While Ambode would do well to sustain the rapprochement with a view to guaranteeing the stability of the remaining months of his administration and futuristically securing total reconciliation with the party establishment, the lessons from his experience should however not be lost for those seeking fresh perspectives on not only the dynamics of politics in fledgling democracy but also the …
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A Reflection On The Ease Of Doing Business In Nigeria
It is however worthy of note that the FG has joined the OGP, brought on board the administration of criminal justice Act, set up some committees like Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption (PACAC), proposed several bills, arrested, tried and convicted corrupt persons, even former governors, yet the problem seem to be on the increase. That is why civil society organisations …
Read More »October 1 And The Torment Of Memory
With trillions of naira since expended on power by Abuja in the succession of five administrations and surfeit of reforms in the past twenty years, generating set market has, in fact, boomed further with fuel cost completely out of reach of the common man as the nation still largely wallows in pitch darkness. Back in the 70s, a federal rolling …
Read More »Osun Tie: Matters Arising
At some point in our history, proof of academic brilliance would be an added advantage, if not the sole clincher, in the contest for public office. Such concession would undoubtedly stem from a common thinking that public trust was too lofty, too fragile to be left with a fickle mind whose mental reflex could not be trusted at critical moments. …
Read More »Kemi Adeosun Shot In The Foot
But you must respect Adeosun’s decision to toe the path of honour, and resign as Minister of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. In resigning, she said, “As someone totally committed to a culture of probity and accountability, I have decided to resign…” She walked her talk, rather than whine. That this naïve woman, who however chose to act honourably, has set …
Read More »Invoking Gibran In A Troubled Time
It is a frightening spectacle the children of a lesser military god trapped in West Asia have learnt to endure daily as “almighty” Israel strives to impose her supremacy in the region since her unilateral declaration of statehood in 1948. Worse still, in Lebanon, local politics remains poisoned today by ethnic suspicion. Oil and gas have for long been discovered …
Read More »Embedded In Beirut: A Communion With Ancestors
Nigeria will do better by learning how to commoditize culture the Lebanese way. While Lebanon has to weaponize her diversities the way Nigeria has, even if still wobbly. Besides remittance from her citizens in Diaspora, Lebanon is shrewd enough to convert her bevy of historic sites and monuments to cash cow in tourism. But Lebanon’s roughly 10,000 square meter land …
Read More »Ajimobi And The Ayefele Affair
Behind the facade being strenuously made by the Oyo Government of alleged breach of extant building regulation is indeed something quite unspeakable: weighty charges of malice and prejudice against the state chief executive. Only recently, the governor himself had given hint of being under partisan pressure from within his cabinet to hurt the station for being adversarial. While featuring on …
Read More »TRADERS IN UNIFORM!
Unlike the real economic traders, these uniformed ones have militated against our efforts at building a strong nation. They have brought distress, sorrow and tears to the Nigerian people. They have ridiculed our nation in the eyes of the international community. They are the real obstacles to the emergence of a disciplined and egalitarian nation. If our Country wishes to …
Read More »How Adams Oshiomhole “Developed” Benin City Into A Multi-billion Whited Sepulcher
With the mind-blowing and heart-wrenching images and videos of erosion in Benin City (in the year of our lord 2018), hopefully, the number of death caused by erosion would not increase dramatically before the end of the current rainy season. While Edo People are presently suffering from the 2018 rainy season erosion, the question is who should be held responsible …
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