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October 18, 2015
Revisiting Tinubu-nomics

On November 18, 2014, about three months to the initially scheduled dates for the last presidential election, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu (BAT) had cause to write to the then President Goodluck Jonathan, on some ways forward for the economy, which had showed signs of going into a tailspin as a result of the crash in...

October 18, 2015
REVISITING TINUBU-NOMICS

On the 18th of November, 2014, about three months to the initially scheduled dates for the last presidential elections, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu had cause to write to the then President Goodluck Jonathan, on some ways forward for the economy, which had showed signs of going into a tailspin as a result of the crash...

October 16, 2015
We Can’t Run Away From These Cows

Okay, actually we know it’s not just a Nigerian problem. But it is a problem all the same. The nomadic Fulanis are a phenomenon spanning many countries from the north to the south of Africa. One could say that the ‘tribe’ is one of the few bucking the trend of ‘modern’ civilisation. And they have...

October 4, 2015
The Problem With Nigeria’s GDP Growth

If instead of one’s child to grow tall and strong, one hand, leg or the head begins to grow on its own, in distended fashion and out of sync with the rest of the body, that would not be termed healthy growth, will it? If also a child continues to grow, ad infinitum, without maturing...

September 25, 2015
Saraki and Nigeria’s Game of Thrones

So, as yam-eating goats go in Nigeria – if I may use one of Ebele Jonathan’s analogies – Bukola is a very tricky goat to catch. This is a goat with many disappearing acts up his sleeve. This is a goat with connections internationally, who was pictured brokering a meeting between Tony Blair and our...

September 4, 2015
Buhari, Thanks For Listening to Nigerians

Now the war against corruption has started. And it will not be fought only in the newspapers. Now, a systematic process has started. Now every public service officer must comply. And so finally, the President and Vice President have declared their assets. As I had stated many times before, I, personally, am not interested in...

August 29, 2015
Cholera In the Age of Knowledge

Let it not be written in future history, that in this period of tectonic shifts in global economics, knowledge, information and sociology we had but little to add.   So I bought this external CD drive yesterday at a whopping N25,200 somewhere in Abuja. The CD drive on my Macbook Pro is messing up; rejecting...

August 24, 2015
The Big Data Plan Rip-Off

This matter is touching me to the marrow right now. Imagine! So, these our phone companies and Internet Service Providers are trying to convince, abi na ‘confuse’ me, that i use 1GB (one gigabyte), daily! Bia, when did I start hearing of ‘Gigabyte’ sef? I just did a quick google search and it says the...

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