66 years on, Nigeria must escape the fragility trap, by Olu Fasan
How fragile is Nigeria? That is one question Nigerian leaders don’t want to confront. Indeed, it irks them when anyone says that Nigeria is a fragile state. What’s more, some Nigerians, out of sheer romantic or sentimental patriotism hate it when the word “fragility” is used to describe Nigeria. It is unpatriotic, they reckon, for […]
A season of resignations
LAST week was a rather unusual week in our glorious continent of Africa. It was the week of Valentine, as February 14 has always been since time immemorial. The week of love, the week in which lovers re-avow their affection to each other and exchange gifts.
African economic redemption: Chimera or hope?
THE West has left us with the template for economic growth and worldwide domination: the franchise system or the selling and use of patents, symbols, etc. in short, branding. McDonald, Pepsi Coke, Coca-Cola, 7UP, KFC, Dominos are brands well known which people buy, so also is General Electric, Toyota, etc.
How Ekwueme helped in creating more states (1)
President Shagari helped also by conceding that all Federal appointments from Imo and Anambra states must be endorsed by Dr. Ekwueme
Ondo as a cattle colony?
For the reason best known to it, the Government of Ondo state has not said a word on these incidents unlike that of Osun whose Executive Council took a strong position on the nefarious activities of the herdsmen about two weeks ago
Ergp and the mountains to climb – 2
Those were the words of wisdom from the Malaysian lecturer who delivered the first keynote address at the Nigerian Economic Summit Group meeting in 1992. I still have the hand-notes taken from that promising workshop.
