All over the world, the demand for infrastructure is outstripping supply and new strategies are being devised to address the deficit. In Nigeria, the situation is pathetic. Decades of poor maintenance, underinvestment and outright roguery have left the country with an outrageous infrastructure deficit…
For the umpteenth time in recent times, there have been discordant calls on appropriate governmental authorities and other prominent stakeholders, to either phase out or restructure the NYSC programme…
Nigerians have been asking for an explanation why a governor of any state in Nigeria would need a private jet. Some have said that by Amaechi’s rapacious statement, their love for him is dwindling…
I consider as very improper the use of regulatory or legislative fiat to limit daily cash withdrawals by bank customers. Whose money are depositors withdrawing? Worse still, it is unpardonable to penalize them for withdrawing above a particular limit…
THE NIGERIAN FRONT: Mr. President and the Courage of his Convictions
by Olu Ojedokun
by Olu Ojedokun
The recent silence from the front has been based on one consideration, the appropriateness of providing space for the President to consider the road map we have previously published…
In a sense, the debate over the minimum wage for Nigerian workers raises a more fundamental question: What’s a Nigerian worth? And since there are different kinds of Nigerians, one ought to clarify that the question, at the deepest level, has to do with the least privileged of Nigerians…
Given what governors have done in their respective states across the country, it has become apparent that what matters is not really how wealthy a state or by extension a nation is but how well the little resources available are managed…
The messages emanating from Nigeria appear mixed. On one hand, we are witnessing some positive news and on another hand, we are confronted with some serious and dangerous trends in our match towards nationhood…
Which type of economic team is this Jonathan team? Or to be more specific what should we expect from a team that comprises ex World Bank managing director, former investment banker from Goldman Sachs, a radical former managing director of Nigeria’s biggest bank, ex deputy governor of the CBN, as well as occasional counsel from the members of Nigerian Economic Society?
Majority of the Rivers masses are today laughing at people like Ige, who saw the Ikoku spare parts market as the only place where poor sanitary condition was in Port Harcourt, and shut it…
Our vision is to see talented Nigerian tennis youths successfully completing our tennis and education programs, and successfully obtaining tennis scholarships and moving on to compete vigorously at national, continental and international competitions…