The question on the lips of all concerned Nigerians lately is whether or not the abysmal decline in our economy can be arrested by the measures currently adopted by our Central Bank. My usual response to this question is that you cannot sow rice and hope to reap cassava (a la Majek Fashek)!

IF you think there is fuel scarcity in Nigeria then you must either be ignorant or a fool. There is no fuel scarcity; and that is authoritative – as you will discover shortly. But, there is scarcity of patriotism and abundance of saboteurs – again as you will soon find out.

A LARGE percentage of the new churches are disguised business ventures. But because of material poverty, intellectual cowardice and inability to genuinely appreciate the existential implications of the cosmic insignificance of human life here on earth, most Christians believe that by giving to the pastor, by giving to the church, they are really acting in accordance with the divine will, forgetting that no one knows the divine will for sure.

IT is very embarrassing indeed if and when a public officer articulates a position that is not grounded on set rules and procedures. That public officer ends up having what we call a bad press. The tragic outcome is that one with a bad press leaves behind a record that is distorted even if otherwise credible.

If in 10 years of democracy (since 1999) we cannot put a solid finger on any positive, life-enhancing benefit that the hopeless refrain of deregulation has brought to Nigeria, (Except the massive rip-off called GSM), why should anybody want to persuade us that deregulation – especially in the oil sector – would make any difference to our lives in this tragic country?

Without Omisore or Omoworare to represent Ife East in the Senate there is no doubt that the real losers would be the people of Osun East who would be deprived of the privileges that a Senator would otherwise fight for them. In Omisore’s case, some colleagues accused him of cornering some major water projects for the South in the 2009 budget to Osun East for his constituency!

Merry Xmas!!! Merry Xmas!!! Merry Xmas. I know that we all have Christmas gifts wrapped up for our loved ones. If you have not got a gift for any member of your family, for your friends and neighbors, its still not too late to dash to town, and get a gift. Remember this is a season for sharing and showing appreciation to others for all they have been to you, especially during the course of the year.

MERRY Christmas to all Vanguard readers. I pray that you can take a break from any stresses you are enduring and enjoy the holiday season with your families.

THERE are reasons to worry this Christmas than whether there would be lots to eat and drink. If your thing is sports, you cannot be thinking of Christmas without lots of space for January 10, when the Nations Cup commences in Angola.

By Owei Lakemfa THREE of the world’’s most famous African Americans sat down to discuss Christmas. Oprah Winfrey, Michelle and Barack Obama. The couple politely and playfully disagreed on gifts. An engaging personality the man is, but he has to struggle between  being a man of principles, and the leader of a powerful country with […]