On June 12, the Federal Government launched a website where Nigerians can register for the Federal Government’s employment programme. In just 8 days that site has become the 72nd most popular site on Alexa.com’s Nigeria rankings. In fact, on the first day of its existence, the site had 400,000 registrations.
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Nigeria’s Independent Petroleum Marketers Just Shot Themselves On The Foot
Pride they say, comes before a fall, or should I say hubris comes before a fall. Our independent petrol marketers thought they could push Buhari around and keep increasing the price of fuel ad infinitum. But now most of their petrol stations are empty, with workers standing idly by, waiting for cars that never come… Continue reading Nigeria’s Independent Petroleum Marketers Just Shot Themselves On The Foot
Nigeria’s Reps, Senators Fighting For Foreign Official Cars
At this point in our existence as a country, at this difficult point, I am disappointed to hear that many members of our National Assembly are busy fighting for new foreign official cars to be bought for them. The first question is: what happened to the current official cars they have? Must we change their… Continue reading Nigeria’s Reps, Senators Fighting For Foreign Official Cars
‘I’m not a thief’, cries former Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke
Diezani Alison Madueke has come out to deny insinuations on Aljazeera that she stole a huge amount of public funds while in power. This is coming after her house in Abuja which is said to be worth millions of Dollars was seized by the Nigerian government. The former minister, who has been in London for a… Continue reading ‘I’m not a thief’, cries former Petroleum Minister, Alison-Madueke
‘Things Are Too Hard’
That seems to be the latest trending statement in Nigeria these days. And people are not just talking. They are genuinely fearful about the way things are going. Eevn the big companies are cutting costs. the size of Gala sausage rolls has reduced. Even cheeseballs were looking a bit smaller to me the other day.… Continue reading ‘Things Are Too Hard’