Nigeria’s reform moment: Building strong institutions that deliver results
By OLAKUNLE ELATUYI Economic reforms may impress on paper, but citizens judge them at the market, in the workplace, and through public services. For the Tinubu administration, the test of subsidy removal, foreign exchange reforms, tax changes, and fiscal adjustments is whether they make life more affordable, create jobs, and improve services amid insecurity and cost-of-living […]
Confessions of Oshiomhole: Matters arising
True confessions of the self styled Comrade Governor of Edo State, Mr Adams Aliu Oshiomhole recently that the demised President, Umaru Musa Yat’Adua calls for a lot of questioning and reasoning.
Pink Marbel: Real human hair
I sat in the chair waiting for my turn at the hair dressers w en the lady in the next chair looked at my hair and curiously asked me if I was going to re-touch my hair.
Replicating the gains of deregulation in petroleum sector (1)
IT is trite to say that the issue of the planned deregulation of the down stream oil sector has generated controversy and even pitched proponents and opponents of the intended policy against each other. And while one appreciates some of the fears of opponents of the policy, one equally discovers that…
Nigeria and security challenges
FOR some time now, the problem of insecurity which used to be one of the lowest in the hierarchy of social problems facing this country seems to have assumed alarming proportions since the end of the Nigerian civil war which ended in 1970.
FIFA’s non interference policy and the future of Nigerian football
THERE is enough evidence to empirically establish that Nigerian football is in disarray. For the first time since 1986, Nigeria has failed to qualify for the African Nations Cup finals.
