OUR political seas are rough. Our economy, experiencing a tsunami. Yet, the two leading political parties; the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, which are expected to lead us out of a serious crisis, have dug trenches from which they throw missiles at each other. Publicly, they beat their chests on who can better hurl insults at the other.

The above is the title of a 2-part article by Franklin Nnaemeka Ngwu, who holds a Doctorate degree in Law & Economics, Banking and Financial Services Regulation and is also an Assistant Professor of Finance in a UK University. The following summary and excerpts from his article hopefully capture the essentials in the recommendation for an urgent payment reform to resolve our current economic predicament. Please read on:

Oddly enough, there are two answers to that question: yes and no. There is abundance evidence to prove that the President who launched another campaign to officially change Nigerian attitudes and values, and his accomplice in that regard, the Minister of Information and Culture, might not be the right people to be preaching to us – their Fellow Countrymen. To begin with, not all changes are beneficial to society.

Brethren, it is still September, the month of fruitfulness. To me, and many women that I know, it is a special month. It is the month of my breakthrough which brought about the birth of my son, after 22 years of waiting on the Lord.

The bible is full of simplistic statements masquerading as God-given theological doctrines. Many of them are naïve and palpably false.