From Debt Relief To Debt Trap: Nigeria’s Worrisome Return To Borrowing – Isaac Asabor

At a time in Nigeria’s political history, the country stood at the cusp of an economic renaissance, having successfully negotiated its way out of the crushing weight of external debt. Under the skilled leadership of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, who served as Minister of Finance and Economy, Nigeria achieved what many thought was impossible, a significant debt forgiveness from its creditors. This milestone freed Nigeria from a heavy burden, leaving the country virtually debt-free. It was a period of hope and optimism as the nation was poised for economic growth without…

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NIGERIA: NATION UNDER SIEGE, OVERRAN BY FOREIGN TERRORISTS AND CRIMINAL BANDITS LINKED TO TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS 

By Vitalis Unachukwu Only a fool would be tricked and manipulated again and again, when he’s beseeched by kinsmen, who have already decided to sell him into slavery or use him as ransom for their own safety . Only non Nigerians would be fooled into believing that, Nigeria is the safest country to visit and be resident today , when we know that we are completely under siege, after being invaded and overran by foreign terrorists, criminal bandits and kidnappers, who now overpower and overthrow our own security forces, dictating…

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Tinubu’s fear of regime change: Nigeria in paradigm paralysis

By Monima Daminabo Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant… Talks about past presidents of the country put Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in a class of his own. No matter what any of his unrepentant critics will say, one thing that will not be denied him is his aversion to hold on to power as a do or die dispensation. His rather ‘un-Nigerian’ disposition of aversion towards “seizing, grabbing and running with”…

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Hunger Protest and FG’s N40k Rice to who?

By Petrus Obi Lest we forget, during the ENDSARS protest, some warehouses and Local government headquarters were attacked and palliatives which were meant for the masses, but never got to them, taken away by protesters. Again, another palliative just like the story of school feeding in the past, and other failed government measures has cropped up. We understand, the government is in a hurry to stop the protest. Yes, the protest will do more harm than good and the same masses would suffer it more. But how long will it…

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Presidential Assent To SEDC: Anyanwu’s  Dream For Ndi-Igbo Has Come Through

By Ikenna Onuoha “The commission will among other things receive and manage funds from the allocation of the federation account for the construction and rehabilitation of roads, houses and other infrastructural damages suffered by the region as a result of the civil war. The commission will also be empowered to tackle the ecological problems and any other related environmental or developmental challenges in the region.”-Premium Times What makes a good son to his parents is the ability to sincerely coordinate what legally and morally belongs to the lineage. A good…

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Hardship: Why Igbo Must Protest

By Afam Echi August 1 is pregnant for Nigeria and those driving the affairs of this country are certainly jittery over what the pregnancy will yield. There is palpable fear which can be felt everywhere that the proposed hardship protest might snowball into something the authorities would not be able to handle if the Endsars protest is anything to go by. Some of the leaders at the regional levels who may have contributed to the hardship are trying to play the good boy by urging their ethnic nationality not to…

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The Story Of Bayo Onanuga And Agosu The Barber

By Steve Osuji There was a very ribald joke in my newsroom days a couple of decades ago. It’s best rendered in Yoruba for full tonal and dramatic effects but let’s try deconstructing it in English. A landlord once went for an hair cut in Agosu the barber’s shop. Agosu happened to be a long-time tenant of Baba Landlord. It was in those virginal days when the tool for cutting the hair was a pair of scissors. Having done Baba Landlord’s hair halfway, Agosu crossed the scissors right under his…

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Belated Supreme Court Judgment On LG Autonomy, Big Loss ToImperial Monopoly Of Funds Due To LGAs By State Governors

By Vitalis Unachukwu For donkey years, crooked and corrupt politicians dictating the affairs of the States, purposely allowed the Local Government System to become comatose and moribund, because of billions and trillions streaming from the Federation Account, which they controlled at will, leaving the system of government that’s closest to the people, to be extinct. What an outrageous evil done to the people of our land, by Governors of States of the Federation! Nigerians are often in the habit of asking: WHO DID US THIS THING? We all know who…

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Belated Supreme Court Judgment On Local Government Autonomy, Big Loss To Imperial Monopoly Of Funds Due To LGAS By State Governors

By Vitalis Unachukwu  For donkey years , crooked and corrupt politicians dictating the affairs of the States , purposely allowed the Local Government System to become comatose and moribund, because of billions and trillions streaming from the Federation Account, which they controlled at will , leaving the system of government that’s closest to the people, to be extinct . What an outrageous evil done to the people of our land , by Governors of States of the Federation ! Nigerians are often in the habit of asking : WHO DID…

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Akpabio And The Emefiele Jazz Orchestra

By Steve Osuji He’s indeed a happy-go-lucky man. Life for him is a stream of ribald jokes. He seems to wear life like an oversized babanriga which he’s adept at wearing these days. Senator Godswill Akpabio, former state commissioner; former two-term governor of Akwa Ibom State; former senator, former Minister of the Federal Republic and currently President of the Senate and head of Nigeria’s legislature. He’s the number three man in the land today and a ranking member of the bar. From the foregoing, life has imposed gravitas upon him…

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