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 […]
On El-Rufai and his ‘accidental’ book
WHY should Mallam Nasir el Rufai reveal so much confidential information, behind the scene deals and political melodrama in his Accidental Public Servant book?
Interrogating Okpe developmental challenges
IN consequentialist ethics it is posted with mathematical exactitude that deontological and axiological rudiments are critically crucial for leadership success, organisational efficiency and institutional progress. Hence, the leadership and institutions fail when they lack this foundational equipoise. Is this what is happening to the Okpe Union?
Freedom of misinformation
I GUESS it was bound to happen sooner or later. The magical novelty of electing a new Pope while the other one who is our friend and brother is still alive is beginning to wane. Regardless, the mystery and splendour of the Vatican are still intact.
SURE P: Jonathan in the face of opposition
INDEED, this President and his forebears in the ruling behemoth have collectively mismanaged – in the last 13 years – the hopes of Nigerians and brought the nation into impecunious status through unprecedented corruption and profligacy. With N2.67tr and N1.05tr said to have been spent on fuel subsidy in 2011 and 2012 respectively, this administration […]
London, Queen and a journalist
WHEN the Transworld Airbus began its final descent, trepidation trailed human expectancy. Then the Luxury Qartar Plane en-route Doha, Landed safely at Heathrow Airport, ending the second trunk of a 14-hour flight that started in Lagos on a warm bright Saturday, 7:45pm.
