Shettima’s final test, by Azu Ishiekwene
Vice President Kashim Shettima cannot be blamed for having doubts about whether President Bola Ahmed Tinubu would renominate him as his running mate for a second term. As governor of Lagos State for eight years, Tinubu used three deputies: KofoworolaBucknor-Akerele, Femi Pedro, and AbiodunOgunleye. Only Senate President GodswillAkpabio (as AkwaIbom governor) matched this record in the […]
Leadership – Resources and developmental strategy
For some decades, I have tried to examine, perhaps in a lurid manner, the perplexing state of the ‘Nigerian Question.
Re: let’s expect another miracle from Cape Town
Amodu Shuaibu is human and he is superstitious. He believes God performed a miracle in Nigeria qualifying for the Copa Mundial and has used the Synagogue Church Of All Nations as a platform for showing gratitude to God. I did not hear him speak and so cannot ascertain his choice of words. Even the prophet will not say he did it but God.
Preparing With FIFA’s $1m
By Ikedi Isiguzo IF ever you hear that a country is advertising to hire a coach, it must be Nigeria. If the list turns out as long as what the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, presents, the implication is that the there is no serious effort to hire anyone. What are we to make of all […]
The hope of generations
By Owei Lakemfa I WAS absolved by various reports on the collapse of the Socialist bloc from 1989 to 1992. Most of the reports took their theme song from the fall of the Berlin Wall. I was particularly engrossed in the “Velvet Revolution†in the old Czechoslovakia which began to unfold from the November 17, […]
Zik, Ekwueme, Anyaoku, the Ubas ,Ojukwu and the Anambra Bazaar…11
Where Senegal, Togo Ghana , Cameroun, Ecowas, etc. must come to trade, no matter the situation of the roads. Before few Africans knew the functions of a bank, who established the first African bank which made it possible for these wandering traders to qualify for soft loans?
