Frankly Speaking
“Beware! When Fortune would elect to trick a man, she plots his overthrow/By such a means as he would least expect.” Geoffrey Chaucer, 1342-1400. February 2018 was a busy month. I had spent days...
“Nigeria’s Debt hits N21.7tn” – DAILY INDEPENDENT. The terrifying news was released by the National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, last week. According to the NBS, the nation’s debt which stood at N12.12tn on June...
“The early bird catches the worm.” Old adage. Most candidates for political office are not aware that the directives by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, have not completely closed the gates to campaigns....
“The economist, like anyone else must concern himself with the ultimate aims of man.” Alfred Marshall, 1842-1924. Alfred Marshall, the father of classical economics and the person who pointed out the principles of comparative...
“It was beautiful and simple as all truly great swindles are.” O. Henry, 1862-1910, American Writer, IN THE HEART OF THE WEST O Henry was writing about how in several states of America public...
“If you shut up truth and bury it underground, it will but grow and gather to itself such explosive power that the day it bursts through, it will blow up everything in its way.”...
“Procrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.” Brewer Stock. Irrespective of the order of elections in 2019 and never mind whether or not Buhari will re-contest (he certainly will), Nigeria is less...
