Tag: Dakuku Peterside
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Cashless festivities – By Dakuku Peterside
The world is moving into a new financial epoch. The era of physical currency is fading, making way for the rise of a cashless society thriving on digital transactions.
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FDI: Tackling poor signaling – By Dakuku Peterside
Nigeria faces unprecedented economic uncertainties and desperately needs to “bend the curve” on most economic indices. Even the optimistic people among us struggle with what to hold onto to defend our slide into economic quagmire.
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APC chieftain, Peterside urges Tinubu to intervene in Rivers crisis
Dakuku Peterside, a chieftain of the All Progressive Congress has noted that President Bola Tinubu can’t fold his hands and allow Rivers State to go up in flames.
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The drum for electoral reforms – By Dakuku Peterside
John Dewey, an American philosopher of the 20th century, argued that “we do not learn from experience … we learn from reflecting on experience”. At the core of this statement is the critical role of reflection in the learning process.
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Dark chapter for the judiciary – By Dakuku Peterside
In 1961, the Prime Minister of Nigeria, Abubakar Tafawa Balewa, enjoined Justice Adetokunbo Ademola to “never waiver from the truth” and a charged him that if he committed a crime and was brought before the justice, he should send him to jail.
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Dearth of integrity in public life – By Dakuku Peterside
The integrity issue in Nigerian politics and public life has been a topic of discussion and concern for many years. Like many other countries, Nigeria has faced challenges related to corruption, lack of transparency, and ethical issues in its political landscape.
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Politics of statistics in Nigeria – By Dakuku Peterside
Statistics should help settle arguments, in theory. We assume they provide stable reference points that everyone – no matter what their opinion, persuasion, belief, or politics is– can agree on.
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Budget of Booby Traps – By Dakuku Peterside
There is a deafening silence in the land over the state of the economy. No right-thinking person can take this silence or mood of the nation for granted. This eery silence is invariably linked to a cost-of-living crisis, exchange rate crisis, uncanny economic uncertainties and other unfavourable economic variables hovering over Nigeria like an ominous overcast and…
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Epidemic of illicit arms – By Dakuku Peterside
From the small handguns of the 15th century to the sophisticated machine guns and other small and light weapons of our time, the world has suffered mayhem and wanton destruction due to the rightful and wrongful use of these weapons.
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‘Two Global Wars and our Economic Plight’ – By Dakuku Peterside
There is fire on the mountain. It seems too far away, and the fire looks more like a smouldering fire than a volcano. However, the molten lava is simmering in the belly of the volcano, waiting to be unleashed. No matter what we do, although living in a faraway land,