Why regulated ‘Ajo’ could be the breakthrough young Nigerians need
By Sunday Ehigiator Young Nigerians seeking capital to meet major financial commitments, acquire assets, pursue education and fund business ambitions may find a new opportunity in regulated digital savings as Rank, a CBN-licensed wealth management platform, introduces Money Circles, an ajo-based model that allows members to access capital with zero interest, while providing institutional safeguards, […]
Between Christmas and 2015
THE period between Christmas and the new year for most people is a time for sober, deep and wide reflections, which may include their spiritual life in the fading year, and what to do in the new year to repair their relationship with their creator, or improve on it where a relationship existed, and to give more to the community, society, etc. Others use the period to celebrate their successes, eat, make merry, gain a few weight which they will struggle to shed in the New Year.
Still on Nigeria military and online media
THIS is indeed a critical period of our national life when a raging war on desperate terrorists has kept military operations in North-East and others parts of the North in persistent media spotlight. And as would be expected, the subject now dominates the country’s Online media conten
Buhari’s self demystification
MORE than any other aspirant to Nigeria’s presidency in recent times, General Muhammadu Buhari has received the most criticism for his brand of politics, his undignified utterances and what many view as desperation. Buhari does not come across as an overly ambitious Nigerian politician but that posturing is just on the surface. Behind that façade that he is in politics for altruistic reasons lies a deep-seated craving for power which has been obvious since his much criticized overthrow of the Shagari presidency in 1983. Not only did his coup plot set the country backwards by several decades, the way he went about exercising his power gave the first revelation of his character as a man whose decision can be biased by extraneous considerations.
Of Mutiny and the Lesson From Pakistan
I was preparing my regular end of year/beginning of the New Year analysis on Nigeria when the airwaves where almost physically assaulted by the unexpected and unexplainable call by the Buhari Campaign Organization of the All Progressive Congress, APC, to the military to mutiny!
Random musings on Jonathan, Buhari, Nigeria and 2015
LUCKILY for the Ijaw man who had no shoes but managed by a combination of hard work, a studious mind, the cunningness of a boa constrictor – many thanks to his adept study of zoology – and of course, a large dose of divine intervention which many ignorantly like to pass off as good luck, he is today, arguably, the most powerful man in the black world.
