Let Nigerians judge Tinubu’s record
By EMMANUEL OKOTIE-EBOH There is a recurring habit in Nigerian politics that deserves serious reflection. Whenever a new president assumes office, Nigerians quickly begin to attribute almost every problem in the country to the occupant of Aso Rock. Roads, schools, hospitals, security, unemployment, electricity and even problems that constitutionally fall under state or local governments […]
Learning from America’s Democratic challenges
ON July 4, 1776, thirteen British colonies made a Declaration of Independence that established the United States of America as a free and democratic nation.
Anambra: Offodile’s tirades
I READ with disappointment the position of my brother, Hon. Chudi Offodile over the situation of things in Awka vis-à-vis the Government of Mr. Peter Obi. It is in bad taste when some of our people deliberately chose to distort information. Is it a case of short sightedness or plain mischief?
Nnaji as a change agent
BEFORE me on my table as I am writing this short essay is a couple of media reports on the signing on July 4 , 2012, of a Memorandum of Understanding, MOU, between the Ministry of Power and Daewoo Construction and Electrical on ways Daewoo could help generate 10,000MW in Nigeria, with the South Korean engineering giant taking up 20 per cent equity in new plants.
Telecoms: When lawmaking endangers industry progress
WHERE does somebody begin this story – the story of the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, and the National Environmental Standard Regulatory Agency, NESREA, which festered for a time before medications became expedient?
The system criminalises us
I WAS driving in my private car along Nnebisi Road, Asaba and got to the Federal Medical Centre Roundabout where there was the ubiquitous police checkpoint in those dark old days.
