It’s a straight fight between Jackson and AMBO, by Rotimi Fasan
The so-called off-cycle governorship election slated for August 15 in Osun State is billed to be a straight fight between the incumbent governor, the ever-ebullient, happy-go-lucky Nurudeen Jackson Adeleke, and a former finance commissioner in the cabinet of Adeleke’s predecessor, Asiwaju Bola Munirudeen Oyebamiji, popularly called AMBO. He is an acolyte of the self-respecting, easy-going Gboyega […]
Coups and rumours of a coup, by Rotimi Fasan
There has been a remarkable shift in the political landscape of West Africa in the last few years. Soldiers are again making an odious entrance into the corridors of power. Silently but steadily, they are returning and the martial strains of their voices are getting louder. It’s becoming fashionable to speak of soldier-rulers in the same […]
A president’s show of mercy, by Rotimi Fasan
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and his minders at this point don’t need to be told that whatever they do will always be placed under a magnifying glass to better assess where they may have strayed from the well-beaten path into the bush. They stir extreme reactions from both their supporters and detractors alike. It doesn’t look […]
How the Igbo should respond to the demolitions in Lagos, by Rotimi Fasan
In this concluding part of last week’s discussion, I continue from where I stopped by noting that the moment traders from other markets in Lagos were relocated to the Trade Fair Complex, from then was the vision that animated the establishment of the Complex corrupted. The influx of traders from different markets in Lagos signaled its […]
Where is the fair in the trade that goes on in the Trade Fair Complex? By Rotimi Fasan
Even before I have written the first word, I knew my intervention this week will require a follow-up before it can be concluded. While some might find some of my points controversial as we go on, my goal is to offer a solution that would be lasting and beneficial to us all as Nigerians about the […]
PENGASSAN and NUPENG as economic saboteurs, by Rotimi Fasan
Should it surprise Nigerians that in the lingering industrial dispute between Dangote Refinery and the oil unions, PENGASSAN and NUPENG, the NLC’s immediate response, its contribution to the matter, is to mobilise its members for a nationwide strike? Its call for a strike is based on the exaggerated influence of its tiny membership. The NLC and […]
