All posts by Caesar Keluro
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Japan And Nigeria Partnership: From Aid To Intensifying Trade And Investment
The past decades witnessed a Japan-Nigeria partnership which was driven by aid and volunteerism. Recent realities and researches have exposed the weakness of using aid to steer development. 21century relationships reflect and demand more than aid but...
- Posted November 28, 2011
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Mrs. Waziri’s Removal Is Insufficient
Mrs. Farida Waziri’s removal from Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is not sufficient. What we need is far-reaching reforms targeted at institutions of government to usher in a new dawn. After being at the saddle for three-and-a...
- Posted November 25, 2011
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Lagos Island Waters Pollution
I have watched with awe as the waters surround the island become drenched in toxic substance thereby raising the fear of a possible epidemic. In recent times, we have seen a spiral growth in Persistent Organic Pollutants...
- Posted November 25, 2011
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Arresting Truancy In National Assembly
Truancy is a way of life for legislators. It seems just the way they lived as if nothing matters. In a nation where the legion of state matters is listless, we cannot afford legislators who stay off...
- Posted November 24, 2011
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Fuel Subsidy And Government PR Gaffes
Fuel subsidy promotion has been handled poorly. It has led to more PR gaffes than any other burning issues in the country. Also, the federal government has conducted itself for all the wrong reasons with interviews and...
- Posted November 23, 2011
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Judicial Independence In The Murky Waters Of Politics
Judicial independence is essential to a society’s survival. Independence of the judiciary these days seem more theoretical than practical as executive rascals and commercial interests undermine the credibility of the judicial process. The adopted principles for an...
- Posted November 23, 2011
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Beyond State Creation
State creation has stayed as a hot-button issue in our national polity. It would appear we all need a state of our own so the federation revenues can meander into our account. But that is not. It...
- Posted November 23, 2011
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As IBA Succumbs To The Fear Of An Arab Spring
International Bar Association conference 2011 has come and gone without igniting another Arab Spring. Such was the palpable fear that permeate the air as the host Dubai fought fortuitously to ensure that the conference content and the...
- Posted November 22, 2011
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Nigerian Airport: Concession Or Remodeling
We wonder why the debate for concession or remodeling should hold the transformation of our airports to ransom. What should give us a food for thought is how we can ensure airport safety, address the sordid decay...
- Posted November 22, 2011
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BRT Lost In Decay
The coming of the BRT was greeted with huge fanfare but that is not the case any longer as what could have been described as one of government’s finest effort has fallen into the worst of times....
- Posted November 21, 2011