Tag: Dave Baro-Thomas
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Palliative: Another painful national joke – By Dave Baro-Thomas
As the leadership and members of the House of Representatives frantically attempt to extricate themselves from the allegation of receiving prayer messages worth N100m each as subsidy palliative sent to their inboxes, the drama around the subject matter heightens across the country with intriguing perspectives thrown at the public court.
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Keyamo and the Writing on the Wall – By Dave Baro-Thomas
The recent suspension of the Nigeria Air project and subsequent applause by the Airlines Operators of Nigeria, AON, may be an endorsement of the Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Barr Festus Egwarewa Keyamo, but on the other hand, it crystalizes the aspirations of critical stakeholders for the resuscitation of an industry that is almost…
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Wike and the many troubles of FCT’s slums – By Dave Baro-Thomas
A recent statistic affirms that 1.05 billion people live in slums, with Eastern Asia, Southern Asia, and Sub-Saharan Africa countries accounting for 80%. While 62.1 % is in Sub-Saharan Africa, Nigeria is said to have 80 million people living in slums, although that figure is considered a conservative estimate. It is one global phenomenon that…
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The Rise and Fall of Nasir El-Rufai – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Lord John Dalberg-Acton, a 19th-century British historian, politician and writer, propounded the maxim: power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely. This postulation requires no rigour, and sadly, it plays-out across the African continent, and has become an albatross to political leadership in Nigeria over time.
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The evil spirits in Aso Rock again? – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Three decades and two years ago, General Babangida, a flamboyant and self-styled military president, hurriedly relocated the federal capital to Abuja after the failed violent coup staged by Major Gideon Gwaza Orkar in April 1990. And Aso Rock, a more befitting edifice, became the seat of power, but Nigeria was never the same ever since.
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Mr President, don’t squander this goodwill – By Dave Baro-Thomas
No government anywhere in the world succeeds outside a groundswell of sympathy, support, loyalty, benevolence and sacrifices encapsulated as goodwill from the governed. It brings to mind Adolf Hitler, at the height
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The Emilokan in all of us – By Dave Baro-Thomas
One of the finest moments of the 2023 presidential election campaigns was the performance posted by Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu at the historic Mapo Hall, Ibadan, Oyo State. It was in that same hall in 1983 that the Sage and best president Nigeria never had, Chief Obafemi Awolowo
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Aso Rock cabals and the rest of us – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Governor Nasir el-Rufai’s recent outburst on the menace of the Cabals in Aso Rock Villa, signposting spousal infidelity, threatens the fabric of the ruling party, the All Progressives Congress, APC. The follow-up invectives from party chieftains like Oshiomhol
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Will Emefiele go down history colourless? – By Dave Baro-Thomas
Many have hailed the currency redesign policy as novel, and that singular act could position the nation on the pedestal of unprecedented progress. From the blues, suck-away pits began to vomit billions of naira, over-head water tanks ooze out billions of naira, dug-up graveyards had billions of naira in place of presumed skeletons, and the…
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Manifestoes or “Magic-festoes” – By Dave Baro-Thomas
One of the most exciting times in the democratic process is the beauty of electioneering campaigns; the moments come with pack-filled stadiums, events arenas, town halls, etc.