Whose time is it? By Patrick Omorodion
There is a saying in our local parlance that ‘if one man own no spoil, another man own no go better’.? This means that “One man’s loss is another man’s gain.” In 2015, then president of FIFA, Joseph Sepp Blatter was in his fifth term as president of football’s world body when he ran into […]
Uvwie monarch stops overthrow of embattled Ekpan traditional head
EFFURUN – SAVE for the good judgment of the Ovie of Uvwie Kingdom, Delta State, HRM, Emmanuel Sideso, Abe 1, the embattled Unuewvoro (traditional head) of the explosive Ekpan community, Chief Newton Agbofodoh, would have earned a hurtful sentence prior to his formal arraignment by the Police over series of criminal allegations, including killings, for which he was seized since June.
Fuel Price: The bone in NNPC’s Throat
The nagging question for any close observer of the market is whether or not diesel can sell above petrol and kerosene prices in a deregulated market space? If it cannot be so, how then does NNPC account for the present huge price differentials for both products, when diesel sells for over N200/litre? The following is a summary of an article published in May 2016, titled “Why Petrol will exceed N200/litre this year…unless”; nevertheless, with NNPC’s seeming helplessness and confusion with petrol and kerosene prices, “Fuel price: the bone in NNPC’s throat” seems a more appropriate title. Please read on:
Diving headlong into another debt trap – 2
Popularity, real or imagined, is the opium of the political classes. The only way to wound a politician’s ego is to tell him that he is no longer popular or that his popularity is nosing downwards. Two weeks ago, President Buhari announced that the goodwill he started with among Nigerians is still intact. That shows the reader what the shift from candidate to President can do to anybody.
Prince Abiodun Opanubi: A personal tragedy
THERE are people whose lives may read like fiction. In a world built on material considerations and self- interest, it is difficult to come across people who are not engaged in the rat race, live selfless lives and are committed to serving others. Prince Abiodun Afolajimi Opanubi reminds me of such. Our paths although initially far apart, seemed destined to cross.
Empty stomach breeds beasts
It is often said that if you have nothing nice to say, say nothing. True, but in this age of free speech, people often do not understand that with freedom comes responsibility. So, it is perhaps better to remain silent and be thought a fool than speak and remove all doubt. We all have access to the mountain of information and we can process and dismiss any information that insults our intelligence.
