By Adagbo ONOJA Nigeria is, indeed, at war. It is the kind of ‘war’ imagined in Eedris Abdulkareem’s musical number ‘Jaga Jaga’ and in which the society is decentred. The songster’s l... Read more
In Nigeria, whether to sell existing stock of national assets or not has been the debate for the past thirty or more years since the Ibrahim Babangida regime started it all in 1985. In 2016,... Read more
By Professor Okello Oculi A neo-comic news item telecast by the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Network News showed two elderly American businessmen – wrapped in locally woven Tiv... Read more
Division on whether to sell or not to sell state assets as a way of handling recession in Nigeria has divided the nation starkly between those for and those against. It is a completely new t... Read more
“Honourable Colleagues, there is no doubt that over the years, the procedure for the making of the National budget has been generally unsatisfactory. There is not enough pre-budget consultat... Read more
It was a bad day yesterday in the Senate for protagonists of sale of state assets as exit strategy from the current recession. Major interventions on the proposals to that effect did not agr... Read more
The real battle for the soul of Nigeria has commenced with the sharp division between those for sale of national assets as an economic recovery strategy and those opposed to it. This divisio... Read more
By Jeff Rudin Mention the word Eskom and the standard response, once the eye-rolling and hair pulling is over, is near-unanimous cries of “restructure the monopoly! Break it up! Involve the... Read more
The yearly loss of lives and property to flood in and around Jigawa State of Nigeria has consumed 18 persons, the State Emergency Management Agency, (SEMA) has told journalists. Nearly 7000... Read more
By Adagbo Onoja President Jonathan is a member of the Ijaw community, the fourth biggest in Nigeria, and from a state that produces about 40% of Nigeria’s revenues. After 50 years of being e... Read more
