Ibadan kidnappers and long tale from Ogbomoso terrorists, by Rotimi Fasan
The entire drama that featured the abduction of Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul and her 12-year-old twin boys lasted for just three days, between Wednesday and Saturday. Those were tension-soaked days that served mostly to highlight or add to the pressure on a federal government that many had come to see as the very symbol of […]
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, […]
The 18-year admission policy is about leaving leprosy to cure ring worm (2), by Rotimi Fasan
Prof. Mamman may genuinely want to put an end to the bastardisation of the education system but his seems more like a political solution to largely social problem.
The 18-year admission policy is about leaving leprosy to cure ring worm, by Rotimi Fasan
IN SPITE of the controversy that has surrounded its announcement, it is clear that most Nigerians are neither asking the right questions nor is Professor Tahir Mamman’s Ministry of Education taking the right steps about implementing the 18-year admission policy into tertiary institution or sitting the School Certificate Examination(WASCE/NECO). Without any provocation the minister two months […]
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala’s social contract homily, by Rotimi Fasan
She was accused of corruption and plied with death threats for daring to confront the ogres of corruption.
Nigeria, make we get shame small! By Rotimi Fasan
WHEN a country as populous and naturally endowed as Nigeria continues to flounder and is meted the worst form of shabby treatment internationally, it should be a matter of concern. But much too often it is as if the country’s leaders have lost all sense of shame. They are hardly ever bothered by any situation, no […]
When the Patriots came calling, by Rotimi Fasan
GIVEN how it started, struggled to gain traction and finally petered out without cohesion, I doubt if anyone or group of persons could be justifiably called the organisers of the #EndBadGovernance protest. But just when its so-called organisers chose to make a final statement of defiance by bringing it to a grand end on its tenth […]
A misguided protest and a Tinubu government that must bestir itself, by Rotimi Fasan
IN commenting on the possible outcome of the ongoing #EndBadGovernance protest when it took off last week, I had in this space made clear that it was as likely as not to end with a whimper rather than the bang that the mostly invisible planners and government officials expected it to be. As I write this, […]
