The ADC crisis, by Rotimi Fasan
The ongoing leadership crisis in the African Democratic Congress was a disaster everyone who is a Nigerian saw coming. Everyone except those bent on reaping where they had neither sown nor watered. Some members of the party in fact read the writing on the wall and gave the impression they were prepared for any eventuality. They […]
Tinubu should stop taking every IMF prescription as the gospel, by Rotimi Fasan
AT a recent gathering of so-called stakeholders of the Nigerian economy at the Lagos Business School, a Deputy Director of the International Monetary Fund, IMF, Catherine Patillo, remarked that the reforms made in the last 18 months of the Bola Tinubu administration are not working. This claim was made with neither sympathy nor concern for both […]
America, Nigeria and the politics of deception, by Rotimi Fasan
One more thing made clear by the outcome of the American presidential election of November 5 is that politics and many other things connected to it are aspects of the human sciences driven by human actions that can be explained, but not always with mathematical precision. When pollsters make projections within “the margin of error” and […]
Gowon, Peter Obi and his supporters, by Rotimi Fasan
When former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, marked his 90th birthday on October 19, he was celebrated far and wide by both friends and foes. He was a war-time dictator and could not be expected not to have those who love him and others who still have an axe to grind with him for his […]
Honourable Alexander Ikwechegh and the “foolish” Bolt driver, by Rotimi Fasan
THE report about a member of the House of Representatives assaulting a Bolt driver was one I had read earlier in the day the news broke. Even after I had seen a footage of the despicable encounter and the infantile utterances of the supposed legislator, I still didn’t think it was strong enough to displace the […]
Nigerian governors for federalism, by Rotimi Fasan
THERE is a curious assertion of statehood, the rights and powers of states against the extent and limit of federal control in our so-called federation that has emerged in the last couple of months. Suddenly, some individuals and groups are waking up to the realisation that Nigeria is not all about the Federal Government, that the […]
Tinubu, the IMF and the Nigerian economy, by Rotimi Fasan
Nigeria’s wobbly economy appears to have humbled everyone. If they are to be taken seriously, not even the big men of the immediate past and the few others used to feeding off the sweat of the struggling majority are spared. Food prices are soaring even as the cost of energy increasingly spirals out of reach. A […]
Now Fubara has “conquered” Wike, what’s next? By Rotimi Fasan
Action Peoples Party, Sim Fubara’s proxy party, the special purpose vehicle through which he is establishing his own hegemony, is certainly full of action, having made a near clean-sweep of the available seats in the 23 Local Government Areas of Rivers State. Twenty two of these seats are now under the control of the APP, an […]
The President’s address and Olukoyede’s own goals, by Rotimi Fasan
ABOUT an hour before I started writing this, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu read his nationally transmitted address on the 64th Independence Anniversary of Nigeria. Not unexpectedly, he made of this speech a pep talk to advise Nigerians not to lose hope in the face of the mounting economic, social and political challenges that have followed the […]
Finally, Oshiomhole has given Obaseki a bloody nose, by Rotimi Fasan
CONTRARY to the end-time predictions of fake cabalists and aspiring soothsayers masquerading as political pundits, the governorship election in Edo State was essentially violence-free. But for a pocket of incidents that resulted in the disruption of the electoral process, reports of the election were mostly favourable. Voter-turnout was very low with just over 500,000 ballots cast […]
Why should Nigerians be paying more for Dangote petrol than for imported petrol? By Rotimi Fasan
THE hard times Nigerians are passing through are not about to end; it’s getting clearer by the day. The more things change, the more they remain the same. That may sound, these days, like a cliche where Nigerians are concerned. But it says so much about the situation we’ve found ourselves in. For several years and, […]
