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Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?

Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?

By Moshood Oshunfurewa  This symptom has fully emerged. Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy has failed. This failure is not the product of any single policy misstep but the systematic collapse of a six-decade-old structural architecture. This is a consequence of energy costs that devour manufacturing margins, foreign exchange controls that choke off access to production inputs, […]
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How Urhobo can realise governorship quest

How Urhobo can realise governorship quest

URHOBO is the largest ethnic group in Delta State which homogenically occupies a senatorial district, parts of Delta south and Bayelsa State. Urhobo are industrious, accommodative, culturally sensitive and proud of their heritage. In the First Republic, the Urhobo supported NCNC in alliance with NPC, against Chief Alfred Rewane, a disciple of Awolowo’s Action Group, […]

Between Jonathan and Buhari (2)

Between Jonathan and Buhari (2)

MY presidential ambition is not worth the blood of any Nigerian.”So said President Goodluck Jonathan before the 2011 presidential ballot. To this day, he has continued to reiterate his pacifist message.

The future is ours

The future is ours

TO the memories of our founding fathers and the visionary leadership of Alhaji Tafawa Balewa, February 17, 1966 remains a landmark date for all of us.

Odebala as a macrocosm

Odebala as a macrocosm

LAST week, all the Local Government Areas chairmen and chairwomen celebrated their first 100days in office, the first of the kind for Delta State under Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan’s eight years on the saddle.