Atiku is right, subsidy removal needs revisiting – 2
By Dele Sobowale Some called it lunacy; others were more polite in their condemnation of the idea of government reversing itself. Few did the rational thing when confronted with a proposal on a vital public interest. Most of Atiku’s traducers were political opponents; who were afraid that the idea might just be popular and could […]
Celebrating J.B Ogufere at 80
Today I have decided to drop everything to celebrate a sports legend of our time. A living Encyclopaedia of our football, a man who God has given me the privilege to understudy as secretary of Association of Sports Veterans Nigeria, of which he is the President.
Spreading northern violence: wither vision 20:2020?
Capital is a coward; it takes flight at the slightest indication of prevalent violence and destruction”. Anonymous.
The Vision 20:2020 project; at best a foolish stunt because it is not based on sound economics, had become increasingly another scam foisted on the Nigerian nation to siphon money into private pockets – especially those of its most ardent promoters in government.
GEJ in Brazil as Nigeria burned
AS I sat down to write this article, President Goodluck Jonathan was in Brazil for the Rio+20 Earth Summit. He left on Tuesday, June 19, 2012, and presidential spokesman, Dr. Reuben Abati, issued a statement saying he would return on Friday, June 22.
Femi Otedola vs Farouk Lawan
Boxing enthusiasts will associate the above with the title of a fight contest, while our learned gentlemen may expect a legal confrontation; either way, Nigerians will laugh and cry at the same time at the unfolding drama between the oil magnate, Femi Otedola, on the one hand and the consummate legislator, Farouk Lawan, on the other.
The Lawan saga continues
Farouk Lawan, you know the House of Representatives Subsidy Probe panel Chairman (who since last week, has been stripped off his post). Please keep up, because it is going to get rather messy. Last week, the member of the House of Representatives was accused by Otedola that Lawan and the ad hoc committee’s secretary, Boniface Emenalo, collected $120,000 on Lawan’s behalf.
