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 […]
Toye Akiyode: Agosco @ 70
By Ikeddy Isiguzo AS a cub reporter at The Punch, 41 years ago, Toye Akiyode was one of the senior reporters we looked up to, then we had mentors without tags. He spent minimal time in the newsroom from his beat at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, a facility that shared a fence with The Punch. […]
Joao Marques: It’s Time to Negotiate for a Better Future for Africa’s Energy Industry
By enhancing production and streamlining resource management, African countries can finally have the capital to invest in industrialization and in the diversification of their economies If you go to Amazon.com to purchase NJ Ayuk’s most recent book “Billions at Play: The Future of African Oil and Doing Deals”, which you absolutely should do, you will […]
When Otuaro danced for a woman
FOR Otuaro to be caught dancing it naturally becomes a canal for the spontaneous flow and overflow of applause. It, however, dramatically turns into a canal for the conveyance and flight of verbal contraband directed at him with deadly accuracy when the dancing is found to be at variance with reasons of governance, cultural obsession, cultural extravaganza, occasional spiritual ecstasy precipitated by divine visitation, and filiation by marriage with the woman for whose valued entertainment the dance is choreographically staged.
Why our elections may still be dirty
PRELIMINARY reports from the last gubernatorial polls in Bayelsa and Kogi states show that the elections were generally marred by massive violence, rigging, and vote-buying.
Buhari’s Assent: 1 year running, NOUN Law graduates’ fate blurred
By Sylvester Ikechukwu Onyema On 7 December 2018, the assent of the NOUN (Amendments) Act-2018 by President Muhammadu Buhari to remedy the quagmires the innocent law students National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN) found themselves in since their graduation from 2013 will be one year. Key questions to the stakeholders are: Will the assent be […]
