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DAVID UMAHI VYING FOR PRESIDENCY GENIUS OR BLUNDER?“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.When Chief David Umahi, Governor of Ebonyi State, decamped from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, on whose ticket he was...

CLOSER TO DEATH THAN YOU THINK Dele Sobowale Death is here; and death is there/Death is busy everywhere PB Shelley, 1792-1822, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 34. “Courage is the rarest of human...

NIGERIA STUMBLES OFF STARTING LINE IN 2022 By: Dele Sobowale “Are you better off today than in January 2021; or for that matter in January 2015?” That was a question posed to several Nigerians,...

NBS PRESENTS Q221 SET-BACK AS SUCCESS “GDP rises 5% YoY; declines 0.80% QoQ” News Report “There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies and statistics.” Mark Twain, 1835-1910, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 130. On...

RILWAN AREMU AKIOLU I IS MY OBA “Leadership is the ability to define issues without aggravating the problems.” Warren Dennis, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ p 125. It has been years ago when events...

VAT WAR:  PYRRHIC VICTORY FOR STATES — 1 “In this world, nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes.” Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 241 Irrespective of what...

THE OUTGOING PRESIDENT AND PROSPECTIVE CANDIDATES. “They came forth to war; but they always fell.” James Macpherson, 1736-1796, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 267. The 2023 Presidential Elections are still about seventeen months...

FOOD SCARCITY, BANNED IMPORTS AND THE GRIM REAPER “An army marches on its stomach.” Napoleon Bonaparte, 1769-1821. VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, VBQ, p 14. Nigeria has two armies. The first army is headed by...

Dele Sobowale “Nor should we listen to those who say “the voice of the people is the voice of God”; for the turbulence of the mob is always close to insanity.” Alcuin, 735-804. Since...

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