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  By Olusola Oniyelu I finished my Youth Service in Feb. 2005. I was given a letter of recommendation from where I served in Jos (Vitafoam Nig. Plc). I was scheduled for an interview at their Head Office in Oba Akran, Lagos. I was to resume in their Kano Branch as Maintenance Engineer but religious crisis happened around that time. They had to shut down the Site to forestall collateral damages. Hence, I had to officially be flung to the ocean of "labour market". My first bite of "Nigeria Happened to You". Fast forward to 2007. I had switched to full computer engineering. I cloned Computer systems for people and repaired same in the popular Computer Village in Ikeja, Lagos. I just dey hustle anyhow to make ends meet. I always trekked from Opebi, where I was staying with the Owolabi's (May God bless that family for me) to Egbon Ojo's Office in Computer Village where I normally perch with my flash drive tied to my neck as symbol of a computer guy. It's in t...

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia at the Saudi-Africa Summit in Riyadh may have been yielding already as the Kingdom has pledged to help Nigeria in resolving some of her economic quagmires. The government of Saudi Arabia promised to support the reforms being implemented by the Central Bank of Nigeria and also revamp Nigeria’s existing refineries through its state-owned oil company, Aramco during a bilateral engagement between President Tinubu and the Kingdom’s leader, Crown Prince, HRH Mohammed Bin Salman. This was disclosed in a statement signed by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Muhammed Idris.   It stated, “To support the Central Bank’s ongoing reforms of Nigeria’s foreign exchange regime, the Saudi Government will make available a substantial deposit of foreign exchange to boost Nigeria’s forex liquidity.”  “Prince Bin Salman commended the economic reforms being implemented by President Tinubu and expressed the co...

  President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, June 10, featured in an exclusive interview on The Morning Show Special of a private Television Network called Arise TV.  The Nigerian leader addressed several issues revolving around the economy and the security challenges Below are some of the excerpts of President Muhammadu Buhari statements at the interview:  "Dividing Nigeria to piecemeal is not any solution. It's a wrong signal to all investors. So each Republic will become a paradise? How do we share what United us? What we have done together within such a record time? I'm surprised Nigerian elites watch these uniformed lots to make criminal statements everyday. We are all better off as Nigerians" - President Muhammadu Buhari  Your Government borrow more.... "The previous earn more with nothing on ground. Did you ask them where they kept our money? If I knew where, may be I would not borrow. They sold oil at $100, we sell at $25 sometimes. They wasted money on powe...