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Sep

19

2024

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (2) By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Opinion

According to the World Tourism Organization, tourism generates over $1 trillion in exports annually, creating millions of jobs and stimulating local economies. Be that as it may, it is important to note that Nigeria’s vast growth and development opportunities are being overlooked due to a lack of vision and self-centeredness on the part of its successive leaders, ultimately hindering the greater good and benefiting only a privileged few. This issue pervades all levels of government, from state to local, with authorities neglecting their duties to harness the potential of natural attractions for promotion and development. The plight of Erin Ijesa…

Sep

15

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Mayday! Mayday! Our Country Is In So Much Trouble That Thinkers And Fixers Are Needed Urgently, I.

Column, Economy, Metro, News, Opinion, PoliticsChris Nwaokobia, Metro, Nigeria, Nwaokobia Jnr, Opinion, Politics

Mayday Call is meant to alert and warn against an impending danger, it is a distress call often put out by the Pilot of an Aircraft or the Captain of a Ship. It is a call for help, for salvage, for support, for solution, and for rescue if you like. It defines the urgency of the moment and has no place for jokers and sycophants. Nigeria is in trouble, our Country is in trouble, troubled on all sides. Troubled chiefly by leadership, or should I say the absence of it. Troubled by followership, a followership sickly and sickeningly divided down…

Sep

14

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1) – By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Column, Entertainment, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsMetro, Tourism

Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s heavy dependence on crude (not even refined) petroleum exports exposes a cumulative effect of defective political economies and the complacency of the ruling elite “who have been trained as to how not to think”. It also reminds one of the stage-like observations of Robert Nester Marley, that “in the midst of water, the fool goes thirsty”. Nigeria’s reliance on oil can be diversified, but the elite’s mindset stands in the way. A notable example is Mexico’s…

Sep

07

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Beyond the barrel: The tourism imperative (1) – By abiodun KOMOLAFE

Business, Column, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, News, OpinionAbiodun KOMOLAFE, Business, Economy, Nigeria, Opinion

Nigeria is at the moment in a precarious position, teetering like a heavy toddler due to the instability of its monocrop economy. The country’s heavy dependence on crude (not even refined) petroleum exports exposes a cumulative effect of defective political economies and the complacency of the ruling elite “who have been trained as to how not to think”. It also reminds one of the stage-like observations of Robert Nester Marley, that “in the midst of water, the fool goes thirsty”. Nigeria's reliance on oil can be diversified, but the elite's mindset stands in the way. A notable example is Mexico's…

Sep

04

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

When Gangsters Run A Nation, Truth, Values And Morals Become Shibboleth – Nwaokobia Jnr.

Column, Metro, News, Opinion, Politics

In other climes the Opposition leads protest against foul policies of government. In our space, the place of the opposition is to fight itself, have intra Party conflicts and leadership challenges. Only to abdicate the levers of progressive opposition to the government of the the day to young people who get vilified and murdered when they respond and react to the excesses of the Gangsters in Power. In other climes there are Price Regulations and Consumer Protection. In this space citizens of the Country with the world's poorest people are left at the mercy of Big Businesses and political operators.…