‘Not as exotic as you’: The poetics of difference and othering
By Oko Owi Ocho Afrika Isaac Miebi Mandez creates a persona who is in therapy—but it is a collective self-therapy that takes us through the history of colonial violence, the continued impact of the wound of that violence, and what Frantz Fanon had noted as the continuity of the wound of colonialism, which we have […]
Delta state: Two years after
His greatest achievement is dousing ethnic tensions and building bridges of understanding across all sections of the state
Six wasted years: Weep not for Jonathan (2)
It is important to have a State/Federal Government collaboration on projects such as the Brass LNG, construction of an airport, deep seaport, good road networks to the oil terminals
Can Aero and Arik Air survive?
The Asset Management Company of Nigeria’s (AMCON) belated rescue operation of Arik Air and Aero contractors will have very little effect on the survival prognosis of the two airlines. It is a known fact that getting an airline out of insolvency is the hardest feat in financial algorithm.
Achieving macroeconomic stability with ERGP
The recently launched Economic Recovery Growth Plan (ERGP) of the federal government is perhaps the most ambitious economic recovery programme of any government in recent memory. The plan, which covers the period from 2107 to 2020, is designed to, among other objectives, enhance the country’s economic recovery, and also serve as the much needed catalyst for growth and sustainable development.
Resolving the power sector conundrum
Electricity supply is considered the most critical impediment to the achievement of the Vision 20:2020 target of double digit growth and reduction of poverty to the barest minimum.
