The monetization of Discontent: Why happy marriages are unprofitable to big tech, by Stephany Shaakaa
A person who feels secure in their home, anchored in their marriage and reasonably fulfilled by the ordinary work of partnership has less reason to spend hours searching for emotional stimulation elsewhere
Ekpene Ibiabong: C-River community of skin-and-bone children
EKPENE IBIABONG—THE economic slump is taking its toll on residents, particularly children, who appear half-starved at the rustic Ekpene Ibiabong community, Odukpani Local Government Area, Cross River state, investigations by NDV has revealed. Most of the children sighted by NDV looked underfed with protruding tummies, white eyes and red hair, as if they are suffering Kwashiorkor.
Return of James Ibori
HIS achievements are as considerable as his background is somewhat murky and unclear.
Like most Nigerian leaders, questions about him remain unanswered. For example, did he go to prison before he was elected governor of Delta State? It is true that our constitution forbids ex-convicts from holding political office. Before the election, it was not clear why the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, and State Security Service, SSS, were not able to establish the truth of his alleged London con
Nigerians need more, not less govt intervention
NIGERIANS need more government intervention, not less. All modern development has been government-driven. Nigerians need their government to regulate and provide for their basic needs, not a deregulated society where greed is hailed as enterprise; the rich get richer and the poor are sentenced to a live of misery.
Ghost workers: Who is deceiving who?
The Nigerian Public service is reportedly heavily burdened with a ghost population, who not only unexpectedly write job applications and present themselves for interviews, but who also open bank accounts and collect salaries, despite their human shortcomings! Curiously, the CBN’s “know your customers” directive to banks was obviously no deterrent to the establishment of bank accounts for such ghosts!
Federal government building castles in the air
Dosumu attended Baptist Academy, then on Broad Street in Lagos Island, and was so good in Bible Knowledge, he was one of few members of his set who collected distinction in BK at the Cambridge School Certificate among a string of other distinctions. He went further to bag the prestigious ASPAU scholarship to study in the United States – becoming the first “Lagos Boy” to do so. He was in the Midwest of the USA where he and Dr Kalu Idika Kalu and others made Nigeria proud by their achievements. Each collected a doctorate in his field of study. Wahab’s was Engineering.
