Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu At last, the novel Covid19 virus is getting its mojo back. After months of endless … More
Category: Commentary
Between Accelerating Inflation and Spiking Unemployment
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu In Greek mythology, Odysseus had to sail home between the shoal Scylla and the whirlpool … More
Keeping Up With the Joneses (and Kardashians)
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Over time, the management of personal finance(s) has coped with a whole ‘lotta’ problems. However, … More
Northern Youth as Solomon’s Heirs
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Woke up the other day to the news that certain youths from the northern side … More
Of Slaves, Slavery and Situations
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Not many may have managed to spare the thought, I can swear. But the singular … More
Nigerians and the Right to Peaceful Protest
By Charles Ogbonna In most mordern democracies the world over, organized civil or peaceful protests are perceived as a constitutional … More
How Not to Beat a Recession
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu These are certainly not the best of times for our nation Nigeria. Well, while it … More
Money for Money’s Sake
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Why do people make money? That’s the question of the moment. But as easy as … More
The Naira vs the President’s Cows and Herdsmen
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu I don’t know about you but some ‘jingle, jangle’ mornings I just wake up to … More
Are You a Chopping Baboon or a Working Monkey?
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Telling the world about things Nigerian is no walk in the park. You know, like … More
Covid-19: Time for Another Lockdown!
Money Palaver By George Eze Emeghara It appears the scenario many people were afraid of when the Corona virus hit … More
Of Pockets, Carols and Resolutions
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu An old year is over and a new one’s just begun, to paraphrase a song … More
Christmas on a Shoestring in the Southeast
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Whatever the reason for the season, Christmas is never a time for the advertisement of … More
Who Wants Nigeria’s Land Borders Re-Opened? And Why?
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Well before the Covid19 lockdowns of March 2020, Nigeria’s land borders have remained closed. Precisely, … More
Naira’s Brinkmanship and the Number 500
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Have you heard the news? Against all the negative predictions of the naysayers, Nigeria’s national … More
The Great Devaluation Debate
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Today all Ben’s been called are names – from his first step out of his … More
Policing and the Uninformed Policeman
Money Palaver By George Eze Emeghara The habit of Security agents in Nigeria, especially police men, have of profiling people … More
The Lines Between Public and Personal Finance
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Awoken after a shallow mid-afternoon slumber, all I could overhear was Fela Kuti singing from … More
The Monstrosities Nigerians Bequeath to Their Children
Penny Wisdom By Emeka Uzoatu Caught crosswise about our personal and national financial wastages recently, I reassessed the problem anew. … More
Nigeria Riots Underline Need for Insurance
Money Palaver By George Eze Emeghara The rioting, looting and destruction which followed the relatively peaceful End SARS protests have … More