N210 trillion: Nigeria’s numbers problem
By MAHMUD JAFAR The easiest way to rile Nigeria on the matter of public finance is to throw a number of endless zeroes at us and call it missing money. Nobody needs to explain the ledger from which it was drawn, or the accounting convention that produced it, or whether the sum describes cash that once […]
Nigeria’s Olympic blues
NO, blue is not the colour of any Olympic medal. Blues is the mood of Nigeria every four years immediately after each Olympics. Other nations experience euphoria from garnering medals consequent on hard work and the years preceding the event. Such nations also feel challenged to improve on their performance at the next Olympics. The psyche of the successful is upped for higher achievements even in other areas of endeavour.
Kogi: How can the S/court do this to Nigeria, Democracy -Adeyanju
The judgment of the Supreme Court determining the governorship tussle involving Captain Idris Wada, Hon. James Faleke and Alhaji Yahaya Bello was surprising to say the least. In the judgment given on September 20, 2016, the Supreme Court dismissed the appeals of Wada and Faleke and affirmed Bello as Governor of Kogi State.
Change begins with leadership
With starvation and unprecedented hardship pervading the land, many Nigerians view this as adding insult to injury
Are we truly hungry?
Also,a former Governor of the Central Bank and now Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi, threw cold water on some of the assumptions used. His words: “When I was the Governor of the CBN, the economy was growing at 37 per cent. The oil sector was not adding anything to GDP growth. The growth was coming from agriculture, services and trade, which is also very revealing.”
Aregbesola’s education policy in perspective
By Yaya Ademola As a part of the silver jubilee anniversary of the creation of Osun State on August 27, 1991, President Muhammadu Buhari on September 1, 2016 commissioned Osogbo Government High School. The school has the capacity to accommodate 3,000 pupils, equipped with modern academic and sporting facilities is rated as one of the […]
