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 […]
Please talk to us
I missed my interview with President Sadat of Egypt by a whisker in 1978. About two days before the appointed time, his handlers got in touch to say the interview could no longer hold because a crew from the BBC had just turned up for the same purpose. My plea that mine should be rescheduled was explained away by their fear of over exposure.
A necessary strand of development
My compliments to Solomon Dalung, the Honourable Minister of Sports.His is a truly “goodly heritage”, as the Holy Bible might have called it. Football, especially at the seat where he is called upon to inhabit at the moment, has had several colourful and successful occupants and most of them did not have a notable connection with the game, sports generally before their arrival either.
Happy Mother’s Day
It is another season of Mother’s Day. Some have celebrated Mother’s Day; others are celebrating tomorrow and some others in the weeks to come. I say Happy Mother’s Day to all Mothers.
El-Rufai and his ‘chains of freedom’
El- Rufai left many marks on the FCT. Good and ugly marks. He stamped professionalism and order on the city. And rescued it from the rot and madness that explosive urban drift has inflicted on many Nigerian cities. Or didn’t he?
M-I-R-A-C-L-E: Obienu survives two brain surgeries, tells his chilling story
The thanks-giving service was well attended and so was the entertainment that followed at the Dome in Enugu last Saturday. Anglican Arch Bishop Emmanuel Chukwuma was there.
