Atiku and the northern oligarchs should be careful of what they are asking for, by Rotimi Fasan
Our politicians are already up in arms, nagging and threatening fire and brimstone about the INEC list of politicians cleared for the January 16, 2027 election. The electoral body is being accused of bias and favouritism. There are allegations that while some names have been excluded from INEC’s list on the grounds that they did […]
Money, the root of our football evil
Throughout the House of Representatives and Senate Committee sessions on sports, there was a consensus that money was the root of all our football woes.
FRSC’s new licence plates or highway robbery?
The economist, like anyone else, must concern himself with the ultimate aims of man”. Alfred Marshall, 1842-1924. The father of classical economics. To Marshall’s observation, another economist had added that anything that does not make economic sense [to most people concerned] has no chance of succeeding.
CBN VS THE PEOPLE (2)
In the first part of this article, which was published last week, we gave a brief narration of how Lamido Sanusi and his predecessors as Central Bank Governor brazenly discountenanced alternative advocacy that could redeem and positively transform our economy.
Award Factories of Nigeria, AFN – 1
“Money makes everything legitimate; including bastards”.Jewish proverb. (VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS p 163).
And in no country is that statement truer than in Nigeria. Given loads and loads of cash, a certificate forger can be given an award, nay several awards, for integrity. It has happened before. It will happen again.
Stealing in billions
The extreme of opulence and want are more remarkable, and more constantly obvious, in this country than in any other than I ever saw. -John Quincy Adams
