Cutting Cost of Governance: Time to End Multiple Remunerations of Ex-Governors
By Yusuf Ishaku Goje Why have we chosen to stand democracy on its head in Nigeria? Why is the country operating a government that gives preferential treatment to the elites in the midst of wantom poverty? This totally negates the sacred ideals and principles that democracy represents – which should be a government of the […]
OPINION: Asking The Right Question About Nigeria- By Y.I.Goje
Nigeria is not the problem, the problem is Nigerians; because there is no Nigeria without Nigerians. There are two types of Nigerians, the leaders and the led. One cannot function without the other, one is the reflection of the other. While you criticize the leaders, of which it is your right to; honestly ask yourself […]
Smoking Weed & Sipping Hennessy: ‘THE SWORD IS DESTROYING THE SCABBARD’.
Have you handled a sheathed sword before? Or, have you been near a hunter or warrior drawing his sword from the scabbard? Do you hear that hissing sound, when the sword is drawn or returned into the sheath? It sounds as if the sword, razor sharp as it is, is slicing throught the sheath, and […]
When Joy For Zazzau Means Grief For Adara
By SIMON REEF MUSA simonreef927@gmail.com 08033326692 (sms only) The recent appointment of Alhaji Nuhu Bamalli as the new emir of Zazzau by Governor Nasir Ahmad el-Rufai of Kaduna on Wednesday finally laid to rest weeks of assumptions and guesswork that persisted since the death of the former emir, Dr Shehu Idris. Despite the increasing swing of the rumour mills […]
Yinka Odumakin Threw A Grenade
Dear Chief Tinubu, The backpage of your The Nation of Tuesday 12 March where one of your Rottweilers under the FORGED name “Segun Ibirogba” wrote “Odumakin’s anxiety over vanishing feeding-bottles” has un-paused the button on this serial. I have always wondered why these intellectual almajiris around you always attack me under fake names.It is either […]
World Bank grant to Osun: Sen. Fadahunsi lied
The claim by Senator Francis Fadahunsi that the State of Osun received a certain N9 bililon World Bank fund with nothing to show for it, is not only outlandish, but bogus. At best, the lawmaker representing Osun East, simply lied. The first reaction was to ignore him. But coming from a lawmaker who prides himself […]
The plot to tarnish Akinwunmi Adesina’s legacy
By RICHARD OGUNDIYA The African Development Bank (AfDB) is currently gearing up for another leadership election. The current President, Mr. Akinwumi Adesina, is already dealing with setbacks and a coup hell bent on removing him from office. This isn’t unexpected, considering the fact that Adesina is running for a second term in office as an […]
Smoking Weed & Sipping Hennessy …
… Is The North I Know Better Than The South You Are From? In all my years living in the North I have learnt one thing; their religion and love for fellow Northerner is unparalleled. The year was 2004, a year after NYSC, we were to be employed at the NNPC as fresh graduates. Along […]
OPINION: Matters Arising: Packaged Special Centres
Official WAEC registration fee is less than N16,000. As a parent, when you pay N35k, N45k, N55k+ for your child’s WAEC registration, what are you paying for? RUNZ!! Parent will even ask you if you’re sure the child will get good grades if they pay the amount. WAEC no longer set questions for students, they […]
COVID-19: Can Africa Afford Lockdowns?
Chukwuma Charles Soludo, CFR This piece summarizes my contribution to an African debate. From Johannesburg to Lagos, Cairo to Dakar, Kinshasa to Kigali, Nairobi to Accra, etc the debate on how Africa should respond to the global coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic is raging. At an African regional policy platform, I had expressed some of these (personal) […]