Waiting for Tambuwal’s revolution
This piece has nothing to do with what is happening in Egypt. Ultimately, Nigerians, based on their experience and the existing reality, will determine the trajectory of the current impasse.…
The man “Fashola” By Fashola
In the absence of the usual compliment of effusive media adverts, the special interview granted a select group of editors was probably the most public event in the recent celebration…
Morsi, Jonathan and how to warehouse goodwill
Ambivalence! That is the most common of the failings of men.When points of view clash, in equal proportion and quantum, the human mind suffers. That is why there is temptation,…
Editorial: Stakeholders and Oil theft
The recent disclosure by Shell Producing Development Company (SPDC) that the nation’s economy lost a whopping $4.3 billion to oil thieves in the last two years at an average rate…
Spooks, Kidnappers and Saviour Obama
In an attempt to apprehend the 30 year old American whistleblower, Edward Snowdon, a plane that was carrying the President of Bolivia, Evo Morales, wasdiverted to Austria on its way…
Editorial: Presidential Authority and Justice Adamu Bello
It all seemed a joke when, in 2008, foremost lawyer and human rights activist, Festus Keyamo filed a lawsuit naming the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, the Attorney…
2015: Why Buhari matters
We must state unequivocally that we have no illusion about the present order. We do not think that the present system can solve the fundamental crisis in the nation or…
NLC and Minimum Wage: The Task Ahead
Once again the issue of minimum wage is reverberating in the Nigerian media following the consideration by the National Assembly to move it from the exclusive list to the concurrent…
Her Imperial Majesty, Patience Jonathan and the Rest of Us
Prologue: This article was first published on Sahara Reporters on May 6, 2012. I was one of the commuters trapped in the agonizing traffic jam caused by the “Thank You”…
Democracy and Leadership in Nigeria
In his book, The Age of Turbulence, economists and former Chairman of US Federal Reserve (1987 – 2006), Alan Greenspan asked the question, “How do we reform government and return…