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 […]
I don’t believe it’s a man’s world – DSP Ngozi Braide
Deputy Superintendent of Police, Ngozi Conchita Braide is the first female Lagos Police Command Public Relations Officer, PPRO. She was appointed on 11th of June 2012 and in this encounter with Saturday Vanguard, she talks about her beginning, her career, her experience and her future expectations. Excerpts.
Nigerian wonder
I really wanted to have fun with the on-goingOtedola/Lawan saga this week. Pretty intriguing stuff this ‘mysterious case’ of the six hundred thousand dollar bribe. Everybody is sounding a little ‘off’.If this truly was a sting operation by security agencies and the money was marked as alleged by Mr Otedola, why wasn’t Honourable Farouk Lawan not arrested at the point of collection and the money retrieved by said agencies?
Our democracy, a destination yet to be reached
Two dates always cause me to be melancholy, Nigeria’s Independence and Democracy day. I reflect on how many years we have been in existence as a nation, and how many leaders we have had who have promised to lead us out of Egypt, and into a land flowing with milk and honey… .It is over 50 years; at the very least half of a human being’s lifetime on earth. If at this age, one is yet to chew strong meat with well formed teeth but continues to feed from a bottle then more is the pity.
Lamentations of an aircraft
A FRIEND sent me this woeful, whimsical little piece in which it is imagined what the plane that recently crashed might have said if it could speak for itself:
Who ‘ll save Nigeria and how?
In the past week marked by grievous losses arising out of the DANA plane crash and the gruesome slaughter of christian worshippers in Bauchi and a former Deputy Inspector General of Police in Kano, the time calls for a moment of sober reflection while expressing condolences to the families of the departed innocent souls.
