Forex fight: CBN governor versus san
VANGUARD, OCTOBER 31, 2023.This news report on the last day of October brought an end to a dreadful month for those charged with managing the Nigerian economy – especially its exchange rate – as well as the rest of us; whose lives are now totally controlled by the dollar. For people like me who remember better days, now looking like fairy tales, the decline of the Naira has been a painful experience. After a preliminary visit to Nigeria in December 1973 to January 1974, I finally decided to return home finally.
How did the Farouk/Otedola saga end?
WHEN last did you read about Rep. Farouk Lawan, Femi Otedola and the US$ 620,000 thriller? Where is Farouk Lawan? Where is Femi Otedola? Where is the 620,000 dollars bribe money? How did the story end?
Power is nothing without control
MY caption today is borrowed form the pay off of the Pirelli tyre advertisement. I find it very profound whenever I contemplate the appeal to importance and the relish of power by people. Nigerians love their power and always like to wield it exclusively.
When is an election credible?
THE above hubristic statement was credited to His Excellency, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, Governor of Edo State, as he savoured his re-election on Saturday 14 July. Comrade Oshomhole also tried to rationalise his false alarm against INEC and the PDP. He would not admit that he was hasty in condemning INEC’s conduct of the Edo election.
When optimism is no longer enough
LAST week, while receiving the report of the Alfa Belgore-led Presidential Committee on the Review of Outstanding Issues, President Goodluck Jonathan said: “Our enduring sense of brotherhood, unwavering desire for freedom, unique resilience and abiding faith in Nigeria, have seen us through sundry challenges over the past 52 years of nationhood.
Legalism and anti- corruption war
MY people say abomination in the community is good business for the diviner. Every time there is an abomination the diviner demands consultation fee of a goat, a chicken, kola nuts and gin to propitiate the gods.
