Opinion

FOCUS ON PRACTICAL YOUTHS JOBS CREATION BY YORUBA ELDERS INT

The State of Rhode Island United States is where the Yoruba Elders International Society gathered to showcase field solutions to the ticking time Bomb of youth’s unemployment on 11/2/2013. We are sick and tired of promises, theories and predictions...

AFRICA’S AGRIBUSINESS WORTH US$1 TRILLION BY 2030

African farmers and the agribusiness sector could create a trillion-dollar food market by 2030 if they could access more capital and electricity, better technology and irrigated land, according to a World Bank report released in March 2013. For this...

RE-WRITING THE NIGERIAN STORY THROUGH YOUTH DEVELOPMENT

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BEYOND ODUAH-GATE

For all of two weeks, Nigerians have been riveted by the disheartening revelation that Aviation Minister Stella Oduah approved the purchase of two bullet-proof BMW cars at the cost of $1.6 million. Once SaharaReporters broke the story, we were treated...

NIGERIA’S MISMANAGEMENT OF NAIRA AND STRUCTURAL LIQUIDITY: WHAT HAPPENED TO 1KOBO, 5K, 25K, N1, N5?

The most effective indicator for measuring and evaluating the state of a country’s economy apart from GDP is the currency of a nation. Most countries of the world keep their foreign exchange reserve in dollar. United States dollar is...

NYSC FOUNDATION REJOINDER: TROUBLE BREWS IN NYSC OVER DEDUCTIONS FROM CORPS MEMBERS’ ALLAWEE FOR PRIVATE CONCERN THISDAY ON SUNDAY, 20TH OCTOBER 2013.

A reporter in THISDAY newspaper wrote a story on the above headline on 20th of October, 2013 in the Sunday edition of THISDAY newspaper. We want to say from the outset that we are not aware of any trouble...

NIGERIAN POLITICIANS AND THE DESECRATION OF PRAYER CAMPS-ADORATION GROUND, REDEMPTION CAMP CASE STUDY

Nigerian politicians have carried their blatant disrespect for God and godly behavior to Prayer Camps, Adoration Grounds and Redemption Camps where they constantly desecrate the hallowed environment. Many prayer camps abound in Nigeria including Alone With God Prayer Camp,...

ETHIOPIA PLANS AFRICA’S BIGGEST DAM

Ethiopia’s ambitious plan to build a $4.2 billion dam in the Benishangul-Gumuz region, 40 kms from its border with Sudan, is expected to provide 6,000 megawatts of electricity, enough for its population plus some excess it can sell to...

FAYEMI AND HIS PAPER CHALLENGER’S THEORY

FORMER Vice President Atiku Abubakar was not wrong when he described  Nigerian politicians as sycophants and survivalists, who say things based on convenience. Alhaji Atiku made this  touchy statement during the heat of his political discord   with his estranged boss,...

CBN: THE POVERTY IN SANUSI LAMIDO SANUSI’S LEGACY

As Nigeria starts screening for a new CBN governor to replace Sanusi Lamido Sanusi (SLS) at the expiration of his tenure come June 2014, the names of people in consideration for his post, which includes coterie-elite bank managers like...