John Cardinal Onaiyekan spoke a bit too much, by Rotimi Fasan
The storm that has followed the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria’s visit to President Bola Tinubu would certainly not have occurred had the Archbishop Emeritus of Abuja, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, not taken to the airwaves in the form of a television interview he granted Arise News Prime Time anchor Charles Aniagolu to not only speak about […]
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, […]
Tinubu should take this ‘’protest” as a warning shot, by Rotimi Fasan
SHOULD it go ahead as planned or advertised in the media in the last few weeks, the so-called #EndBadGovernance protest would as likely as not end with a whimper rather than the bang that many of those who had canvassed for it and others in government who have opposed it had anticipated. The fact is that […]
Nigeria and the lessons from American politics, by Rotimi Fasan
JUST hours after the failed assassination attempt on Donald Trump, an anonymous “travel advisory” found its way into the internet. It was at once satiric and tongue-in-cheek in its advice to Africans, not citizens of particular countries of the continent, to be wary of travelling to America at these times. The advisory expressed concern about the […]
