The Gbenga Hashim advantage: A new national economic mobilisation
By ODIAKA OLIKA Watching the recent exchange between the presidents of the NLC and TUC, one is struck by a disturbing irony. While organised labour debates the welfare and representation of Nigerian workers, millions of Nigerians continue to struggle with the cost of getting to work, school, markets and other essential destinations. The Federal Government’s […]
Osun’s changing environment
I HAVE lived through several administrations since the creation of OsunState and none has had the sort of visible impact that this man has had in so short a time.
Between Delta State govt and Shell (2)
IN his address to the Institute of Directors, Brian Anderson, who was until June 1997 the Managing Director of Nigeria’s Shell Petroleum Development Company Limited observed that: “The world around us is changing rapidly; liberalisation, globalisation and technology are three powerful forces at the global level shaping the future.
Lost in the global radar
A BOLD foreign policy has become major mishap in the face of grave internal problems confronting Nigeria today. As they say in Latin, FUIMUS TROVES-we were once Trojans but TROY is no more.
Orji’s model state of Law and Order
YOU cannot legislate a society of law and order into existence. Neither can you cause it by fiat. You build. Law and order are the conditions for all other socio-economic activities of man,” wrote Alozie Ogugbuaja, in his controversial memo on “The People’s Police”.
Governor Obi’s twilight days at Awka
Whatever has a beginning surely has an end. While the end could be accentuated by the coloration of the beginning, the exactness of the summation varies according to the level of compliance of the interacting agents in a consistently changing time.
