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IT was a pleasure to welcome Secretary John Kerry to Nigeria. We had a candid and constructive discussion about a broad range of issues. Nigeria is a vibrant democracy and the

Continued from yesterday THESE measures, which touch upon teaching the central bank and the NNPC how to count, could undo corruption at source. Isn’t it embarrassing to have a Central Bank Governor

MOST Nigerians are poor historians, they easily forget. Nigerians have nostalgia about the past, no matter how bad. The days gone by are always somehow better than the present days. The national

THIS serves as a companion to my recent commentary on slumping oil prices. As hoped, that prior intervention helped stir discussion on the critical issue of our economic wellbeing and the best

ANYBODY who thinks that, under Nigeria’s 1999 Constitution, any government, party or president can eradicate corruption is like a man who expects a worm to give birth to a lion, or who

NIGERIA’S seeming intractable financial challenges of the previous couple of years are a replication of the acute financial challenges that had confronted the country between 1967 and 1970. This is not de

Continued from yesterday SPECIFIC to the General Election: what does need to be pointed out is that the angst and cynicism that gush from all directions arise precisely because of the refusal

“THE one picture you would hate to see in your dreams is that of the very opponent of the team you are supporting, clutching a massive trophy and jubilating all over the

OPINION polls commissioned by ANAP Foundation and conducted by NOI Polls (using Gallup methodology) show that President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) and his main challenger, Major-General Muhammadu Buhari (Buhari) are currently running

Continued from yesterday THE history also covers the hand-picking of Olusegun Obasanjo to become a President in 1999 after he purportedly signed an agreement to function as decreed by his Arewa minders.