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Is Africa’s Economic Boom A Myth? – Deutsche Welle
Africa is celebrating 50 years of political unity and the economy is also booming. It’s now widely seen as a region of great opportunities, but experts are skeptical about how long this will last. Two out of three Africans have a mobile phone or smartphone. Purchasing power on the continent is increasing, markets are growing and more and more Africans are becoming billionaires…. |
Nigeria And The Growing Culture Of Suspicion – By Comrade Edwin Ekene
According to Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, suspicion is the feeling or thoughts without certain proof that somebody is guilty of something. It is an erroneous believe that something opposite is going to happen. This belief is fast becoming a tradition in the country! When any vacancy is advertised in any of our dailies, instead of encouraging people that needs such opportunities to apply, some sets of Nigerians…. |
The Revolution We Need – By Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Indeed, all is not well in Nigeria. For instance, governance is a practice of smoke and mirrors. The fuel subsidy crisis showed how our politics canonises falsity, impoverishes the masses and debases our common humanity. Leaders at various strata of our society seem to have chosen an education in corruption, instead of one in service. As a result, the Nigerian state is weak. Public institutions are inefficient and seen as mere “avenues for chop-chop.” And public servants are perceived as parasitic sleazebags…. |
Let’s Negotiate Nigeria – By Chido Onumah
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There is nothing exclusive in the term unity; unity for Nigeria holds out the best chance for progress when that unity is a unity of purpose rather than the present hollow approach to unity for sake of unity. For unity to be meaningful, it has to be creative, not the unity of Jonah in the whale but the unity of holy matrimony. The first can only lead to defecation, the second to procreation…. |
President Jonathan as “Big Brother” – By Chido Onumah Typical of the Jonathan regime, it took the effort of investigative journalists – this time, the reporters at Premium Times – to alert Nigerians about the planned assault on our civil liberties. The latest deal, involving an Israeli company, Elbit Systems Ltd., is for the supply of the “Wise Intelligence Technology (WiT) System for Intelligence Analysis and Cyber Defense”…. |
Wanted: A Leader For Just A Time As This – By Bayo Oluwasanmi
 Bayo Oluwasanmi When it comes to responding to political crises, there are three “temperatures” of a leader: hot (responsive), cold (rebellious), and lukewarm (indifferent). People love the hot leader, reaches out to the cold, but rejects the lukewarm. The calm that puts us to sleep may be more deadly than storm that keeps us wide awake. The world is looking for scientists…. |
The Court of God’s Throne and How He Adjudicates Divine Justice on Earth – By Dr. Moshood
 Dr. Moshood Some human beings are of the erroneous belief that the Divine Judgment of God Almighty is in the street of Time in the distant future, when the living and the dead will be finally judged. This final judgment of the world is the Great Day, when our Lord Jesus Christ will execute on His enemies, and will culminate in the final banishment of Satan and his rebellious fallen angels into the Nether Gloom and the renewal of things. Heaven…. |
Is Africa Much Richer Than We Think? No One Knows – By Morten Jerven
 Morten Jerven What do we know about poverty, income and growth in sub-Saharan Africa? The answer is: much less than we like to think.The data is unreliable and potentially seriously misleading. The question is of great importance. Economic growth rates or per-capita income estimates are commonly used in statements about development in Africa…. |
The “Fake Universities” Syndrome – By Chido Onumah
 Prof. Julius Okojie While working on the article referenced above, I came across a National Universities Commission (NUC) newsletter that had a list of 44 “fake universities” in the country. That piece of information was meant as a cautionary note for students and parents as well as the public. It is hard to say how many of those concerned saw and benefitted from the NUC alert. From all indications, not many…. |
What Does Obasanjo Want? – By Chido Onumah You couldn’t miss the headline. I am referring to the conclave of gerontocrats that took place earlier in the week. It centred on former president, Olusegun Obasanjo. “Anenih in secret meeting with Obasanjo”, was how The Guardian headlined the event…. |
Deconstructing The Boko Haram Amnesty Dilemma – By Theophilus Ilevbare The effort of government to find a lasting solution to the Boko Haram menace hit a brick wall with the rejection of a pre-amnesty offer by the Abubakar Sherau-led faction of Boko Haram. It stands every reasoning on its head, that the gravy train of amnesty was contemplated for a radical and remorseless sect that have slaughtered over 4, 000 people…. |
God vs. Gospel Comedians – By Bayo Oluwasanmi I’m neither a prophet nor a prophet’s son. Yes, I’m not a pastor. But I have a message for Nigerian Pentecostal pastors. I’m here to warn you. The Lord is angry with you. If you choose, you can ignore the message at your own peril…. |
Education In Nigeria- The Missteps, the Gaps – By Bamidele Ademola-Olateju After the civil war, our new nation was awash with petrodollars. There was money to be spent, the government allocated a significant portion of Nigeria’s budget to education for a few intervening years. By the mid 1970s, enrollment jumped significantly due to increased awareness and appreciation for Western education…. |
Beyond The Recommendations Of The Oronsaye Committee Report – By Theophilus Ilevbare
 Theophilus Ilevbare Inspite of repeated assurance from the government to appropriately down size its unwieldy work force and cost of governance, most Nigerians doubt the commitment of the government to fully implement the recommendations of the Presidential committee on Rationalisation and Restructuring of Federal Government parastatals, commissions and agencies headed by Steve Oronsaye….
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Revelation of the Kingdom of God and Heavenly Glory – By Dr. Fayemiwo
 Dr. Moshood Fayemiwo It is good to serve the True Lord God Almighty. Nothing can be compared with the death of the righteous. When you have found favor with God Almighty after accepting His Son Jesus Christ as Lord, Master and Savior, please do not be content to live the remainder of your life as a guesser…. |
Can APC Cure Nigeria’s Headache? (2) – By Chido Onumah I have no illusions about the challenges (some of which are beginning to manifest) and limitations of the new mega party being proposed by the country’s main opposition parties. The reality is that the All Progressives Congress (APC) can only go so far in the quest to lift our people from poverty, disease, unemployment and other problems associated with a neo-colonial capitalist economy like ours…. |
Combating Poverty Of Aspiration In Nigeria By Omozuwa Gabriel Osamwonyi Nigeria is poor. We are poor in many ways: Materially, ethically and so forth. Material poverty is ravaging the wellbeing of almost 100 million Nigerians. Moral and ethical poverty have turned some of our leaders to gravediggers. Consequently, Nigeria is no more a land of opportunity for all; but an ostensible burial place of innovation, entrepreneurial initiatives and cutting-edge scientific solutions…. |
| How African Accent Can Save Your Life In America! – By Paul OmoruyiMost Africans in the diaspora would concur with me that when they first immigrated to the United States they wanted to speak, look and swagger like Americans. This writer was not an exception. Understandably, America is the current world power and an American identity gives some sense of pride – false or real… |
Can APC Cure Nigeria’s Headache? (1) – by Chido Onumah As the merger of the country’s major opposition parties crystallized a few months ago into a mega party known as All Progressives Congress (APC), I received an email from my friend, Richard Mammah, who wanted to get my opinion on the new party…. |
Who Will Call Governor Akpabio To Order? – By Theophilus Ilevbare
 Godswill Akpabio It is as reckless as it is feckless for Governor Godswill Akpabio to fritter away with zing the patrimony of Akwa Ibom state on his political associates, friends and sycophant in a showy and flamboyant manner to massage an over bloated political ego. It is the height of profligacy.The latest gaffe of the Chairman of the PDP Governors’ Forum has seen him enmeshed in yet another round of controversy…. |
Achebe – Writer Of Polished Prose Gem – By Bayo Oluwasanmi
 Chinua Achebe On March 21, the intellectual world lost one of its most distinguished members when Chinua Achebe died after a brief illness in his eighty-second year. Since the news of his departure invaded the airwaves, the world has been struggling to keep up with the volume of tribute that streams in daily…. |
Please, Pardon President Jonathan – By Chido Onumah Nigerians are justifiably outraged at the pardon of Diepreye Solomon Peter Alamieyeseigha, ex-governor of Bayelsa State. Alamieyeseigha was governor from May 1999 until December 2005, three months after he was detained in London on charges of money laundering. President Jonathan had served under Mr. Alamieyeseigha as deputy governor…. |
Nigeria Top List of Average Billionaire Net Worth By Country – Forbes
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Nigeria is home to a pair of billionaires, cement king Aliko Dangote and oil and telecom magnate Mike Adenuga. The two are worth a combined $20.8 billion, or nearly $7.3 billion more than the GDP of neighboring Niger. In terms of average net worth, Nigeria’s billionaires are the richest on the planet, coming in at $10.4 billion. Nigeria sits atop the heap thanks largely to Dangote, who with a net worth of $16.1 billion is the wealthiest man in all of Africa…….. |
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We may disguise poison by mingling it with wholesome food, but that cannot change its nature. On the contrary, it is rendered more dangerous. This is exactly what Doyin Okupe, President Jonathan’s senior image maker and propagandist attempts to do on the AJ Stream video interview posted on SaharaReporters May 8….
