Lies, damned lies about fuel subsidy removal in Nigeria, by Olu Fasan
For decades, removing the petroleum subsidy in Nigeria was a political hot potato and then a political football. The first metaphor refers to the squeamishness of some past governments about removing the subsidy. The second describes self-interested and hypocritical politicians whose presidential ambitions led them to be Janus-faced on subsidy removal. In 2012, Bola Tinubu […]
Insecurity defying solutions like electricity? By Adekunle Adekoya
I am getting quite despondent about the state of affairs in our dear dear country. In fact, I am in so much despair that a terrible feeling is welling up in me. It is a feeling of sadness and anxiety about the ever burgeoning blanket of insecurity thrown over our dear country. These feelings make me feel […]
Is there a backstory to Wale Edun’s exit? By Azu Ishiekwene
The short answer is yes – but there’s a long answer. There is, in fact, more than one inside story about why President Bola Ahmed Tinubu removed the Minister of Finance and Coordinating Minister of the Economy, Wale Edun. The online newspaper Premium Times published multiple likely versions in a single story. The biggest issue, according […]
Re-election bid: Why is Tinubu scared of winning fair and square? By Olu Fasan
By now, everyone knows President Bola Tinubu’s approach to capturing power. In his own words, it is: “At all costs, fight for it, grab it, snatch it and run with it”. That was how he put it at a pre-election event in London in December 2022. Many would swear that he deployed this buccaneering strategy to […]
The million-Naira mistake: Why 30 seconds of clarity can save you hours of regret, by Ruth Oji
Dear readers, Let me tell you about Chidi. Chidi works for a logistics company in Lagos. Last month, his manager sent him a quick message: “We need those containers moved to the warehouse by Friday.” Simple enough, right? Chidi assumed his manager meant the company’s main warehouse in Apapa. He organized the trucks, coordinated with […]
The ADC babel is falling apart, by Rotimi Fasan
In less than six weeks from now, precisely at the end of May, the various political parties jostling to unseat the governing APC-led administration would have produced their presidential candidates. May, going by the timeline provided by INEC, is the cutoff date for the parties to hold their primaries. Then the crowded field of presidential aspirants […]
