Opinion

OPINION: BEHIND THE ‘INVISIBLE HAND’: WHY ECONOMIC IDEAS STILL MATTER (2)

From the first edition, we saw the development of the ‘invisible hand’ theory by Adam Smith during the 18th century. The theory of ‘Invisible Hand’ states that if each consumer is allowed to choose freely what to buy and each...

OPINION: CAMEROON: NIGERIA’S LYING NEIGHBOR

There is a long history of French betrayal, including in the Nazi wars. And these were not only of foreigners but also of friends and family. I am definitely not going to stereotype a people or nation based on...

OPINION: OGUN 2015: THE PEOPLE, POLITICS AND POWER

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Before now, I have always asked if Ogun State APC will be mature enough to manage its success, recent happenings are increasingly pointing to the fact that APC may not be mature enough to manage its success in the...

OPINION: THE ECONOMIC COST OF EBOLA

Elizabeth Cohen of the Cable News Network, the Atlanta United States of America Based international broadcasting news medium was on September 25th 2014 at her best reporting about the devastating consequences and the disastrous aftermath of the Ebola Virus...

OPINION: ONLY AUTHORIZED HOME HEALTHCARE FOR EBOLA

This writer is one of those against Home Healthcare for Ebola patients until a Liberian student nurse proved us wrong. As hospitals rejected her four relatives, her home treatment of deadly Ebola accomplished three survivals. Even more important was...

OPINION: THE IMPERATIVE OF BUILDING LOCAL INDUSTRIAL CAPACITY

So I hear and read somewhere that the US is stopping Nigeria from acquiring (wrong diction) BUYING certain choice military hardware such as the Chinook, which is said to be a versatile and reliable American twin-engine, tandem rotor heavy-lift...

OPINION: RED HERRINGS OF OKONJO-IWEALA’S SYCOPHANT

I feel honoured that Mr Paul C. Nwabuikwu, the media adviser to Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala (NOI), Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister for the Economy, considered my article important enough to merit a rejoinder. My article can be...

OPINION: BEHIND THE ‘INVISIBLE HAND’ (1)

Many disciplines have evolved, and others are still evolving. The practical importance of evolutions could be attributed to relevance – thus to stay relevant in the area of operations. In terms of professional disciplines; mathematics, natural science, law, engineering,...

OPINION: LAGOS 2015: IGBOS SHOULD VOTE FOR APC

Prior to the victory of Alliance for Democracy (AD) in 1999 governorship election in Lagos state which produced Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu as governor, many progressive Igbo people in Lagos had forged a common alliance under National Democratic Coalition...

OPINION: THE PARADING OF SUSPECTS HIGHLIGHTS AN ABNORMAL JUSTICE SYSTEM IN NIGERIA

Mr. Suleiman Abba, the new Inspector General of Police, along with other Chiefs of Nigerian security agencies, need to jointly put an immediate stop to the barbaric act and practice of publicly parading criminal suspects allegedly involved in crimes....