Growth without relief: Nigerians cannot eat GDP figures
By IVO TAKOR By any reasonable measure, an economy that is growing while its people are becoming poorer is an economy that has failed to deliver justice. This is the contradiction staring Nigeria in the face today. Government officials may point to improving growth figures, better macroeconomic indicators and signs of economic recovery. Economists may […]
Second tenure, ethnic irredentism and all that
We are disappointed, but not surprised, that the relationship between Comrade Adams Oshiomhole and Governor Godwin Obaseki has gone sour so soon. From the lessons of history, the godfather/godson relationship travels only in one direction – sweet in the beginning but with time, the wine turns vinegar. Let’s take a short excursion into history:
Like IPOB, is IMN the new pet project against Nigeria?
By Bonaventure Ogar The resurgence of the activities of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN) has raised some weighty concerns in some questers. While it may not be out of place to take a cursory look at the activities of the IMN and its violent tendencies, it is sufficing to state that there may be […]
When your enemy hungers, feed him: The new narrative in Ekiti
It was an unusual development for Hon. Tunji Odeyemi, a former acting governor of Ekiti State, former Speaker of the State House of Assembly and the immediate past chairman of the Ekiti State House of Assembly Service Commission.
The media sons and daughters of July
JULY, the seventh month of the year, holds special attraction for quite a number of our media professionals. Journalists and broadcasters, educators and administrators, publishers and entrepreneurs, it is the birth month of at least 13 Nigerians who have contributed their fair share to the development of the Nigerian media.
Suicide: Why banning Sniper is not enough
We must bear in mind that apart from Sniper, people have a thousand and one ways to die if they are determined to bid the world farewell
