Aliko Dangote, Nigeria’s truest capitalist? By Suleiman A. Suleiman
([email protected]; 07066451983 SMS) Nigeria has a complicated relationship with capitalism. For the most part, it is barely understood. In Nigeria, capitalism is often presented as something inherently bad. This draws from the residual legacy of Nigerian Marxism, and a religious ethos that sometimes viewspoverty as a moral trophy. The idea that “money is the root of all evil” remains one of the most popular sayings in our public culture, even […]
What Eagles are telling Buhari – Emeka Obasi
United we stand, that is what Aso villa should pick from our dear Super Eagles as they prepare for the 2018 World Cup. The team is made up of the country’s best, all over the globe. From Greenland to Christmas Island, fro
We help single mothers shattered by failed marriages — Maureen Nwaezeigwe
Maureen Mennor Nwaezeigwe is the founder of Singlemomhood Support Initiative. In this interview, she disclosed how she was touched by the emotional trauma of failed marriages and the heavy burden of parenting which single mothers are forced to live. This spurred her to set up a forum that would provide them with emotional, financial and psychological support.
Naming and shaming those who destroyed Libya – Owei Lakemfa
THE United Nations (UN) under then Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon met on March 17, 2011 to decide the fate of Libya. Civil War had broken out in the country with rebels seizing the city of Benghazi and parts of the country. The rebels were armed by the West with the United States getting Saudi Arabia to supply anti-tank rockets, mortars and surface-to-air-missiles.
Slavery scandal
Nigeria, despite its multiple dysfunctions and frustrations, is not a totally Lost Cause…and is surely safer than Libya and the perilous Mediterranean waters in which so many drown while trying to escape
Now that Mr. Atiku has decamped again to PDP (2)
To conclude RIPPLES from last week on Mr. Atiku Abubakar decamping back to PDP again, we were on about him preferring to be addressed as “Mr”, rather than “Alhaji”, the title he sported to get elected governor and get promoted Vice-President to Obasanjo. This was as Deputy to the same Obasanjo who used to fast and break the fast with Muslims, the same Obasanjo who was to enrol for a course in Christian Theology at the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN). The essence of Atiku adopting the title of “Mr.” was to send a signal that he was not the typical Northern Hausa Fulani Muslim for whom religion is always an issue.
