Sanusi II, Onaiyekan, and critiques of Tinubunomics, by Suleiman Suleiman
An otherwise routine meeting between President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the Catholic Bishops of Nigeria Conference last week took a dramatic turn.
Fuel hike: Buhari must apologise
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari owes us apologies for the latest hike from N86.50k to N145 of the official pump price for Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) announced on Thursday last week by his Deputy Minister of Petroleum, Dr. Emmanuel Kachikwu.
Federal government faces reality on bail-out
“…every Nigerian is now sober. The governors have realized now that this can happen and that oil prices can plummet from $100 to $28 within a short period of time, and that we can be so exposed that we can’t even pay salaries…”So there is a sobriety that has come in. So, we are working with the states and we are not bailing them out. We have said to them that we have a fiscal restructuring plan…”Whatever we are doing will be conditional. Mrs Adeosun, Federal Minister of Finance, May 5, 2016.
The mother and father of fuel prices
In the wake of deregulation of petrol prices under Obasanjo in 2004, and the unfolding anxiety of Labour and the Nigerian public on the adverse impact of rising fuel prices, this column published two articles titled “The Mother and Father of Fuel Prices”(22.11.2004) and “Only a Stronger Naira Will Stop Rising Fuel Prices”(22.08.2005) The solution proposed in both articles remain solidly valid today as it was over 12 years ago; for this reason, a summary of both articles is again presented in the hope that the authorities will one day heed our counsel and resolve our dilemma.
The Lagos of Adeniji-Adele
WITH the country moving to its new capital Abuja, the late General Mamman .J. Vatsa wrote: “Keep your new Capital City; It’s too much of a great pity. I am rushing back to my Lagos; Where everyone’s a big boss.” One of the big bosses in Lagos was charismatic Ademola Adeniji-Adele, perhaps the best known Prince of the Lagos Ruling House who slept, ate and drank Lagos.
Standing on the graves of Agatu before crisis turns to tragedy
President Kennedy made that remark during his inauguration address in 1960. I landed in the USA nine months after the assassination of the man who made my American university education possible. But, I always had in mind his advice to Americans. And, I don’t see why it can’t apply to Nigerians. Until now, I never had an opportunity to do something for our country. The genocide at Agatu changed that position. Suddenly, it was difficult to sleep. The thought of several hundred fellow Nigerians slaughtered and thousand rendered homeless by other fellow Nigerians was more than I could bear – especially when everything in the media point to the possibility that more carnage might be on the way. It was time to set out and find out what can be done.
