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Background Imagine two friends, born almost exactly one year apart, same State of origin but one born in Aguta LGA and the other in Onitsha. Yes, both are Anambrarians, both attended the same university in Nsukka, in neighboring Enugu State. Charly is nerdy while his friend Peter is a wannabe nerd with a liking to […]

Background (COP and UNFCCC) Why is Nigeria at COP27? And what COP27 is? Is Africa’s and or Nigeria’s relationship with COP an important one? What is all the talk about global CO2 emissions and what is the continent’s contribution to the emission? Why is Nigeria and Africa demanding monies from the West? Conference of the

Prologue Iron Mike Tyson, heavyweight champion of the world, once opined that “Social media made y’all way too comfortable with disrespecting people and not getting punched in the face for it” and Iron Mike is right. The evidence abounds in social media as there is an obvious increase in online bullying in Nigeria twitter. Many

Naira redesign wahala The trouble started on a rainy Wednesday afternoon in October. I had earlier repaired a leak on the roof of my money store and had injured my thumb where the hammer had hit me as I nailed a rubber sheet over a hole. News filtered in from online newspapers that the Central

Patriots of January the 15th It was Mark Twain that said – “Patriotism Is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it”. There are a group of Nigerians that do both, at least since 1999, and their love and sacrifice for Nigeria is second to none. These are our men

Fitch Solutions Report Fitch Solutions, a subsidiary of the international credit rating firm, Fitch Ratings, recently released a report predicting victory for Bola Tinubu in the Nigerian 2023 presidential election. It also predicted that there would be protests and social discontent in the aftermath of the victory. The unrest, they submit, would be a result

Covid shutdown to Terror? When the Covid pandemic and associated lockdowns began to ease at the end of 2021, many Nigerians hoped for a better year ahead. But 2022 has disappointed. There has been unabating stress and increasing misery month after month. Skyrocketing inflation has increased poverty in the land. Youths are idle and restive,

Elon’s money Vs Nigeria’s money Elon Musk is the richest guy on the planet! And he just paid 44 billion dollars for twitter. That is the same amount as Nigeria’s projected expenditure for 2023 as presented in the recent budget by the President – 20.51 trillion naira (US$43.7 billion). Nigeria’s proposed revenue for 2023 is