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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 …

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. …

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 …

The Insight by Lateef Adewole There was this story in Yoruba folklore. It was about a very powerful warrior, whose conquests were known from far and wide in the land. His town was feared by other towns because of him. No one dared wage war against them and others dreaded …