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 […]
Who are the bigots? By Rotimi Fasan
A NEW word has apparently entered Nigeria’s political dictionary in the last one year. The word in question – bigot and its nominal variant bigotry- is, in fact, anything but new, yet it has taken on a new valence and semantic twist in the charged atmosphere of Nigeria’s identity crisis and politicking in the advent of […]
Alhaji Aliko Dangote and the Power of Conviction: Perspectives from the “Left”(1), by Usman Sarki
“Great talents appear everywhere, whenever the social conditions favourable for their development exist”, Georgi Plekhanov, “On the Role of the Individual in History” THE overriding interest that I have in paying this tribute to the man Alhaji Aliko Dangote, lies in the fact that he has achieved a transcendental station in life that forcefully intrudes into […]
Between NCC and NMC, good news in small packets, by Okoh Aihe
ALL of a sudden, the little information on the NCC website, that equipment manufacturer and vendor, Nokia, has agreed with the Ministry of Communications, Innovation and Digital Economy, and the Nigerian Communications Commission, NCC, to train some Nigerians on its 4G and 5G equipment, means so much to me now. There was a signed Memorandum of […]
Sense and nonsense of Nigeria’s economic crisis, by Dakuku Peterside
NIGERIA is probably in the worst economic crisis of a generation, screamed The New York Times on June 11, 2024. Two other influential global publications, Foreign Affairs and The Economist, had earlier said the same thing under different headlines. Although Nigeria’s economy is not yet in a recession, all other economic indicators have gone south, and […]
The impact of the exit of NEIC (5), by Eric Teniola
From last week, continues the narrative on the National Economic Intelligence Committee, NEIC, its powers, functions and how it was able to discharge these, including its recommentations on monetary policy during the Gen Abacha regime ALTHOUGH General Sani Abacha abused the system by enriching himself fantastically, it was Professor Aluko’s committee that pegged the official rate […]
