By Rotimi Fasan The first major obstacle that any politician who aspires to transform Nigeria in any real sense would encounter and that would immediately hobble rather than enhance their performance pertains to the structure of Nigeria. Ours is a unitary system that disguises as federal. It is a system that robs Peter to pay […]

By Rotimi Fasan IN the last few years since he left office as two-term governor of Anambra State, the Labour Party, LP, candidate in next year’s presidential election, Peter Gregory Obi, has postured as an advocate of youth leadership and political empowerment. This is in addition to calling for probity and fiscal frugality in governance. […]

By Rotimi Fasan THE Federal Government through the Central Bank last week released $265 million to airline companies operating in the country. These are mostly businesses owned by foreigners. The aviation industry like most other sectors of the economy has been going through a very rough patch in the last few months. There had been […]

By Rotimi Fasan WE will not allow a few criminals to have unfettered access to the nation’s crude oil supply, hence I have directed our security agencies to speedily bring to a halt the activities of these vandals in the Niger Delta.” The statement goes on to say:“There should be no hiding place for such […]

By Rotimi Fasan IT would look like Nyesom Wike is finally putting the pain and anger from the Peoples Democratic Party convention behind him, given the way he has been going about commissioning housing, road and other projects embarked upon by the Rivers State government under his watch. It has been something of a tradition […]