Author: Dele Sobowale
REMEMBER THIS BEFORE YOU CAST YOUR VOTE
In 2011, a young man, now eight years older asked me point blank for which candidate I would advise that he and his mother should vote. Until then, I had written nothing less than...
HYPOCRISY AND BALDERDASH AS PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN
“Hypocrisy is the homage paid by vice to virtue.” De La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680 Irrespective of who wins the Presidential election next month, as long as it is the candidate of the All Progressives Congress,...
MINIMUM WAGE AND OUR PERPETUAL FAILURE TO BE PROACTIVE.
“FG approves N30,000 for its staff”. “National Council of States recommends N27,000.” AIT, January 23, 2019. Insanity has been described by sages elsewhere as “doing the same thing all over again and expecting a...
MINIMUM WAGE AND OUR PERPETUAL FAILURE TO BE PROACTIVE.
“FG approves N30,000 for its staff”. “National Council of States recommends N27,000.” AIT, January 23, 2019. Insanity has been described by sages elsewhere as “doing the same thing all over again and expecting a...
NNPC REFINERIES AS A METAPHOR FOR ALL THAT IS WRONG WITH NIGERIA
“Refineries lose N96bn in nine months, says NNPC.” News Report. The story published in a national newspaper on December 30, 2018 elaborated by pointing out that “The Federal Government-owned refineries lost N96.34bn in the...
PRESIDENT BUHARI MEET BUBA GALADIMA YOUR FORMER ALLY
PRESIDENT BUHARI MEET BUBA GALADIMA YOUR FORMER ALLY “I can’t see any integrity whatsoever on the side of Mr President. Which integrity? Someone who condones corrupt people around him? We know of his relatives....
TOUGH TIMES AHEAD FOR NIGERIANS IN 2019
TOUGH TIMES AHEAD FOR NIGERIANS IN 2019 Dele Sobowale “The party is over.” Allan Greenspan, former Chairman US Federal Reserve Bank. NIGERIA IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SLOW DOWN In a global village,...
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM THE 2019 BUDGET
“You are entitled to your opinions. You are not entitled to your own facts.” Senator Daniel Moynihan. US Senator from New York State, 1970s. Two wrongs never make a right – whether in politics...
TALK OF SOUTH WEST PRESIDENCY IS ABSURD AND UNPATRIOTIC
“But far more numerous [is] the herd of such who think too little and who talk too much.” John Dryden, 1631-1700. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS. “We are not looking at 2019, but 2023. If...