Interview with Nigerian Central Bank Governor on the Global Economic Crises
Posted June 26, 2009 · Charles O
Part 1
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Massacre in Gbaramatu, Delta State, Nigeria
Posted June 26, 2009 · Charles O
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Profile on the Emerging Nigerian Job Market
Posted May 30, 2009 · Charles O
Very interesting stuff…
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The Onion: Much like CNN, Fox, and MSNBC Rolled Into One
Posted May 8, 2009 · Charles O
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Obama as Christ
Posted April 27, 2009 · Charles O
Artist Michael D’Antuono’s 30” x 54” acrylic painting on canvas which depicts President Obama, arms outstretched and wearing a crown of thorns, will be unveiled on April 29 (Obama’s 100th day in office) in New York City’s Union Square.
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NOI POLL: 56% Say Government Not Doing Enough
Posted March 31, 2009 · Charles O
Nigerians believe the global financial crisis affecting economies and businesses around the world is hitting them where it hurts the most as an increasing number of people report they have experienced a downward trend in their standard of living even as the cost of living has set-off on an upward course, an NOI Poll has revealed:
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Africa Open for Business - Nigeria
Posted March 26, 2009 · Charles O
This is an incredibly moving and encouraging story of entrepreneurial resilience in the face of the most daunting of adversity. The message is that in spite of the numerous constraints, there are equally numerous opportunities in the Nigerian space.
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Olusegun Obasanjo on Frost Over the World
Posted March 24, 2009 · Charles O
Placing aside for a moment Obasanjo’s colossal failure in setting Nigeria on the right trajectory at the commencement of the fourth republic, his pronouncement (Frost Over the World interview, below) that the Niger Delta unrest is a criminal issue rather than a political one is not only immensely offensive, it betrays the fact that the man just does not have a grasp of the situation.
How can a man who has been president on two occasions, two decades apart, not fully understand the underlying political issues that are the root causes of the current instability in the Niger Delta? How could he ever so carelessly transpose the criminality of a handful of opportunistic kidnappings and bunkering onto an entirely legitimate political agitation?
Perhaps if he had directed more of the revenues from oil to the development of the areas from whence those revenues derived, while he was President and Federal Minister of Petroleum, the Niger Delta unrest might have dissipated by now!
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Cecilia Ibru on BBC Hardtalk
Posted March 24, 2009 · Charles O
Impressive woman, Mrs. Ibru—though I wish she came across more as a private business leader than a defensive-evasive politician. Impressive nonetheless.
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The Political Spectrum: A Different Approach
Posted March 19, 2009 · Charles O
My college-level exposure to political science taught me about the political spectrum in terms of a continuum that ranges from left to right.
Effectively, one’s position on social and economic issues were constrained into this left-right continuum, such that if one favored a highly-controlled economy one was on the extreme left, and if one supported a highly unregulated economy, one was on the extreme right. Similarly, on the social dimension, if one was collectivist, one was to the left and if one tended towards individualism, one mapped to the right.
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