The unidentified problem of Nigeria: From forced migration to AUTOSUCOM Revolution (I)
By Victor-Bandele Dada For more than six decades, Nigeria has debated its problems without ever adequately identifying the problem beneath the problems. Economists have diagnosed fiscal instability. Political scientists have examined institutional weakness. Sociologists have studied ethnic and religious fragmentation. Development specialists have focused on poverty, unemployment, food insecurity and human capital. Security analysts have examined […]
Implications of Nigeria assuming Africa’s number one economy
AT basic economic classes, we were taught to assume that all other things will remain the same before certain economic conclusions can be reached. In the real world, this is hardly possible and thus makes postulations on the economy subject to different interpretations.
Aniomas and zoning: What they must do in 2015
AGREED, equity is fair, equity is justice. This is the pillar on which those from Delta North have hung their demand for the position of Delta State governor to be given to them. However, fairness and justice demand that proponents of zoning must be told the bitter truth that there has never been zoning in Delta State and never will such be.
Who succeeds Uduaghan in 2015
CONSIDERING the achievements of Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan, the debate in Delta State now is who succeeds him. The 1999 Constitution limits the tenure of Governors and President to two terms of four years each. So by 2015, Uduaghan must vacate office in obedience to the constitution.
Brazil 2014: Needless distractions for NFF
With barely two months to go to the kick-off of the world’s most glamorous and most watched sporting spectacular, the FIFA Senior World Cup, all the thirty two finalists are by now surely putting the final pieces in place for the journey to Brazil.
Beyond Nyanya and Sambisa Forest
NYANYA, a small suburban settlement close to Abuja, Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, was a quiet and peaceful area from where many daily travelled to Abuja for their numerous pursuits. With relatively cheaper rents than Abuja, it houses thousands, if not millions, of residents who shuttle to the capital for businesses and work daily.
Aregbesola: Working for the future
PRESIDENT John F. Kennedy did not live to witness the final fulfilment of the most ambitious of his goals: the landing of man on the moon by the United States as he predicted.
Gov Okorocha, the magician?
LIFE is not all about the more you look, the less you see. Those who think of life in that manner have already misunderstood the principles of existence.
Ending the baby factory menace
WHAT has now become a public issue is the sale of babies – a menace which has been on for some time – as teenage girls become victims of unwanted pregnancies and the children produced are sold out for adoption to couples who want babies at all cost.
The GDP re-basing that should be celebrated
A BUNCH of Nigerians was watching the final of the African Cup of Nations; and, against all odds, with the wobbling and fumbling of the country’s team, Nigeria won the cup, after a very long while. Some Nigerians hit the streets to celebrate. In other African cities the next day, they walked tall, especially in […]
Aviation after Oduah
THE departure of Princess Stella Oduah as the Aviation Minister brings to a screeching halt one of the most controversial careers in Nigerian public service.
