Reductionism and the national question: restructuring or grievance? (I), by Usman Sarki
“The co-existence of several nations under the same State is a test, as well as the best security, of its freedom.” — Lord Acton Nigeria’s convoluted debate on restructuring has endured for decades because it supposedly speaks to questions of power, identity, representation, resource distribution, security, federalism and belonging. Precisely because the debate has been […]
Our Champagne-guzzling habits: The cons and the pros
By Morenike Taire Once more, handlers of the famous champagne brand Moet et Chandon have named Nigeria as one of their largest markets in Africa. The first time, it was the South African retail brand which has overtaken the business of retail across the country, that pronounced Nigeria as the country where they sell the […]
Federal bonanza : 10 Nigerian policemen for the price of a bouncer
Every Inspector General of police comes with righteous anger. He would make public a list of traditional practices he would not condone. You would think he was imported from China.
Thrills and frills in Aramco’s IPO
International stock exchanges have intensified lobbies on which financial centre gets the nod to sell the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s state owned oil company, Saudi Aramco’s shares in initial public offering, IPO.
Of killers and Boko Haram
My mood is so bad at this time in what sounds like a suicide mission embarked upon by compatriots who were forced into a fatal search for oil at a time the Federal Government is drumming diversification of the economy into our ears.
How decimated is Boko Haram?
In what would pass as the worst attack by the deadly terrorist group since February 2 last year when 58 people were killed in a twin suicide bomb attacks at a camp for the displaced in Dikwa town of Borno State, Nigerians, last week, were jolted by the sad news of another terrorist attack.
