Author: David O. Kuranga, Ph.D.

#WestAfricasRefugeesMatter

Monday, September 26, 2016
Are West Africa rsquo;s refugees as important as Syrian refugees? Judging from the ongoing discussions at the UN General Assembly and the response from member nations, major donors and activists, the answer to this question is a resounding no As result of Boko Haram Islamic extremist, pr ...

Buhari’s Failure To Act Collapses Nigerias Airlines Arik & Aero

Wednesday, September 14, 2016
The administration of President Buhari announced over a year ago that they plan to overhaul Nigeria 39;s aviation sector. Waiting for the government to act on their announcement, Arik and Aero announced recently that they are halting operations and will likely cease to exist. Presently the Nigerian ...

Aero Collapses Due To Buhari’s Failure To Act On Aviation

Thursday, September 1, 2016
The administration of President Buhari announced over a year ago that they plan to overhaul Nigeria 39;s aviation sector. Waiting for the government to act on their announcement, Aero announced recently that they are halting operations and will likely cease to exist. Presently the Nigeria ...

Buhari’s Elitism Leads to Economic Collapse

Thursday, September 1, 2016
As I predicted a year ago the Nigerian economy is officially in a full blown recession, the naira is crashing and is the worst performing currency in the world because the Administration of President Buhari refused to do the right thing and increase taxes progressively on Nigeria rsquo;s wealthy. ...

Nigeria Fails to Meet Q1 Revenue Mark Under Elitist APC

Tuesday, July 19, 2016
The federal government acknowledged that in the first quarter of 2016 they failed to reach their revenue target by over 45% The Nigerian economy has been in a free fall since the collapse of the price of oil to under $50 a barrel. The bulk of government revenue historically has come from oil. Si ...

It's Time for Forensic Audits of all Nigeria’s States

Friday, June 24, 2016
In the past several months both Fitch and Moodys downgraded Nigeria rsquo;s credit worthiness a significant notch, citing increased investor concern about the ability for the Federal Government to service its debt obligations. High on the list of concerns are cash-strapped Nigerian states who acr ...

Buhari's Refusal to Tax Rich Leads to Nigeria's Economic Collapse

Thursday, June 16, 2016
As I predicted a year ago the Nigerian economy is on the verge of a full blown recession, the naira is crashing and the government is forced to undergo a devaluation because the Administration of President Buhari refused to do the right thing and increase taxes progressively on Nigeria rsquo;s we ...

US Selling Nigeria Garbage Light Attack Aircraft

Thursday, May 19, 2016
The United States has announced plans to sell Nigeria the A-29, light attack turbo prop propeller aircraft to the Nigerian Air Force. The planes cost around 15-million USD and are identical to planes that were given to the Afghan Air Force earlier. The aircraft are much slower than standard fight ...

Buhari Hurting Poor & Protecting Wealthy

Thursday, May 19, 2016
In a series of damaging policies aimed at increasing Nigeria rsquo;s revenues and cutting cost, Buhari and the APC has placed the entire financial burden of uplifting Nigeria on the backs of the nation rsquo;s poor. The Buhari ldquo;progressive rdquo; administration has moved to increase electri ...

The “Dirty Look” Worth 1000 Words

Tuesday, April 5, 2016
Just last week Nigerian President Muhammad Buhari visited Washington D.C. and held bilateral meetings with United States President Barack Obama. During a brief exchange the two leaders shook hands and exchanged pleasantries, during which everyone on all sides seemed jovial except the lady in pink ...

Buhari’s A’P’C Stealing From Nigeria’s Poor

Monday, March 28, 2016
The APC Administration under President Buhari has embarked on a decisive quest to rob poor Nigerians of their basic sustenance and make the cost of living on the average person unbearable. While understandably, the government needs to raise internal revenue in Nigeria, outside of petroleum, it is ...

Rivers Monorail Quagmire

Sunday, March 20, 2016
Over the last 24 hours I have received a great number of inquiries about the irregularities regarding the uncompleted Rivers State monorail. One of the charges that has been leveled against the current transportation minister, Rotimi Amaechi, by his successor, Governor Wike, has been how he spent ...

Missing Transport Minister?

Tuesday, March 15, 2016
One of the more controversial nominees in the cabinet of President Buhari, is the Honourable Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi. There was a degree of opposition to his nomination and numerous petitions were filed against him. Now after being installed there are even greater questions sur ...
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