Who can afford foreign currency no matter what the cost is at the black market? The hegemon leaders can go to the Bureau Du Change market and convert their surplus local currencies to dollars for laundering. When caught overseas, they abandon millions and run home. The recent fluctuations up and down against the dollar demonstrates that the leaders ... Read more

Nigeria, as Africa's largest oil producer and exporter, has long struggled with the challenge of ensuring adequate domestic refining capacity to meet the country's growing demand for petroleum products. The state-owned refineries in the country, including the Port Harcourt, Warri, and Kaduna refineries, have suffered from years of neglect, ... Read more

It is not anomalous for anyone to see some Nigerians, particularly the youths retorting with the slang, “JAMB Question” whenever they are confronted with a problematic question they do not readily have answer to. In fact, the term “Jamb question” has become a popular slang expression in Nigeria, and it refers to a question t ... Read more

The 6th Meeting of the National Council of Niger Delta (NCND), recently held in Asaba, the Delta state capital, with the theme: “Stimulating Strategies for Economic Growth and Development in the Niger Delta Region”, may have come and gone, but not without touching, and significantly proffering solution to the root of social, economic, e ... Read more

[B][I]"Instead of politicians, let the monkeys govern the countries; at least they will steal only the bananas!"[/I][/B] Have you ever encountered someone who staunchly defends a politician, leader or public figure regardless of the controversial statements they make. I am sure we have seen those devotees who passionately praise their chosen ido ... Read more

The "Big lie" - often attributed to the Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels - though there seems to be no evidence that it was used by him to prop up the State under the hegemonic rule of Adolf Hitler - is to repeat a lie until it's assumed to be true. According to Wikipedia, "If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will ... Read more

For few days there was no electricity, an occupant of the flat over the fence, has been with the habit of leaving his "I pass my neighbour" electric generator on from dusk to dawn. You know that the space we give in Nigeria while building from your neighbor's fence isn't up to four feet. So, between the two buildings (his and mine), the ... Read more