Global Connection

Global Connection

Nigeria is better off selling palm oil. Crude oil is worth little (I)

On a whim the other day, I decided to determine what the price per liter of crude oil is. Of course I had been worried sick that this crude oil thing

What I saw in Katsina

My recent visit to KT is my second in about 8 years. I first visited to condole with the Yar’adua family upon the passing of President Umaru, the Gent

The greatest conspiracy against Nigerian youths (II)

What is this conspiracy? I haven’t quite defined it to my own satisfaction. A friend of mine, Martins, a radio anchor, once asked me during one of his

The greatest conspiracy against Nigerian youths (I)

So the other day my friend Samson Itodo and a few of his friends went and got the Not-Too-Young-To-Rule Bill passed. Passing a bill is an arduous task

Federal republic of inequality and oppression (II)

This is a continuation from last week. Whether our people are aware or not, we have to keep making cases for them that inequality is increasing in the