By Ugoji Egbujo The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) must choose its fights sensibly. An Ijele doesn’t go about dancing at babies’ birthday parties just to be noticed. The EFCC must leave some jobs for local Police DPOs. So, it can focus on serious financial crimes. This gbegboro attitude inhibits specialisation. More importantly, […]
By:Ebo E.C Chukwuma The job of a secondary school teacher is a very sensitive one, they play the role of instilling sound morale values into adolescents going through a very turbulent age, not everyone is psychological mature to handle such job. Research shows 70-80% Nigerian students go through puberty stage during their secondary school level, […]
By Ugo Egbujuo Sycophancy works best with a narcissist in power. Surrounded by mediocrity as subordinates, worship becomes work. If the public is a longsuffering but excitable religious rabble, then the mixture is perfect. Scoundrels lick up and kick down. Goebbels made Hitler a god at the turn of nazism. He said the experience […]
“With immediate effect, the bloc has suspended all commercial transactions with Niger, frozen itsstate assets in the regional central bank, frozen assets of the state and state enterprises in commercial banks, and suspended all financial assistance with regional development banks.” “A planned 30 billion CFA francs ($51 million) bond issuance by Niger in the […]
By Chris Ekpenyong Like a patient who has undergone numerous surgeries and rehabilitative procedures under the supervision of surgeons and medical consultants for years, yet with no recovery in sight but a rather deteriorating condition laced with permanent bodily scars as evidence, the economy of Nigeria has always been under the knife. It has […]
Convener of the Northern Elders Forum, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, said it was time to go back to the drawing board as systems have proven to be failing in the country. Abdullahi spoke at the presentation and launching of the book “Court and Politics” authored by Dr. Umar Ardo, in Abuja, where he […]
By Ugoji Egbujo Contrary to his name, Soludo seems to love squabbles. Contrary to his reputation, Soludo is busy with small things. Soludo had come with intellect and clout. So, the people hoped. But he has since left the elephants in the room to chase rats and lizards. The presumed methodical governor who would […]
By Yushau A. Shuaib In the past couple of weeks, the media has been awash with monumental scandals involving individuals and organisations associated with the past administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Reports claim that the suspects not only looted billions in local and foreign currencies from the treasury but there are others to be […]
By Richard Akinnola Dear Hon minister, First, a disclosure. You may not know me but we have met on two occasions in the house of our mutual respected Oga, first as a minister of State and second as a Governor, but l doubt if you can recognize me now. I’m one of your admirers […]
By Dele Sobowale “When the going gets tough, the tough gets going.” — John Wayne, US Actor Right now, nobody on earth has a tougher assignment than you. You have my sympathies. Because you lead a team of Deputy Governors, all new to the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, embarking on the nearest thing […]
