Nigeria’s cooking gas crisis
For many households, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) promised a cleaner, safer alternative to firewood, charcoal and kerosene. That promise is fraying. A steep rise in the cost of refilling cylinders—reaching about N2,000 per kilogramme in some markets—has put LPG beyond the reach of millions already squeezed by inflation and falling real wages. Cooking fuel is […]
As We Mourn Again…
IF something would be remembered about the naval helicopter that went down on Saturday with Governor Patrick Yakowa, General Andrew Owoye Azazi, former National Security Adviser, and four others, it would be how they died.
Promises Of Bright 2013
WORDS are cheap. No wonder people use them without considering their impact or consequences of not keeping them, when they are promises.
Missing Pension Funds
THINGS are getting out of hand with our public accounting system. We are unwilling to do a thing about it because the money involved is the public’s, and where it is for pensions, the expectation could be that pensioners, should have helped themselves to public funds in service.
Missing Pension Funds
THINGS are getting out of hand with our public accounting system. We are unwilling to do a thing about it because the money involved is the public’s, and where it is for pensions, the expectation could be that pensioners, should have helped themselves to public funds in service.
Sheer Wastes, Sure Wants
BUDGET defences give us rare opportunity to behold wastes in government. Possibly worse is the adamancy of government officials in defending their preferences for their comfort at our collective expense.
