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Kleptocracy, How much we love it?
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, among others, define corruption as "the abuse of public office for private gains". World Bank's definition of corruption is ...
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100 years of No.28 Broad Street…
For a passerby who is in a hurry, there is nothing spectacular about No. 28 Broad Street. Perhaps for the purpose of easy identification, No. 28, which is unmistakably etched on a ...
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Wrong Compass Direction
Is Nigeria on the road to becoming a failing or frailing State? How long shall we be wishful and optimists thinkers? Every road map of hope now looks like conspiracy to crash ...
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“…Come, my friends, ‘Tis not too late to see a newer world”
Considering our wealth, human and the material resources, which God bestowed upon us as a nation, the progress we have made so far is considerably (s)low. The deficiency for the ...
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Regrettably, Manufactured in Nigeria?
Nigeria in the 60’s was an agricultural Nation, with Agriculture contributing about 65% of the GDP (Gross Domestic Product). In those days we had Cocoa in the West, Oil Palm in ...
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We’re Expecting Another Building Collapse?
Again the last building collapse was in Lagos, last month. Last March, a four-storey residential building collapsed in Lagos on Tuesday, killing at least two people and with many ...
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The Reintroduction Of Tollgate In Nigeria Is A Waste?
Effective management of any road networks requires that budgets are at least sufficient to keep the road assets in stable condition over the long term, but this is not the case ...
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The Rich Don’t Sleep When The Poor Is Awake
Oil wealth in Nigeria since 1956 has ruined the country, the devastation and colossal damage are beyond measure. It has created wealth without work, it has lead us to abandon ...
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My Grandmother’s wisdom.
When I was very young, my grandfather had two wives, quite a few children and he was very poor. So whenever it is time for school fees he will enter into quarrel with his wives so ...
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Engineer in Hell
An engineer dies and reports to the heaven gates. St. Peter checks his dossier from his Laptop and says, "Ah, you're an engineer -- you're in the wrong place." So the engineer ...
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‘African Time’, Our Problem
Time is the measure of duration, it could be of poverty, success, and underdevelopment, present, past or of the future. It is the regulation of rate of movement, and for the ...
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Why Buildings Will Keep Collapsing In Nigeria
A four-storey residential building collapsed in Lagos on Tuesday, killing at least two people and with many more still trapped inside. Okay, I don’t want to be pessimistic, ...
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Why I Need A Gun And A Pen To Live In Nigeria
In the history of Nigeria’s development, corruption has been thought of as a key major problem, but religious violence, armed robbery, pen robbery, and recently kidnapping are ...
