Independence address, endless promises no specifics
By Dele Sobowale Bayo Onanuga, the Senior Special Adviser to the President, accused critics of writing their responses without reading Tinubu’s address. That is certainly not true about me. In fact, the address was read to me by Uncle Sam, the Publisher of Vanguard, in his house – while asking for my comments on a […]
Who wants Wale Babalakin dead? – 2
This is developing to be a serious case of persecution of a Yoruba businessman by the Federal Government. Bi-Courtney had sued the Federal government for breach of contract and had been vindicated by the courts, both at the High Court and the Court of Appeal.
Who wants Wale Babalakin “Dead”?
“The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria is set to take possession of properties belonging to the Chairman, Bi-Courtney Group of Companies, Dr Wale Babalakin, over a N13.4bn debt…But, for “clerical errors”, one of the properties in Lagos would have been taken over on Friday”. PUNCH, Monday, February 11, 2013, p 30.
Governments move from lying about jobs to robbing job seekers
The easiest racket to run in Nigeria today concerns job vacancies. Either by posters, or through adverts in newspapers or by word of mouth, scammers smile all the way to the bank offering jobs that oftentimes don’t even exist. Governments and their agencies account now for the lion’s share of this growing and lucrative crime.
Ministry of Agric: From food stock to laughing stock
The Minister of Agriculture, once a brilliant prospect for his position, is gradually giving his Fellow Nigerians more jokes than food with every announcement coming out of that Ministry. His latest joke about supplying ten million GSM phones to farmers has received a lot of attention in the media; there is no need to over-flog the issue.
Vision 2020 – Part 4(1)
Till today, the top twenty countries remain among the most disciplined and have the lowest tolerances for corruption and laxity. Till today no Minister in Japan, or Russia, can promise to add so many megawatts of power and fail to do so without losing his job and being black-listed permanently from public appointment.
