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“Up NEPA!” Few expressions capture the Nigerian experience better than these two words. They are shouted whenever electricity returns after an outage. Although the National Electric Power Authority (NEPA) ceased to exist years ago, its name remains firmly rooted in our vocabulary. But have we ever stopped to ask a simpler question: How does electricity […]
Editor’s Note Following the publication of Literacy Is Not the Problem, a response to Wale Ogunbanjo’s article Before We Argue: The Need for Economic Literacy, the original author requested an opportunity to reply. The response below argues that several criticisms made in the rejoinder are directed at positions that were never expressed in the original […]
Editor’s Note Following the publication of Before We Argue: The Need for Economic Literacy by Wale Ogunbanjo, Ota News received the response below from a reader who requested anonymity. Given our commitment to encouraging informed public debate, we have chosen to publish the submission in full. The author’s central argument is that Nigeria’s challenges are […]
Separating Fact and Opinion One striking feature of public debate in Nigeria is not that citizens disagree — disagreement is healthy. The problem is that debates often begin before agreement on basic facts and concepts. Facts describe reality. Opinions evaluate reality. Confusing the two creates endless arguments. No two Nigerians should argue over whether Abuja […]
Kudos to the Policy Makers Nigeria’s education policymakers deserve recognition for the enormous effort that has gone into developing the National Policy on Education (NPE), the Basic Education Curriculum, and related implementation frameworks over the years. Coordinating educational policy in a country as large and diverse as Nigeria is no small task. But even with […]
Nigeria’s debate on zoning and power rotation often becomes emotional. But it helps to step back and ask a precise question: what specific problem are we trying to solve? There are two distinct problems. First, how do we reduce the post-election disunity that has repeatedly fractured the country along ethnic and regional lines? Second, how […]
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A gay couple in the UK have been found guilty of raping their adopted infant son to death. Jamie Varley, 37, and John McGowan-Fazakerley, 32, were found guilty of the murder and sexual abuse of 13-month-old Preston Davey. Evidence presented to the court revealed brutal repeated incidents of oral and anal rape of the baby, […]
Some recalcitrant owners of Businesses along Animashaun VeePee Road, Kilometer 2, off Idiroko Road, Tomori Estate, Sango Ota, Ogun State, have been mandated by the Ogun State House of Assembly to pay up their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) fees within some stipulated time otherwise face possible prosecution. This is coming at the heels of a […]
Senior Molusian Obazua Orhewere had the rare opportunity to show the world the goodness and grace of God to mankind last Friday 30th September, 2022 as he gracefully clocked 70 glorious, eventful and fulfilling years on earth. The epoch event, which kick-started with a Thanksgiving Service at Our Saviours Church, Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos, saw […]
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