Bill Gates is the biggest private owner of farmland in the United States. Why? By Nick Estes
Gates has been buying land like it’s going out of style. He now owns more farmland than my entire Native American nation. ‘Land is power, land is wealth, and, more importantly, land is about race and class. The relationship to land – who owns it,…
The bloodiest attack ever by the ‘degraded’ Boko Haram terror group. By Yinka Odumakin
*Being Yinka Odumakin’s Tuesday column in Vanguard Newspaper in 2018. Judith Ufford was his editor then. May his soul rest in peace. “Where is our own humanity ?We have become so insensate that human lives mean nothing to us anymore .If these had been 100…
Akpabio and his jailed Professor: Why a good liar should have a good memory. By Edem Bassey
“A gecko that abandons its tail in times of trouble will not hesitate to surrender its mother for a sacrifice. That is why no animal goes on an expedition with a gecko” Senator Godswill Akpabio has not only disowned Professor Peter Ogban, he surrendered the…
Nigeria: The unscramblity of a scrambled egg. By Tochukwu Ezukanma
“It was that lamentable mix of oil boom and military involvement in politics, and its attendant corrupt, amoral and profligate governments that complicated the problems of Nigeria.” The different peoples of Nigeria made contiguous by geography, roped together by British colonialism, and bound by political…
A Tripping Jagaban. By Bolaji O. Akinyemi
To save us from the risk of fostering any invalid on ourselves in 2023, I will suggest that a bill should be drafted by the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and should be forwarded to the National Assembly insisting on a comprehensive…
What the HR1 Bill involves for the US citizen.
By Lindsey McPherson and Kate AckleyPosted March 6, 2019 at 5:05am As the House begins debate Wednesday on HR 1 — the Democratic majority’s package overhauling voting, campaign finance and ethics law — some parts of the bill will likely get more attention than others, but several under-the-radar…
Why Buhari lost Nigeria and why nobody may ever regain it……It is all Olusegun Obasanjo’s fault.by Rudolf Okonkwo
President Muhammadu Buhari and former Nigerian president Olusegun Obasanjo. This week, I went back to watch an April 12, 2015, interview that I had with the then-President-elect Muhammadu Buhari.After watching the interview, I arrived at a clear conclusion: It is all Olusegun Obasanjo’s fault.Nigeria’s final…
Suez Canal Crisis Underscores Why Business Leaders Need Crisis Contingency Plans By Edward Segal
The continuing Suez Canal crisis shows the importance of having contingency crisis management plans ready to implement if the primary plan does not work— and why business leaders should take a cue from officials working to free the giant container ship that is blocking the…
The Nigerian oil-rich poverty. By Tochukwu Ezukanma
“While the political elite and their cronies maintain life-styles that amaze even the rich and the famous of the wealthiest countries of the world, a frightening proportion of Nigerians are trapped in extreme poverty”. History has demonstrated that democracy is a fount of political stability,…
Stopping the Race to the Bottom in Trade policy. BY KAREN HANSEN-KUHN, TIMOTHY A. WISE
Agribusiness giant Bayer/Monsanto claims that Mexico’s proposed restrictions on the active ingredient in its Roundup herbicide violate the country’s trade agreement with the U.S. Will the Biden administration agree? Felipe Martinez harvests corn on his farm in San Jeronimo Xayacatlan, Mexico, June 26, 2020. Mexican…
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