These are lean times for Nigeria. And for our governors, who like to strut their gubernatorial status with imperial hubris, it couldn’t be worse. They have been reduced to carrying begging bowls to Abuja to ask for financial reprieve. Even the initial bailout that President Muhammadu Buhari approved for them about three months ago is…
Why Nigeria Govt Will Stop Gas Supply to Ghana
Unless Nigeria accepts the plea of Ghana, the West African neighbour may suffer a major setback in its electricity supply, beginning from today Friday October 16, 2015. This is because Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC has threatened to cut off the gas supply to Volta River Authority, VRA, that country’s main power generation company. Nigerian…
Pondering About Life and Suffering
The most predictable thing about life is its unpredictability. Life can happen to any one at any time. Cancer diagnosis, death, barrenness, poverty, demotion, hunger, divorce, stillbirths, miscarriages, stroke, dementia, adultery, arson attack, suicide, are examples of what can go wrong while alive. Click here to download our magazines As though the aforementioned were not…
Curing Nigeria’s Oil Curse
Salif Atojoko, deputy general editor, business and special project was in the middle of an investigation for a major story, the development of which he reported to the editorial board. “Great efforts, encouraging leads,” so said the editors. But the board decided that while that investigation was going on, we should do another story, one…
Corruption War: EFCC’s Theatrics
Justice Mustapher Akanbi, first chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission, ICPC, is passionate about ending corruption in Nigeria. When Tajudeen Suleiman, senior associate editor, reached out to the man on whose integrity the ICPC was built last week, he was out of the country. He went to take some rest.…
Interview- ‘Nigeria Is the Best Team in Africa’ – Brigitta Weich
‘Nigeria Is the Best Team in Africa’-Brigitta Weich Brigitta Weich is a lawyer-turned-filmmaker who travelled to Canada from her Austrian homeland to work on a documentary involving a former North Korean female footballer. Anthony Akaeze, senior assistant editor, speaks with her recently in Winnipeg, Canada on her career, passion and impression of the Nigerian female…
Like Greece, like Nigeria
Greeks spoke loud enough to tell the world that their land fathered Socrates, Plato and Aristotle. They reminded the world that they are no feeding-bottle people to be guided by so-called supra-national bodies whose assistance benefits the banks and the trading class. They will take their fate in their hands and weather battles of want…
A Sad Affair at the States
For most workers in Nigeria there is no calendar period more important than the end of the month. That is when they get rewarded for work done. But for workers in many states of the country the end of the month is now associated with more desolation than elation, because they are not getting paid…
Nigeria, Football and Religion
Nigeria may have failed to make an impression at the FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada, but two members of its contingent at least, succeeded in attracting attention to themselves in the short time they spent in Canada. The interest they generated, however, had little to do with the football they travelled a long way to showcase, but…
Nigeria, Employment and Computation of Unemployment Rates
Employment is an important variable in any economy’s development equation. Employment has both economic and social ramifications. Consequently, the labour force comprises all persons 16 years of age (slightly older in some economies) and upward who are neither in prison nor in a mental institution and who are either employed or unemployed. Employment, particularly full…
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