On the Spot with Eric Teniola

Constitution made in a hurry, made in error (3), by Eric Teniola

Constitution made in a hurry, made in error (3), by Eric Teniola

This is the concluding part of this essay which last week listed the names of  members of the committee set up by President Olusegun Obasanjo to review the 1999 Constitution following suggestions that it was made in a hurry and therefore had numerous lapses. The committee, which was inaugurated in 1999, was headed by Ambassador […]
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Best way to defend the Presidency (5), by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency (5), by Eric Teniola

This concludes the narrative from last week, that following the shift of presidential power to the South, sectional groups like the Arewa Consultative Forum, ACF, often resort to using the Hausa services of foreign radio stations to whip up anti-government sentiments bordering on  alleged marginalisation of the North, as was the case during the Obasanjo […]

Best way to defend the Presidency (4), by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency (4), by Eric Teniola

From last week, continues the narrative of how the Obasanjo regime  hastily appointed Dr Ibrahim Ayagi to defend the presidency in the face of the crisis arising from the introduction of Shariá law in the North. Dr Ayagi was a former director of Continental Merchant Bank, formerly Chase Merchant Bank of Nigeria. THE same government […]

Best way to defend the Presidency(3), by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency(3), by Eric Teniola

The introduction of Shari’a was initially very popular, for several reasons; foremost among these was public disenchantment with a government and a legal system which were failing people in many respects

Best way to defend the Presidency (2), by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency (2), by Eric Teniola

From last week, continues the narrative of how the Obasanjo regime responded to a strike action organised by the NLC over fuel subsidy by inuagurating a committee in 2000 made up of eminent Nigerians to resolve the issue   THE committee was headed by my friend, Chief Rasheed Gbadamosi, while the secretary of the committee was Chief […]

Best way to defend the Presidency, by Eric Teniola

Best way to defend the Presidency, by Eric Teniola

“It is totally false to suggest, as we are apt to do, that Nigerians are fundamentally different from any other people in the world. Nigerians are corrupt because the system under which they live today makes corruption easy and profitable; they will cease to be corrupt when corruption is made difficult and inconvenient….The trouble with […]