When the voice of humanity reverberated in a man, by Owei Lakemfa
Across the world, countries, movements and groups on Thursday August 13, 2026 marked the centenary of Fidel Castro Ruz, the iconic Cuban revolutionary. That was yesterday. But Fidel is not yesterday’s man. Although he marched into the full embrace of history on November 25, 2016, he is a man of today as […]
Where is the unity in Buhari’s government?
Even in the highest echelons of government there was no doubt that Magu’s rejection as the substantive chairman of the EFCC was received with unusual plaudit
The collapse of the house of God
Unfortunately our religious leaders seem to be encouraging us to build on sand and not expect a building collapse
Petroleum problem child: One year blithe deregulation
The Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC a fortnight ago got producers to cut production from January 1, 2017 to shore up the price of crude in the international market. OPEC and non-OPEC producers again last Saturday reached a deal to jointly have an oil freeze to ease the global glutted market since July 2014. Nigeria was exempted from production cuts to make up for lost grounds occasioned by militancy in the Niger Delta since February 2016.
Ghana: An African dream deferred
I LIVED in Ghana continuously for about three years from January 6, 2013 and thought President John Mahama could easily be defeated by a determined opponent. This was what happened on December 7, elections when his challenger from the New Patriotic Front (NPP) Nana Akufo-Addoh beat him securing 5,716, 026 or 53.85 percent of the votes, and Mahama recording 4.713,277 or 44.40 percent.
Politricks of Toll gates
THERE must be an outbreak of Keynesian economists in Nigeria. Suddenly, they are showing up on the idea of our tolling policy.
John Keynes (1883-1946) was a classical economist who had a soft spot for full employment. For him, the people must be employed, even where it meant getting them into what might ordinarily look like the absurd cycle of pit digging:
