At the airport I checked in my lone bag, passed through security check and headed straight for the gate, and I saw the plane. It looked like an abandoned piece of scrap metals fit for the junk yard. It was a kind of flying chariot of iron ready to take Elijah to heaven…
Nigeria definitely has never had it this bad. When in the history of Nigeria, even under Abacha has the Federal Government been so broke it cannot pay state allocations? This was not even a possibility under the military. Now under this administration, states are owed 2 months arrears.
For me, our problems started with the military’s insidious and invidious incursion into governance in Nigeria. They caused the majority of our problems today. They divided us; they misruled us; they stole from us…
Just last week, the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Prof. Ade Adefuye, perhaps in a fit of non-alcoholic wine-induced fervor, pronounced God a Nigerian. The man is a Professor of History so it is difficult to understand the criteria he used before declaring God a Nigerian…
Nigeria is 53 years as a nation on 1st October 2013. This writer joins millions of Nigerians both at home and in the diaspora to mark the occasion with sober reflection…
Nigeria has experienced 53 years of leadership failures. This is evident in the huge external debt, high rate of inflation, high level of poverty, bad monetary policy, high government spending, lack of fiscal discipline, increasing national debt, low foreign exchange reserve, high level of unemployment, stagnant income growth, high budget deficit and bad exchange rate among others…
Senator Ngige knows the tenets of modern democracies. Under him, Anambra people did not suffer and will not face difficulties again, because he shows that he knows how to tackle challenges…
Some States have adopted somewhat desperate slogans for their number plates. Nassarawa is ‘Home of Solid Minerals’, but so what? The minerals are mostly mined by individuals who never make any returns to the Federal Government. Their resources are almost irrelevant to the rest of the country.
Our problem started right from the time Nigeria was set free. Going by all records and accounts, Nigeria no doubt had well-meaning and intelligent politicians then but the virile seeds of discord were not absent. Tribalism and nepotism bared their fangs…
I am highlighting this news brew in case you missed it while bustling about in your business. I will bullet the points so you don’t forget easily…
The political ante in Anambra State is gradually inching to a climax with the fast approaching governorship election in the state coming up on November 16. The battle to elect who succeeds Governor Peter Obi is picking tempo as candidates emerge for the slug fest from diverse political parties…