Okay, so Jeb Bush lost out and dropped out in South Carolina in the 2016 US elections. One US publication proclaimed that the Great Bush Dynasty ended thus and with a whimper, not a bang. When I read that, the student of world history in me remembered several great dynasties that ended with supposed whimpers.…… Continue reading What Jeb Bush Must Do To Restore The Bush Dynasty
Buhari, Create Lake Chad Basin Agricultural Development Agency (LaCBADA)
This article is an attempt to get the Federal Government of Nigeria to suspend oil exploration in Lake Chad in response to drastically falling oil prices, and instead use the N37 billion allocated for oil exploration in the area to promote agriculture in the region. We will propose the creation of a new Federal Agency…… Continue reading Buhari, Create Lake Chad Basin Agricultural Development Agency (LaCBADA)
Maritime University And The Niger Delta
“We are not going ahead with the university project (referring to Nigeria Maritme University (NMU), Okerenkoko), proposed by NIMASA because we have an institution in Oron, we have Nigeria Institute of Transport Technology, Zaria and we have the Nigerian College of Aviation in Zaria, which we could upgrade to a university status and NIMASA is…… Continue reading Maritime University And The Niger Delta
Babatunde Fashola And Nigeria’s Coal Deposits
In 2006, when the then outgoing Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu anointed his then little known Chief of Staff, one Babatunde Raji Fashola as his chosen successor to the governor’s seat at Alausa, not a few feathers were ruffled. Many of Tinubu’s disciples who had expected the Jagaban Borgu to name them…… Continue reading Babatunde Fashola And Nigeria’s Coal Deposits
Innoson, Job Creation & Foreign Exchange
In a time of great despair in Nigeria, in a time of very bad economic stories heard and seen, Innoson Vehicle Manufacturing Company has emerged as a signal that no matter what happens to crude oil, we can survive if we make the right efforts. For when we hear of scores of our unsold barrels…… Continue reading Innoson, Job Creation & Foreign Exchange