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I love BAT but I love Nigeria more

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 Nigeria is God's project. Anyone in doubt should go into History and find out how IBB ended up stepping aside or how Abacha ended his dictatorship. Before the run-up to the 2023 Elections,

CBN makes the right call

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  Against the fear that the Central Bank of Nigeria wants to float higher denomination currencies, the right call has emanated from the CBN. Briefing Newsmen after the most recent Bankers' Committee meeting, the

In the name of discipline

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  It is a long held belief that undergraduates are under nobody but their lecturers. Going further down the ladder, many

From Bloomberg to IMF, we can do better

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 Bloomberg have raised doubts about the CBN and it's Devaluation plans. Now, IMF are casting aspersions on our

Bloomberg and Devaluation of the Naira

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  The Central Bank of Nigeria have said that they want to redesign the Naira to force those hoarding the Naira to make it available in the system. This move raises some questions. If you

Should we believe, PMB?

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PMB says no election winner will be denied his mandate, irrespective of party. PMB remembers IBB. I wonder if he

Our Electoral process and debates

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 Pat Utomi says Debates helped to shape the electoral process in South Korea and it can do the same for us. What really shapes our Electoral process is violence. It is the one thing

Governor Soludo: from monetary policy to Fiscal policy

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  Thank God, Charles Soludo is a Professor of Economics. It is a plus for

The Police and free elections

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  2023 is beginning to look like a watershed in our History. The US predicted a breakup of our country in 2015. God prevailed and come 2023 a new

Should we be happy that Nigerians are winning elections abroad?

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  Charity they say begins from home. Success they also say has many fathers but failure is an orphan. When people of Nigerian descent win elections or achieve, abroad, we usually feel excited and feel good about

When Good is not so Good

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Prisoners, the Minister of the Interior says are to be released. In itself it is very good but coming at this time, it is, a not so good, idea. At the risk of sounding insensitive, let

Cry not for the Naira

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God really loves Nigeria. APC replaced PDP and proved ineffective. People yearned for a third force and Obi happened. Banks are supposed to be superior to

Central Bank of Nigeria in panic mode

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  How else do you describe a situation where Bankers Committee of the CBN and Chief Executive of Banks meet on the 28th of October, 2022 and the same

Can Ike Ekweremadu ever contribute to the debate on Marginalization?

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 Each time Igbos complain of Marginalization, I remind myself of political leaders from the South East. For many years,  Ike Ekweremadu

Who will tell PMB?

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 PMB says no Nigerian should complain of hunger because we have farmlands and rain from God. Even the farmlands are from God. But who will tell the President that

Buba Marwa: the talk and the walk

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 Writing about people you know is painful especially when it does not put them in a good light. Oyinlola served the army where I

360 Degrees Economic Policy

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  Motivational speakers often speak of thinking outside the box. While it is fanciful, I have my fears. School dropouts sometimes achieve a

Arabic and New Naira Notes

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 Muric want Arabic on the new Notes. To me it amounts to chasing shadows as what is written on a car has little or

CBN should come out clean

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 I cannot believe that the Central Bank of Nigeria that is supposed to be backing it's cashless policy is digging