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When adult petulance becomes a campaign strategy, by Rotimi Fasan

When adult petulance becomes a campaign strategy, by Rotimi Fasan

Considering the reaction of the main opposition parties’ leaders to the Independence Day speech of President Bola Tinubu, I think I’m beginning to see the lineaments of the campaign for the 2027 general election. The shape the campaigns would take is getting clear. This is why I’m returning once again to a theme I have […]
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Policy flip-flop as crisis in the education sector

Policy flip-flop as crisis in the education sector

THE Nigerian education sector is in a state of crisis. It has been for quite a long time now. What Nigerians observe today as signs of the abnormal in the education sector are by no means new.

Buhari, beyond the first year

Buhari, beyond the first year

THIS week makes it a year since the Mohammadu Buhari administration was inaugurated. It would seem an appropriate time to assess the performance of the administration.

NLC: Paying price of foolishness

NLC: Paying price of foolishness

NIGERIA’S labour movement is surely in a state of intellectual crisis. The leadership of the leading associations of workers in the country needs both moral and intellectual revival.

A decade after (2)

A decade after (2)

OUTSIDE the circle of immediate family members one ‘guardian angel’ whose intervention was crucial to the birth of this column is the one generally called ‘Baba’ within the fraternity of Nigerian writers, especially the ‘younger’ ones.

A decade after

A decade after

IT was ten years ago this week that the first article appeared in this space. It was 13 May, 2006, I think, that the first article was published.