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On the subject of climate change we have to rely on climatologists and environmental experts and if they say there is global warming as evidenced in the melting of glaciers and polar caps, then so be it. There are several factors rolled into one here. For one, we here in sub-Saharan Africa have never been...

Cliches. Too many of them exist in Nigeria. If I had one naira for each time I’ve heard someone say, with all the intelligence they can muster, and lay their degrees on the line, that Nigeria should diversify into agriculture, or when government boasts that Nigeria will export agricultural products around the world to the...

Cliches. Too many of them exist in Nigeria. If I had one naira for each time I’ve heard someone say, with all the intelligence they can muster, and lay their degrees on the line, that Nigeria should diversify into agriculture, or when government boasts that Nigeria will export agricultural products around the world to the...

On a whim the other day, I decided to determine what the price per liter of crude oil is. Of course I had been worried sick that this crude oil thing is a big myth. This crude oil upon which every calculation is based in Nigeria is a big mirage. I just spoke with a...

On a whim the other day, I decided to determine what the price per liter of crude oil is. Of course I had been worried sick that this crude oil thing is a big myth. This crude oil upon which every calculation is based in Nigeria is a big mirage. I just spoke with a...

Cliches. Too many of them exist in Nigeria. If I had one Naira for each time I’ve heard someone say, with all the intelligence they can muster, and lay their degrees on the line, that Nigeria should diversify into agriculture, or when government boasts that Nigeria will export agricultural products around the world to the...

I visited Oshogbo, the Osun State Capital, recently. This was my second visit to the city, and I believe I got a better glimpse of it. On both occasions that I’ve been there I saw a people in financial distress. Of course as in most other states in Nigeria, anyone not plugged directly to government...

Since I gave up paying bills in my house, my poor wife has been picking the bills. Of late I’ve been paying mind to her struggles. I was shocked the first time I found out that we spent N10,000 on electricity every week, even though we still have down time when the estate generating set...

While everyone else is busy pursuing Buhari’s WAEC certificate – something he clearly doesn’t have and which does not matter as much as we make it – the economy has collapsed. Everywhere I turn we see all the debris, the remains of a once promising economy. The carelessness, mismanagement and open looting has never been...

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT OF NIGERIA MUST BUDGET AT LEAST N15 TRILLION (Fifteen trillion Naira Only) FOR THE YEAR 2019   BEING A PETITION TO THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY, MINISTRY OF BUDGET AND PLANNING, MINISTRY OF FINANCE, THE NIGERIAN PEOPLE FROM MR. TOPE FASUA – PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, ABUNDANT NIGERIA RENEWAL PARTY. (ANRP) – SEPTEMBER 2018   PREMISE:...