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Tacking poverty in Nigeria: Onus on crony billionaires, not self-made musicians! By Olu Fasan

Senator Oluremi Tinubu, Nigeria’s irrepressible first lady, recently made two controversial interventions on the country’s socio-economic situation. First, she told the jobless to start selling akara, roasted corn or kuli-kuli to eke out a living. Then, she admonished rich young musicians to help the poor. She received a torrent of criticism for the comments. Yet they […]
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Our increasingly ‘absentee’ President

THERE is an old adage that says: “when the cat’s away, the rats play”. Whenever you hear stories of cabals developing around a leader or powerful offices such as our Presidency, there is a power vacuum. Nature – and politics – abhor vacuum.

Nigeria and Economic Recession: Way out (5)

“The picture of agriculture with which many Nigerian youths including university graduates are familiar is that of the subsistence farmer toiling away with a hoe and a cutlass on his farmland. Without a doubt this is surely not a scenario or position to which most youths, least of all, university graduates will aspire.”

The No 1 item on Buhari’s agenda for 2017

IN less than five months from now President Muhammadu Buhari would have spent two years in office. His four-year term would be half gone by then. The full impact of what his government has achieved in the previous 24 months should by then be clear. In most places, the first one hundred days is the benchmark of assessment. If by that time a government hasn’t got its bearing, it can begin to regard itself as a potential failure.

Astrological Counselling

BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CAPRICORN RULER = AMBITIOUS SATURN-THE LAW. QUALITY = CARDINAL. ELEMENT = EARTH. SYMBOL = THE GLORIOUS MONTAIN GOAT. GROUP = FEMININE. ZODIACAL POSITION = THE 10TH. Because they rarely day dream, Capricorns are set of practical people. This is because Capricorn is ruled by Saturn – the planet of Career, material things […]

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