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 […]
Will Nigerians obey the new Constitution?
IN recent times,Nigeria has preoccupied itself with the review/amendment of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. Yes, as amended! It is less than three years since the constitution was amended, you remember?
Why the alliance may not work
YET another attempt at welding together an alliance to defeat a ruling dominant party is underway.
A million Naira for festival gold
In the next two weeks Lagos, host of the first and second National Sports Festivals in 1973 and 1975, will be the focus of Nigeria’s sports attention as all the states of the federation and Abuja run, jump, kick lift, swim and throw all in search of glory for their states.
“RETENTION OF 12% MPR INSENSITIVE” SAYS CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
The continuation of a tight monetary regime would have the following outcomes: persistence of high interest rate, deepening of the unemployment crisis, financial intermediation role of the banks will continue to be undermined, recovery of the real economy will remain sluggish, capacity of enterprises to create jobs would continue to be inhibited, stock market recovery would continue to be slow and the capacity of banks to support the economy would remain severely constrained.”
Casino Christianity
Two men were shipwrecked in a deserted island. One of them began screaming and yelling: “We’re going to die! There’s no food! No water!” The other one was as calm as can be. His colleague shouted at him: “Don’t you understand?! We’re going to die!” Unperturbed, the other man replied: “We won’t die. I make ten million naira a week.” “What difference does that make?” asked his colleague, now very irritated
