Gowon’s memoirs: Nigeria owes Awolowo an eternal debt, by Olu Fasan
Last week, I started a discussion of General Yakubu Gowon’s multi-themed memoirs, My Life of Duty & Allegiance. My focus was on the book’s general tone, which I find unduly self-justificatory. In his attempts to defend his legacy, General Gowon presents himself as a saintly figure who did no wrong as a leader, whereas some […]
Justice Ariwoola and the controversy in the judiciary, by Chidi Odinkalu
AT the end of July 2017, the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, UNODC, and Nigeria’s National Bureau of Statistics, NBS, issued a joint report on the public experience of and response to bribery in Nigeria. Among its findings, the report ranked several institutions with reference to public perceptions or experience of demand for […]
Supreme Court frees local governments, by Obi Nwakanma
In recent years, the Supreme Court of Nigeria has come under withering criticism, because it had left Nigerians skeptical of its ability to reflect, interpret, and deliver justice. Many of its declarations – the judicial imposition of a governor who was not elected on Imo state, and its affirmation of the strange proclamations of the […]
Tinubu was right about food importation but…, by Dele Sobowale
“There are times when a leader must move ahead of the flock, go off in a new direction, confident he is leading his people the right way” – Nelson M“ andela, 1918-2013, VANGUARD BOOK OF QUOTATIONS, p 124. Irrespective of any other mistakes his government hasmadeinitsthirteenmonths in office, the decision to remove tariffs on food imports […]
For once, I agree with Adams Oshiomhole, by Tonnie Iredia
For the better part of the last two decades, I had cause to severally disagree or oppose the viewpoints, statements or actions of Adams Oshiomhole either as President of the Nigerian Labour Congress NLC, or Governor of Edo State or National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress APC. In order not to belabour the issues […]
Paris Olympics: Let the Games begin, by Patrick Omorodion
In exactly five days time, the 2024 Olympic Games which is the 33rd edition of the world’s biggest sports festival begins in Paris, France. It will end on August 11, making it exactly 21 days of stiff but healthy competition among 206 participating countries, Nigeria inclusive. Team Nigeria is expected to be represented by a […]
