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 […]
Even INEC admonishes the media? By Tonnie Iredia
No other group played a greater role than the media in the struggle for Nigeria’s independence. The British had to harass Nigerian media professionals using obnoxious laws that confiscated freedom of speech in the colony. The Newspaper Ordinance of 1903, the Seditious Offences Ordinance of 1909, the Criminal Code of 1916 and the Newspaper Registration Act […]
The lights of democracy are going out in Nigeria, by Dele Sobowale
“There are some situations one simply cannot be neutral about; because when you are neutral, you become an accomplice” – Christiana Anampour, CNN. For reasons too numerous to discuss, I had since my days in university vowed never to participate in politics by becoming a member of any political party. That should not be interpreted to […]
Wike, the man who married the microphone, by Stephanie Shaakaa
For a country whose presidents speak so rarely that citizens hear more from rumours, Wike’s media chats now feel like a genre of their own
The New Family: How science is rewriting parenthood, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Today parenthood can begin in a laboratory long before it begins in a bedroom. It can start with frozen eggs preserved against time, with donor profiles
The state cannot tax through illegitimacy, by Stephanie Shaakaa
This is not merely an administrative contradiction. It is moral, legal, and deeply political. It strikes at the foundation of trust
