AND, sadly, it came to pass. It is well predicted that most countries blessed with natural resources, even in the best of times, perform worse economically than countries not so endowed; and that, when times are tough, countries that are dependent on natural resources come to an assured grief. There is a popular name for this strange but common condition: resource curse.

THE D-day at Ugbokun, Monday 29th , August, 2016 was the ground-breaking ceremony of Prof. Pat Utomi’s ‘Integrated Produce City’ at Ugbokun Community in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.It is a comprehensive agricultural empire from cultivation of a diversity of crops, processing, storage, and marketing to the nation and export to the world at large. The farmers’ dream city, a real trail blazer, has opportunities and potentials for generating jobs, food and forex in abundance.

THE big question begging for answer in the public domain since the precarious incident of the herdsmen attacks on communities and innocent citizens of the country is whether the heinous acts should be categorised as a state or national issue.

Governor Olusegun Otaibayomi Mimiko is 62 years old tomorrow, October 3. Language deconstructionists will agree with our matching of Mimiko’s names (Olusegun Otaibayomi or “ God given victory to shame ill will”) with his persona, struggles and achievements.

As Nigeria reforms, restructures and strategizes towards pulling back the economy unto a path of inclusive and sustainable growth, it is useful to pay detailed attention to the sectors and subsectors.   This is because while summary pictures succeed in showing the prevailing conditions, the secrets to the various pieces of the solution lie in the […]