Economy: All hands on deck
I HONESTLY believe things will get better in Nigeria soon. I don’t think it will get worse than this,” stated Grace as the commuter bus ascended the Third Mainland bridge on its way to Obalende.
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Show of colours at Alexis’s mixed feelings
Japhet Davidson DESPITE the economic crunch coupled with the Covid 19 crisis that is changing the plans of many organisations especially people in the art industry, one gallery that is bent on maintaining its programmes is Alexis galleries. And in line with art lovers, promoters, collectors are set to explore the best of artistic creativity
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Wahala in the land
Make dem no worry, bigger problems are coming. Na small, small monkey dey take enter market,” declared Biodun, a commuter in the Ojota-bound bus as another commuter, Martins, narrated what happened in his neighbourhood.
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‘WHY are our leaders so hell-bent on punishing the poor masses who voted them into power? Why are they so heartless? It seems there are demons that make them change into something else once they get to the seat of power,” said Chuks, a passenger in the Apapa-bound commuter bus.
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Hmmm, something has got to give
‘’Hmm! We can’t continue like this in this country oo. Something has got to give,” said Carol, a commuter in the CMS-bound bus as a lady complained about how much she spent on just bread for breakfast. “My problem with us as a people is that we are too docile. We can complain from now till eternity, yet refuse to do anything to change the situation. We will rather keep adjusting and readjusting like the toad placed in a pot on fire with water. As the temperature of the water rose, the toad kept adjusting its own temperature to suit the surrounding temperature until it died,” said Comfort.
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Hunger in the land
“I swear wahala dey. No money, no food, no light, no water,” lamented Julie, a passenger in the CMS-bound commuter vehicle. “A derica cup of rice is now N250 up from N150; small paint bucket of garri is N650, tomato nko? No go area. God please we need your intervention before we perish oo.”
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Hunger in the land
“I swear wahala dey. No money, no food, no light, no water,” lamented Julie, a passenger in the CMS-bound commuter vehicle. “A derica cup of rice is now N250 up from N150; small paint bucket of garri is N650, tomato nko? No go area. God please we need your intervention before we perish oo.”
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Farmers, herdsmen and Niger-Delta militants
SEEMS we are fully back to the military era,” said Iyke in the CMS-bound commuter bus.
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Which kin change be this?
“Oh Chineke God, deliver us from this wahala. Is this what we voted for? The suffering is too much,” lamented Patrick, a commuter in the Apapa-bound bus, in reference to the long queues at petrol stations, often spilling into the road and obstructing the free-flow of traffic.
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Stop the borrowing, look inwards
‘ARE we moving forward or going backwards?” asked Simon in the CMS-bound commuter vehicle. “We are moving forward of course! Forward ever, backward never. President Buhari is taking us somewhere,” said Taju.
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