Gov Peter Obi and record of public debt in Anambra
By Law Mefor Our attention has been drawn to a viral post by a former Governor of Anambra, HE Mr. Peter Obi, CON, on what he described as “Phantom Debts and Ecological Loan Fallacy”, which presumably was in response to some statements in a podcast by the Anambra State Commissioner for Finance. We understand that […]
Defeating Boko Haram in five easy steps (3)
NOT much has changed since then. The white officers have now been replaced by Nigerians, but the bulk of the soldiers still consist of largely illiterate individuals who can neither read and understand army manuals nor be expected to read maps accurately.
Deregulating Nigeria’s oil sector: Travailing to bring forth
By Dan Aibangbe OIL exploration commenced in Nigeria as far as 1903 under licence given to Nigeria Bitumen Company and later to Shell BP (1908). A series of realignments and some six million British pounds worth of exploration expenditure culminated in the discovery of the first active oil well in Oloibiri in 1956 and production […]
Politicians and the dearth of oratorical dexterity
By Bobson Gbinije Father, let me be able to fulfill the expectations of my friends and disappoint the hopes of my enemies —Abraham Lincoln(1809-1865) LIKE Zeus on Mount Olympus, Nigerians were transported with celestial joy and they soared on the wings of ecstatic delight following the eight wonder world visit of the then President Bill Clinton […]
Minimum wage controversies
By Ifeanyi Afuba AS far back as one can remember the issue of national minimum wage has been problematic both in comprehension and implementation. From the 1981 N125 Minimum Wage Act enacted by the Shehu Shagari government to the present N30, 000 minimum wage law passed by the National Assemby in 2019, there has been […]
Abba Kyari, the Eagle-Tiger in the eye of the storm
By Kingsley Chinedu Imagine a leader having an individual with the attributes of a tiger’s strength and the peerless vision of an eagle as an advisor. Tigers are the largest amongst other wild cats; extremely fast and powerful. The eagle sees the whole picture from miles away, picking out granular details with clinical precision. What […]
