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Who is “killing” the Naira?

Who is “killing” the Naira?

The assumption that Nigeria is divided between those who “want” devaluation and those who oppose it is a false appearance. Any rational Nigerian, especially middle class individuals, who can be assumed to be rationally self-interested “want” a strong currency so that they can maintain real purchasing power and lifestyles in a globalized consumerist economy.

Kwara: A riposte to Modibbo Kawu’s misrepresentation

Kwara: A riposte to Modibbo Kawu’s misrepresentation

ISHAQ Modibbo Kawu’s latest diatribe against the government and political leadership of Kwara State, published in the Vanguard of Thursday, February 18th, 2016 was, as usual, marked by innuendo, falsehood and disinformation.

Edo politics and the perennial pretenders

Edo politics and the perennial pretenders

THE race towards who succeeds Comrade Adams Oshiomhole as governor of Edo State on November 12, this year has already begun; while the electoral umpire, the Independent National Electoral Commission is yet to come out with its guidelines for the election, people in the state and, indeed, political watchers already know those who are in the race for the tickets of the two leading parties: the All Progressives Congress (APC), the ruling party in the state and at the federal level and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the opposition party.

Edo 2016: Return of the godfather

Edo 2016: Return of the godfather

WHEN the Comrade Governor of Edo State, Adams Oshiomhole, recently applied the big stick once against the Edo State Traffic Management Authority, EDSTMA, knocking them off their usual nefarious and very much hated business, the question that came to my mind was simply:‘ who is fooling who?

Niger Delta Ministry: Re-focusing for development

Niger Delta Ministry: Re-focusing for development

THERE is no gain saying that that the birth of the Niger Delta Ministry was a quintessential necessity aimed at redressing deficits of infrastructure and resolving vexing issues of economic justice in Nigeria’s oil producing region. As late President Musa Yar’Adua probably intended at inception in September 2008: the ministry will coordinate efforts to tackle the challenges of development, environmental protection and youth empowerment in the Niger Delta, it was equally expected that the establishment would serve as the primary vehicle for delivery of the administration’s agenda for the rapid development of the restive region.