Atiku and the northern oligarchs should be careful of what they are asking for, by Rotimi Fasan
Our politicians are already up in arms, nagging and threatening fire and brimstone about the INEC list of politicians cleared for the January 16, 2027 election. The electoral body is being accused of bias and favouritism. There are allegations that while some names have been excluded from INEC’s list on the grounds that they did […]
The beauty in regionalism
No doubt the regions were doing well. Tragically on February 21 1966, General Ironsi told the nation that “It has become apparent to all Nigerians that rigid adherence to ‘regionalism’, was the bane of the last regime
LKJ: Still the measuring rod
It must be said that for leaders like Jakande,the most important thing was public need against private greed
Why we must end the suffering in English-speaking Cameroon
THE recent unrest in the English-speaking region of Western Cameroon caught the attention of the world media as well as that of the UN, EU and other international agencies. It is threatening to become part of what Wole Soyinka famously termed “the open wound of a continent”.
Kill subsidy before it kills us!
It is therefore, worrisome that, in 2012 subsidy payments may have exceeded the seemingly outrageous 2011 value of N2.09tn!
The partnership of sardines and sharks
The EPA negotiation process itself is unfair; while the 28 European countries negotiate as a single entity or bloc, the EU sliced Africa into five different negotiation partners; Central Africa, East and Central Africa, the East African Community, the Southern African Development Community, SADEC, and ECOWAS
