A recent survey by Mr. Abimbola Akosile of Thisday newspapers, regarding which ‘quick-fixes’ the government can deploy, in tackling the unemployment challenge in Nigeria, threw up the following result: Top pick: Massive investment in agri-business Second: Improve industries and infrastructure Third: More electric power and skills acquisition Radical tip: Give collateral-free loans to youths! I have cause to believe that these...
It wasn’t much of a surprise when I eventually saw the video. It was an award, and Emir Muhammadu Sanusi II is no stranger to awards. There was a white man behind him this time though, almost breathing down his neck. I thought, ‘perhaps that is what is responsible for Sanusi’s sudden economic transmogrification’. Emir...
The Financial Reporting Council of Nigeria (FRC) has suspended the Chairman of Stanbic IBTC bank, Mr. Peterside Atedo and the Managing Director, Mrs. Sola David-Borha from the board of the bank for alleged fraudulent activities. Specifically, FRC said the two were involved in accounting irregularities, and improper disclosures in the bank’s 2013 and 2014 financial...
I was with some very bright young men and a woman a few days back and we discussed several hot topics. I came off with a ‘takeaway’ (thanks to Fashola), about a much-misconstrued issue, more and more like a cliché, called the ‘middle class’. We argued in part about how the Nigerian ‘middle-class’ was not...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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