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Sense And Nonsense Of Nigeria’s Economic Crisis – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Sense And Nonsense Of Nigeria’s Economic Crisis – Independent Newspaper NigeriaNigeria is probably in the worst economic crisis of a generation, screamed The New York Times on June 11th, 2024. Two other influential global publications, Foreign Affairs and The Economist,…
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Tinubu’s Second Year Started Crawling – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Tinubu’s Second Year Started Crawling – Independent Newspaper Nigeria“Silence is not an option when things are ill-done.” – Lord Denning (1899-1999), VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ P. 247. Denning, British jurist, could be forgiven for wanting those accused…
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Hard Times – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Hard Times – Independent Newspaper NigeriaHard Times, published in 1854, is the title of the tenth novel by Charles Dickens, the English novelist. Like most of Dickens’ novels, Hard Times is a searing indictment of…
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Ours must not be empty-stomach democracy
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Ours must not be empty-stomach democracyOurs must not be empty-stomach democracy Fola Ojo Glorious and great Rubicon Nigeria crossed last Wednesday when the nation marked 25 years of democracy. In the last quarter of a century, the nation has struggled and wobbled. And unfortunately, til
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As a lawyer rubbishes ‘restructuring’
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: As a lawyer rubbishes ‘restructuring’As a lawyer rubbishes ‘restructuring’ One issue with some of the nation’s challenges is how complex, confusing, and unsolvable they seem to many Nigerians. And it doesn’t help matters when public figures intervene but what they say makes so
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Musings On Predatory Trends On Hallowed Grounds – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Musings On Predatory Trends On Hallowed Grounds – Independent Newspaper NigeriaYusuf Maitama Tuggar, Minister of Foreign Affairs Back in 2005 or thereabouts, a good friend of mine shared with me the challenge his wife was encountering in her place of…
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Lest We Forget (1) – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Lest We Forget (1) – Independent Newspaper Nigeria“We must also be aware that there are those among us who will try to exploit current challenges to undermine, if not destroy, this democracy for which so much has…
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Should Nigerian politicians earn N62,000?
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Should Nigerian politicians earn N62,000?Should Nigerian politicians earn N62,000? Abimbola Adelakun Each time a country goes through minimum wage negotiation, you can take it for granted that the argument to put politicians on that same salary scale will come up. It is a common argument
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Is this the democracy we want?
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Is this the democracy we want?Is this the democracy we want? Greg Odogwu While all indices point to a distressed nation, yet we must take a moment to reflect on how blessed we are as a people. By this time 31 years ago, we were a confused bunch. After the sudden annulment of th
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Today Is Democracy Day But ‘June 12’ Veterans Are Not In The Parade – Independent Newspaper Nigeria
Categories: ColumnsContinue Reading: Today Is Democracy Day But ‘June 12’ Veterans Are Not In The Parade – Independent Newspaper NigeriaAs a pro-democracy activist in the heydays of brutal military dictatorship in this country which became even more vicious after their annulment of Nigeria’s widely acclaimed freest and fairest election…
