While others had their eyes glued to the pages carrying the President’s budget address to the joint session of the National Assembly, NASS, some of us were paying greater attention to movements in the global oil sector. Like it or not, the volume of oil exported next year and the average price per barrel will still be the major determinant of how the Nigerian economy performs next year – just as it was in 2016 and years before it.

I have always eagerly looked forward to Christmas. Not for what I can get out of it, but for the juiciest events I usually find myself smack in the middle of. Take the last Christmas eve, for instance.

By Janet Adetu In the spirit of the festive season it is time to show some love, appreciation, gratitude and gratefulness. Christmas cards are a great way to express this in addition to the exchange of gifts. These cards are the tradition during festive times like this, I can remember stacking up past Christmas cards […]

It’s exactly a week to Christmas; when we remember the birth of our Lord Jesus; our Saviour, our Redeemer, the Lamb of God.

Nigerian politicians are not a moral lot. And our political field, unfortunately, has no hedges. Without a political culture , without the guidance of tradition, without institutions, riotous baser instincts can roam unconstrained. Politics is a dirty game. But the exceptional contempt our politicians have for ethical bounds makes our politics unbearably filthy. Scandals are now mundane. A populace gifted with elastic spirits has been taking unending manifestations of depravity in their famished strides. But they won’t stop plumbing new depths. And now it’s Jimoh .