He signed For Anioma: The Ethiope state creation committee’s official verdict on Senator Ede Dafinone
By Ominimini Obiuwevbi There are moments in the life of a people when silence becomes complicity. This is not one of those moments. The Ethiope State Creation Committee has followed Senator Ede Dafinone’s public statements with the patience of people who have learned, through long and painful experience, not to expect too much from a […]
Nigeria needs a Corruption Truth Commission
THE story of corruption in Nigeria has become like the story of tortoise in most Nigerian folklore. Everyday when Nigerians wake up, they are eagerly waiting for the release of next list of names of allegedly corrupt government officials and politicians; be it Dasukigate (the list of persons and companies allegedly involved in the stealing/sharing of the $2.1 Billion meant to fight Boko Haram), the alleged fraud in the Ministry of Defence (which I refer to as Defencegate), particularly the one against the top officials of the Nigeria Air Force, or the alleged fraud at NIMASA or the alleged fraud in Nigeria Customs Service or even the one at the National Broadcasting Commission.
That call by Soyinka
OUR leaders are masters at conditioning, and thus have taken us all for granted for so much since after 1970.They have mastered the art of forcing very hard situations upon us, in a way that when they prescribe their solution, they make old things appear new, and we are left with no options than to clamour and beg for it, whereas there is nothing new under heaven, even in Nigeria.
Issues around Nsukka federal constituency seat
THE controversies surrounding the conduct of the 2015 General Elections have refused to abate even with nine months into the life of the current political dispensation.
Turning Mobile into Mobile Broadband for everyone
In Q3 2015, Nigeria was among the top five countries worldwide in terms of mobile subscription additions, and Nigerian businesses are increasingly adopting mobile-first strategies. But, while 4G LTE deployments began in some sub Saharan countries the transition and deployment in Nigeria hasn’t come out of the starting blocks, subscriptions were predominantly still GSM and WCDMA in 2015. This is expected to change rapidly as we look towards 2021, when the mobile broadband access options, WCDMA/HSPA and LTE, will account for almost 80 percent of subscriptions.
Going made in Nigeria with Innoson
TODAY, we are faced with a precarious situation where paucity of dollar and other hard currencies has led to a spiral fall of the naira. The reason is not farfetched, especially as oil prices fell from a high of about $115 to as low as $28. Yet, it is commendable that the President Muhammadu Buhari […]
