January 19, 2023

It’s High Time, Africa Stopped Running Governments Of Waste

January 19, 2023 2:37 am

For many African leaders, being in government means access to the cookie jar and having a strong conduit pipe for the mismanagement of public resources. The docility of the populace and the lack of strong institutions have simply ensured that political commitment to good governance and transparency is nonexistent in such environments and this has left the continent retrogressive and stunted.

Despite being one of the most endowed continents in terms of natural resources, Africa remains bottom in virtually every development index owing to poor leadership. Corruption and an untamed culture of waste and an absence of transparency have …

2023: Tinubu, Atiku, And The Brotherhood Of Corruption

January 19, 2023 2:26 am

Isn’t it amusing to find out that with less than 40 days to the general elections, the two major gladiators who are front runners to take President Muhammadu Buhari’s job are calling for each other’s arrest and prosecution for almost the same reason? The two political juggernauts who are essentially six and half a dozen clearly have nothing to offer Nigerians and it appears they are tired of trying to prove otherwise.

Ahead of the February 25th elections, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Alhaji Atiku Abubakar, and his counterpart from the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), …

Unemployability Of Nigerian Youths, A Ticking Time Bomb

January 19, 2023 2:07 am

When Nigeria’s minister of Labour, Chris Ngige described Nigerian youths as unemployable last year, the majority of Nigerian youths wished to go for his jugular. He was massively ‘dragged’, especially because of his position in the country and the very obvious unemployment problem in the country. Many people concluded that he was spewing trash to avoid taking responsibility for his failures as the Minister of Labour and Employment.

However, whether he made an earnest statement or was trying to hide behind his claims, an honest and unbiased look at the youths of these days will show you that his statement …