Akpabio: When Sexism Becomes A Desperate Act of Control, By Bámidélé Adémólá-Olátéjú
What has Ms. Nunieh's four husbands got to do with all that is at issue? Clearly Akpabio's intent was to slut-shame her by deploying the low cost ingredient of failed marriages. Apparently, Akpabio found her accusations unsettling, and his loss of patriarchal control, in this instance, infuriating. That the Niger…
Who’s Afraid of Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala?, By Reuben Abati
We need to get our acts the selection process has become far more competitive than it was in June. This week, I understand the WTO General Council will begin to interview the eight candidates. Nigeria still has a chance to stand up for its candidate. I remain convinced that Nigeria…
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In Defence of Keyamo, By Ebere Onwudiwe
What Nigeria’s poor need is the ability to earn long-term incomes that come with the skills acquisition that will enable them to secure long term employment or make money from entrepreneurship. These are some of the reasons why the job programme and its politics are the problem, not Mr. Keyamo.…
Incentives and the Popular Response, By Uddin Ifeanyi
...none of these matters if our policy makers continue to miss the point that the outcomes that we attribute to our compatriots’ lack of patriotism (preferring to hold dollars, for instance, rather than the naira) are often the result of a collective response to perverse incentives. I was taught my…
Called To Minister To God (1), By Femi Aribisala
Although God does not have needs, He has wishes. He also has desires. Does anything upset God? Yes indeed! God is upset many times in the scriptures, according to the prophets. He is upset a lot because we upset Him. Jesus was so upset about Jerusalem that He wept over…
Magu, Maggots and Maga Dogs, By Festus Adedayo
As against what its minders are making us to believe, it is a huge minus to the Muhammadu Buhari government that Magu is being tried This is because, in the cache of allegations said to have been leveled against the ex-EFCC boss, there is a rehash of the same allegations…
The Market and the Invisible Hand of Coronavirus, By Bunmi Fatoye-Matory
Coronavirus, which causes COVID-19, probably has never heard of this invisible hand theory. In fact, scientists say the virus is not even a living thing. Yet, it has become a real invisible hand affecting the market, controlling the forces of demand and supply, skewing them this way and that, rewarding…
The Humane Faces Showing That All Lives Matter, By Owei Lakemfa
As they soaked in well-deserved praise and commendation across the globe, Otokito said what he and his friends did sent: “a different narrative to how the image of a Black man is usually painted… we went down to make a change and make a difference. And it’s only going to…
World Health Organisation and the Exit of America’s Leadership, By Osmund Agbo
The truth is that America has never suffered this degree of humiliation before. The coronavirus has come to expose the worst notion of leadership there is, in the worst possible way. Trump’s America has now achieved an international pariah The United States has become the first casualty of a terribly…
Do Not Despair, Indeed The Mercy Of Allah Is Close To the Good Doers, By Murtadha Gusau
In the name of Allah, the Most Beneficent, the Merciful All Praise is due to Allah, and may the Salah and Salam be on Prophet Muhammad, his household, and the noble Companions and those who follow them until the Day of Resurrection. Dear brothers and sisters, Allah the Almighty says:…
