Transactional republic
Who else notices that many contacts with state agencies and their officials in Nigeria are always defined by transactions? These transactions cover the formal...
Dear ‘Sin-ator’, you are losing us
Dear Sin-ator,
I hope this mail meets you well. I am fairly certain it has, for you have a way of always being well or...
More insights on the Code of Conduct Public Officers
It is not for nothing that the Code of Conduct for Public Officers under the Nigerian Constitution restricted certain officers of state from maintaining...
A peep into Code of Conduct for Public Officers
Nigeria’s problem is not so much about the lack of rules but more with the breach thereof and impunity. Take for instance the provisions...
Our democracy and representation disaster
An interesting incident during last week’s Sallah – an innocuous social media posting by me and a barrage of comments and queries following that...
Nigeria’s election and its recurring shortcomings
By Obo Effanga
0803 324 8854
obo.effanga@gmail.com
www.oboeffanga.blogspot.com
It is the election season in Bayelsa State, #BayelsaDecides, to put it in a funky cyberworld manner. I am actually...
120 years of Hope Waddell
For the second week running, let me stay away from politics and talk about another issue of interest to me. My alma mater, Hope...
Putting our people first
Apart from Nigeria, is there anywhere else in the world where foreign agencies and businesses treat the locals with disrespect in their own country...
Lest we lose the nail of democracy
For the want of a nail the shoe was lost
For the want of a shoe the horse was lost
For the want of a horse...
Lies, blatant lies and statistics
While we were up about doing so many other things, in the first half of this year, more than 500,000 people got new jobs...
