By Louis Odion, FNGE As part of the “peace process” enunciated by Vice President Osinbajo in 2016 to end the scourge of artisanal bunkering in the Niger Delta, we are beginning to witness an expansion in local capacity with the take-off of modular refineries across South-South. By introducing a bouquet of incentives like duty waivers and intervention fund, four of …
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By Tony Usidamen It is clear to all that Edo state—with Obaseki in the saddle—is on the path of progress. While we appreciate your concern, we cannot afford to return to the biblical Egypt, where self-acclaimed godfathers and career politicians kept a stranglehold on the state, as they fed fat on our commonwealth. We, the people of Edo, have resolved …
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By Amanze Obi The other day, my friend and colleague, Steve Osuji, displayed unusual anger. He was mad at Aminu Waziri Tambuwal, the Governor of Sokoto State, for declaring interest in the presidency of the country for the year 2023. Steve faulted Tambuwal’s ambition on many grounds. He thinks that commonsense has become a strange bedfellow to the governor; otherwise, …
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By Dr. Sota Omoigui M.D & Isiuwa Omoigui The first and most important step in criminal justice reform is to reduce minorities contact with the police, for minor offenses such as traffic tickets. The United States has the highest incarceration rate in the world because we arrest and handcuff our way for every minor offense. Our incarceration rate is 716 …
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BY TONY ABOLO The moral turpitude of the Nigerian nation is tossing about in the sea. And there are sadly only but few shining examples. Even the “saint” dressed in a borrowed garb and we are all told, is “squeaky clean,” is merely a myth sold as a political gimmick, we are finding out. It is patent before our eyes, …
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Still asking, what in eight years and after, would Buhari be remembered for? As one who through a Minister went about with sacks of Ghana – must – go bags distributing billions to persons we are yet to ascertain are the poorest of the poor or as someone with plastic plates and spoons, feeding non schooling children in their homes …
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BY TONY ABOLO An invigorated informal sector could rebound to create enormous impact and demand in the “formal” sector. What is the secret of America’s or Germany’s resilient economies? It is their capitalization and numbers and the variety of their small scale enterprises. If Nigeria’s leadership is any attentive, this is where the new “palliatives” should be headed; into the …
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BY TONY ABOLO This knee-jerk response approach of both the Federal and State governments to their epiphany of realizing that there is entrenched poverty in Nigeria, due to years of misrule, injustice, over allocation of privileges to only a tiny few, plain “greed” in the name of privileged collection of “budgeted perquisites” has made it abundantly plain that – what …
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Abimbola Adelakun Emir of Kano, Muhammadu Sanusi II, was finally dethroned for insubordination to the political authorities in Kano State. It was not an altogether surprising development. Sanusi has both been outspoken and arrogant. He could not have survived the ultra-conservative ideology of the northern aristocracy nor conform to their willful blindness, even as their leadership shortcomings turned their region into …
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By Bidemi Nelson Many new habits should now be taught to children to keep them safe during this time. One of such is the constant washing of hands with soap and water (inclusive of their palms, back of their palms, wrists and under their finger nails). Schools across the country should make water and soap available in their premises at strategic …
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