, was established to deal with the chronic pollution that is undermining human health and economic activity in my native Ogoniland. I have, on this page and on my YouTube channel, bitterly complained about unscrupulous contractors who take HYPREP for granted. And I have categorically stated that I […]
Nigeria’s low tax intake: Blame weak economy, breach of social contract, by Olu Fasan
RECENTLY, the International Monetary Fund, IMF, lamented Nigeria’ low tax revenues. Two weeks ago, when launching the IMF’s Regional Economic Outlook for Sub-Saharan Africa, the Fund’s Director for Africa, Abebe Selassie, said: “For a country like Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country, with all those development spending needs, we think it is problematic that the tax revenue […]
