Nigeria-Why There is Lack in The Midst of Plenty – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Jan. 6, 2012 – “If figures of what we spend are published to the Nigerian people, riots will erupt all over the country” Adams Oshiomole The Federal Government is to fund a quarter of its 2012 budget proposal with external and domestic loans. A total of $1.712 billion […]

Transformation in Nigeria—Soon Monkey Won’t Come Back – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Dec. 25, 2011 – There are some things you learn best in calm, and some in storm. Will Cather. During the Obasanjo administration, we called it reforms, and with Yar’adua came agenda, now we are transforming. But sadly the continued reoccurrence and persistence of repression through economic, political, […]

Nigeria’s Identity Crisis (I Hate You-You Fear Me) – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Dec. 20, 2011 – ‘A man that cannot cry, and cannot laugh, will find it difficult to find empathy’   If there is any time to address the ethnic question in Nigeria again, it is now.  A nation held hostage to preventable events of tragic nature. At the […]

Good Governance in Nigeria: The Tuwo And Soup Metaphor – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Dec. 4, 2011 – “How nice you are to a bowl of Tuwo depends on how hungry you are”   One fundamental thing one notices that we lack in governance and government is the word good. Many Nigerians talk about good governance as the only guarantee to peace, […]

Abdul-Chukwudi Balogun–Just Another Civil Servant – Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Nov. 27, 2011– The blind person who shuts his eyes and says he is asleep; when he was not asleep whom did he see? My name is Abdul-Chukwudi Balogun, I work with the Federal Civil Service, I am on level 8, and I have put in approximately 10 […]

Fuel Subsidy & AIDS – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Nov. 12, 2011 – If you don’t take the dead rat out of the room no amount of fresh air can give you a fresh breath. Year after year we seem to be squatting at the same spot; sometimes the greatest effort we make will be a leap […]

Prophet TB Joshua, Electricity and Good Governance – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – Nov. 1, 2011 – In a chat with reporters at the reception hall of the Transcorp Hilton shortly after the match, Osaze agreed that he did not play to expectations in the match but said the prediction of Prophet TB Joshua also put pressure on the team.   […]

What Happened to Nigeria? – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 27, 2011 – “Going down memory lane, I began my civil service career on July 26, 1977 after the completion of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme in Makurdi, Benue State. The day after, I resumed work at the Bauchi State Ministry of Finance where a […]

Jonathan and This Government Must Not Fail…- By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 16, 2011 – The person with the cross-bow thinks that the monkey is not clever; the monkey is clever, but it is following its own strategy. (It matters nothing if one is derided, as long as one knows what one is doing and why.) Over the years […]

Mr. President, Do You Believe These Speeches? – By Prince Charles Dickson

By Prince Charles Dickson, Jos, Nigeria – October 10, 2011 – A needle cannot be used to make pounded yams. (Some tools are inadequate for some tasks.) “On this day 51 years ago, the British Union Jack was lowered…The 1st of October remains a special day for us, for Africa, and indeed the world”. While […]

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