The Door Must Stay Open: What women in Nigerian universities have learned to fear, by Stephanie Shaakaa
Lecturer made her uncomfortable; supervisor asking to see her after hours, a hint that her academic future depends on becoming more accommodating
Subsidy: Nigerians like sheep to slaughter
The pace of governance under President Mohamed Buhari has been decried in some quarters as being slow in providing clear signals of a realistic, regenerative economic blueprint; some other Nigerians, however, conversely endorse Buhari’s more complimentary self branding of being slow and steady. Nevertheless, in the absence of any formal declaration of an economic strategy, it may still be possible to deduce government’s mindset on some critical challenges, through snippets from statements made by Senior government officials.
The ears of the Senate President
ALHAJI Lai Mohammed, the Publicity Secretary of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) is ordinarily, a quiet, shy-looking man. That is how those of us who have known him over the decades see him. But as spokesperson of the opposition, he became so fiery and effective that under the Obasanjo administration, some feared for his safety. So I wrote a piece “Watching over Lai Mohammed”
Dubai, Abu Dhabi calling
I JUST spent about two weeks in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) my longest in that country. Each time, I learn new things. One of them is a joke that brilliantly summarises the situation in the country.
What Alamieyeseigha told me 4 years ago!
The main breaking news of Saturday October 10, 2015 was the death of a former Governor of Bayelsa State, Chief Diepreye Solomon Peters Alamieyeseigha, more popularly known as DSP and Governor General of the Ijaw nation. One week later, how he died has remained unknown as several claims counter each other on the subject.
Facts, fancies and fallacies (5)
As I argued last week, case against the Senate President, Bukola Saraki, is an elaborate charade to hoodwink Nigerians into believing that the so-called war against corruption is no respecter of persons and party affiliation whereas the skewed system that breeds corruption is left relatively intact and untouched, it means that the more things change in Nigeria under APC, the more they will remain the same. But what is the skewed system that incubates and nourishes corruption in our country? The answer is: the mixed-up unitarist-federalist 1999 constitution imposed on Nigerians by the military regime of retired General Abdulsalami Abubakar.
