Can Nigeria build new millionaires through Dangote IPO?
By MOSHOOD OSHUNFUREWA Nigeria has a long, painful, and largely unreported history with shares. The promise of ownership has repeatedly been used to separate ordinary citizens from their savings, and the consequences have rarely been visited upon those responsible. Between 2007 and 2009, an estimated N800 billion was funnelled into private placements that promised future […]
The US, China and Africa
As usual, the largely symbolic and valedictory 11-day tour of 10 African states, by the US Secretary of State, Mrs Hillary Clinton grabbed headlines and prime airtime on major media outlets across the continent. Mrs Clinton, ostensibly on her last tour of Africa as Secretary of State, delivered pulsating messages.
How M.D. Abubakar will reform Nigeria Police
THE first time I met the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Alhaji M. D. Abubakar, as AIG Zone 2, I left his Onikan, Lagos, office without any iota of doubt about his ultimate ascension to the highest position in the Nigeria Police. Perhaps, I was divinely inspired to think that way.
Why Orji will thank God
Unlike the argument in the article written by Odimegwu Onwumere titled “Why T.A Orji will not thank God” which was published in The Sun newspaper of August 6, 2012, I strongly believe that Governor Orji has every reason in his life and that of his family and the people of Abia state to be always thankful to God for His infinite mercy, protection and guidance, especially with their liberation from the clutches of devilish syndrome called political godfatherism.
Jonathan, Nigerians beware of Jos!
NIGERIANS should pay a very close attention to the on-going mediation efforts of President Goodluck Jonathan on the Jos crisis.
Constitution amendment and devolution of powers
THE legislative list exclusive to the Federal Government in the 1999 Constitution is intolerably skewed in favour of the Federal Government. Nigeria is clearly a federal environment with three major ethnic groups, each with over 30 million people, populations that are singly more than half of countries of the world.
