Atiku Abubakar’s petrol subsidy gambit, by Rotimi Fasan
Former Vice President and African Democratic Congress’ presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar’s claim to the limelight in the immediate aftermath of the commencement of the campaigns for the 2027 presidential election has proven to be temporary after all. He seemed to have galvanised the public imagination in a sudden burst of energy. It was as […]
A coup and its aftermath, by Rotimi Fasan
Less than two weeks after the self-orchestrated coup that led to the ouster of then incumbent president of Guinea Bissau, Umaro Embalo, another coup was staged in Benin Republic of President Patrice Talon. It would have been the latest successful coup in the West African sub-region since Mali opened the door that is fast leading […]
The North must own its problem, by Rotimi Fasan
The Northern Governors Forum, together with traditional rulers from the North, rose from a meeting convened in Kaduna on Monday this week with a major resolution: that a centralised police system is no longer workable for Nigeria in view of the mounting security challenges facing the country. The meeting followed a similar one held by […]
Nigeria’s problem comes from the North, by Rotimi Fasan
As I write this at exactly mid-day on Monday, it’s been hours since the abducted worshippers of the CAC Church in Eruku town of Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State were released by their Fulani captors. At this point, it is futile for anyone to continue to deny the evidence before us about the identity […]
Lt. Ahmed Yerima, this is not how to be a hero, by Rotimi Fasan
By dusk this past Sunday, it was all over the media that Lt. Ahmed Yerima, the same Naval officer that denied FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, access to a piece of estate owned by a retired Chief of Naval Staff, Zubairu Gambo, had escaped an assassination attempt. There was something unsettling about the report because of the […]
The genocide is not state-sanctioned but it exists, by Rotimi Fasan
With President Donald Trump designating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern (CPC), and within 24 hours of that designation putting his so-called War Department on notice to invade the country should Abuja fail to execute his orders, can Nigerian Christians, as they were urged by Mr. Peter Obi, the LP presidential candidate in the 2023 election, […]
