Frankly Speaking
“Liars ought to have good memories. Algernon Sidney, 1622-1683. What is it about rice that makes it the favorite food item about which Nigerian political leaders lie so much? Is it because rice rhymes...
“In every community, there is a class of people profoundly dangerous to the rest. I don’t mean criminals. For them [criminals] we have punitive sanctions. I mean the leaders. Invariably, the most dangerous people...
“Numbers can be deadly.” TIME MAGAZINE 1970s. President Buhari must have shocked some of his listeners in London last week when he said that Nigeria’s population is estimated at 180 million. The President of...
“Quantum Global Research Lab, an independent research arm of Quantum Global, has ranked Nigeria as the 14th most attractive economy for investments flowing into the African continent.” News Report, March 29, 2018. Addressing the 6ti...
“Journalists say a thing they know isn’t true in the hope that if they keep on saying it long enough, it will be true.” Julien Benda, 1857-1952. The quotation which was most troublesome when...
“As a strategic weapon, time is the equivalent of money, productivity, quality or even innovation.” George Stalk, Jr. Stalk should have added raw materials and infrastructure as well as knowledge to the list of...
“Against stupidity, the gods themselves struggle in vain.” Fredrick Von Schiller, 1759-1805. German philosopher. The Dark Ages ended in Europe over three hundred years ago. Nigerian Historians of the future might eventually come to...
“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 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...
