Gowon’s memoirs: Nigeria owes Awolowo an eternal debt, by Olu Fasan
Last week, I started a discussion of General Yakubu Gowon’s multi-themed memoirs, My Life of Duty & Allegiance. My focus was on the book’s general tone, which I find unduly self-justificatory. In his attempts to defend his legacy, General Gowon presents himself as a saintly figure who did no wrong as a leader, whereas some […]
Nigeria-US Bi-National Commission and Nigeria Security Interests: How to Make the Commission A Win-win Project (5)
STABILITY operations, domestic and foreign, therefore, constitute the routine tasks of the security forces.
Now that Bakassi is gone
SINCE we were involved in the failed campaign to retrieve Bakassi Peninsula from Cameroon, we might as well give it an appropriate post-mortem analysis now that it is gone for good.
Understatement of projected revenue in 2013 budget?
In the light of the usual extended recess during the forthcoming Id el-Kabir and the Christmas/New Year celebrations, the Legislature may have, possibly less than two months within which to consider and approve the 2013 budget, which President Jonathan laid before the National Assembly last week.
AMCON, Bank lending and jobs – 2
“Why is it that the principles of economics which work anywhere else in the world don’t work in Nigeria”, asked President Ibrahim Babangida, IBB, out of exasperation in the 1990s. In my letter to the Guardian Editor, my reply to IBB, was simple. The principles of economics presumed that the people adopting them are reasonable and honest.
The David who would not kill any Goliaths
Situate Jesus within most Old Testament frameworks and he just does not fit. Jesus would never kill any Midianite or Amalekite on the way to the Promised Land as Moses did.
