With technocrats in the civil service doing all the work needed for effective governance, Nigeria has little need for ministers. That is...
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN– When former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan was asked what he had been able to achieve in his first...
Nigerian workers want every corrupt Nigerian killed. No, I got it wrong. Some Nigerian workers demand death penalty for treasury looters. Better....
Residents of Otuoke in Bayelsa State have been singing like the ancient mariner in Samuel Coleridge’s poem: “Water, water everywhere/Nor any drop...
30 YEARS AGO – As early as 6am, the voice of Brigadier Joshua Dogonyaro was on the airwaves to announce that a...
At this time in 2014, many Nigerians no longer exchanged greetings or welcomed guests by shaking hands. “Ranka dede”, a form of...
By UMAR SA’AD HASSAN — After the Senator James Manager-led ad-hoc committee on finance set up to reduce the salaries and allowances...
I work as an editorial consultant, but, at times, some clients mistake my job for that of a business consultant. Citing the...
At age 90, former United States President Jimmy Carter wouldn’t be rightly described as a patient of any disease. Nelson Mandela understood...
After examining some of the lists of chronic debtors that have been published by some Nigerian banks so far, I have become...