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Share AT the current rate which the nation is spiraling, it is hard to conclude that Nigeria will remain intact till the end of the 21st century, i.e., another 80 years from now. This is very optimistic. Why do I say this? I grew up during the colonial days and our teachers in Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, the only educational institution I ever attended, taught us about the sanctity of life. To drive their point home, they taught us such poems as “Yi ese re si apa kan, ma se pa kokoro ni. Kokoro ti o ko nani, Olorun lo le da”, meaning “Don’t kill that insect which only God and ...

May 11, 2021 Lowani Mtonga 2 Comments On 14 July 2014 I wrote an article in The Nation newspaper under the headline ‘Do better on mining’ in which I urged government to establish a parastatal to actively participate in mining sector and not just watch foreign companies extracting minerals. Seven years down the line the government has done what it should have done many years ago. Actually Malawi used to have Mining Investment and Development Corporation (MIDCOR) which was vanished during the Structural Adjustment Programme. It should be revived! President Dr Chakwera should be app...

All the principal officers of the University, colleagues, distinguished ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank you immensely for giving me the opportunity to join and share this important 22nd Founder’s Day with you. I am here at a very significant time for our country and for Africa. What we choose to make of the challenges and as well, opportunities presented, will be critical for the development of Africa and our dear country.  COVID-19 has more than wreaked havoc on all areas of society. Lives have been lost untimely. Businesses and otherwise thriving families put in disarray. Besides ...

The Abacha template might be one to look at again, with respect to setting up a dedicated Banking Malpractices Tribunal, given the critical place of banking in the economic development and the refusal of our bankers to live up to the requsite billing. We need such a Tribunal to save banking from the hands of bank ‘owners’ and their friends… As I ruminated the other week over the N21 billion Cosmas Maduka-Ifeanyi Ubah-Access Bank fiasco, one of the intriguing things that stood out for me, was the ease with which money made its way out of the system, in defiance of conventional credit gui...

Vanguard News I totally support CBN action on FBN On By Dele Sobowale Sometimes, there is divine intervention in what a regular columnist publishes. I had prepared another article which more or less told Nigerians to be prepared to eat grass as millions of farmers have now abandoned their farms. My Personal Assistant, PA, was asked to send it to the newspapers and online publications.  He discovered that more than half of the text had been mysteriously deleted. That was late Thursday, April 29, 2021. Too tired to work on that day, I postponed the effort until the next day. My vendor came w...