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 […]
Eze Chukwuezi Collins Ofordur: 1938-2019
The burial on Saturday, 30th of March, 2019, at Umuagu, Isiala Mbano LGA, Imo State, was a carnival of a sort, as family members, political juggernauts, captains of industry, professionals, cultural groups, traders, students, admirers and people from all walks of life gathered to pay their last respects to a man who was seen as a hero and an achiever, not only by his immediate family and relatives but by all who have caught a glimpse of his history.
Assembly election: Payback time for Landmark
Commensurate reward or consequence is always attached to every deed of man in life. This explains why William Shakespeare wrote that the evil that men do lives after them; while the good is oft interred with their bones.
Ambode: The shape of hope to come
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good men to do what he wants done… Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919), 26th president of the United States of America.
Shall we help the President?
Nigerians are a complex and complicated people where corruption is the norm of the day. It is not only in government circles but in the private and even in our family units. It’s so embedded in the fabric of our psyche.
Little things that matter to women
The story I’m about to tell you happened just last weekend in Accra, Ghana. It is a story which illustrates that most of the time (or sometimes), women do not care about your money, but other things.
