Broken politics: Deeply flawed primaries point to a messy 2027, by Olu Fasan
The morning foretells the day. Early signs can indicate how a day will unfold. In that sense, the recent presidential, gubernatorial and legislative primaries foretell a very messy general election next year. Over the past two weeks, the media have been awash with endless stories about deeply flawed party primaries. The primaries betray a political […]
Nigeria is selling its soul to China for infrastructure ‘development’
Of course, in the first subjugation, Nigeria had no choice beyond putting up feeble resistance. But in what looks like the second, it’s a willing instrument. Truth is, Nigeria is a willing pawn in China’s debt-trap diplomacy, and has deliberately put itself in China’s economic, political and ideological spheres of influence.
Renaming of rail stations: Buhari puts gesture politics above real governance
By Olu Fasan PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari’s recent renaming of railway stations across the country after certain Nigerians was gesture politics at its crudest. The Cambridge dictionary defines gesture politics as “any action by a person done for political reason and intended to attract public attention but having little real effect”. How else would anyone describe […]
WTO’s DG race: Okonjo-Iweala should win, but Nigeria has few friends
READING the biographies of the eight candidates for the next Director-General of the World Trade Organisation, WTO, it’s obvious that Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has the most intimidating and awe-inspiring credentials.
Buhari’s enemy? No, but I am his principled critic
By Olu Fasan DEAR readers, please allow me to start this week’s column with a heartfelt “thank-you” to those who made my 60th birthday last week so memorable. My deepest gratitude goes to the Almighty God for making the day possible. Thanks to everyone who sent their warm wishes. Special thanks to Vanguard, Nigeria’s best-read […]
At 60, my life and undying passion for Nigeria
By Olu Fasan FELLOW Nigerians, I am 60 this week; precisely tomorrow, Friday, July 24. For which I am absolutely grateful to my creator, the Almighty God! Being 60 this week, of course, means I was born in 1960, a few months before Nigeria’s independence. My mother never stops telling me that she carried me […]
