Voice of Reason with Abraham Amah | In the hush of dawn, whispers softly stir, and a nation recalls memories that endure. On this day, a hundred and fifteen years hence, we honour a legacy, noble and immense. Chief Obafemi Awolowo, a colossus of yore, in the annals of history, …
Read More »Opinion: Akpabio’s house is falling
Voice of Reason with Abraham Amah | When Abdul Ningi, Senator representing Bauchi Central in the Senate made a scoop of his discovery of alleged N2.7tn padding in the 2024 national budget to the Hausa Service of the BBC, little did he know that he was embarking on a one-man …
Read More »‘Transport fare terrible, garri no longer snacks’- Nigerians weep, lament economic hardship
As the nation’s economy bits unrelentingly, Nigerians are devising different ‘structural adjustment strategies’ to keep body and soul together, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. A cross-section of respondents, who spoke with NAN in Ibadan on Friday, said they had resorted to rationing their meagre resources amidst other coping mechanisms. …
Read More »A Hungry Man Is An Angry Man
The Insight by Lateef Adewole There is a saying in Yorubaland that “tí ebi bá kúrò nínú ìsé, ìsé bù se” (when hunger has been taken out of poverty, poverty has ended). Although, it has been modified to: “….. ìsé sé péré” (meaning that …poverty is reduced… not eradicated, as …
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