Why the NBA physician must first heal herself, by Rotimi Fasan
With the emergence of Oyinkansola Badejo-Okusanya (SAN) as the 33rd president of the Nigerian Bar Association, the controversies that had preceded this year’s election would seem to have subsided despite fears that the post-election period might be mired in litigation. Such fears have so far proven only partially founded, as some lawyers have allegedly headed for […]
Tinubu, his Fulani allies and next month’s election
By Rotimi Fasan TODAY makes it exactly a month to the day Nigerians will go to the polls to elect their next president. The presidential candidate of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, is one of the three leading contenders to the coveted office. In the ordinary opinion of many and as […]
CBN and remaking of the Naira
By Rotimi Fasan WHEN the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN, took the decision to redesign the naira, it had a few objectives to achieve. Even if many Nigerians now believe what the CBN has done is merely change the colours of the notes that are now thought to be qualitatively inferior to the old notes, […]
Buhari and the Tinubu campaign
By Rotimi Fasan MEMBERS of the Presidential Campaign Council of the All Progressives Congress and, indeed, all other supporters of that party’s presidential candidate, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, must have heaved a sigh of relief to have the President and leader of the APC, Muhammadu Buhari, finally join them again on the campaign trail this week. […]
Obasanjo’s endorsement of Peter Obi and the February election
By Rotimi Fasan OLUSEGUN Obasanjo, a former president and Head of State, has finally made a clean breast of his preferred presidential candidate, presumably among the three leading candidates of Bola Tinubu, Atiku Abubakar, and Peter Obi, in the presidential election scheduled for less than two months from now. Peter Gregory Obi, the Labour Party […]
Kukah’s final scorecard on Buhari
By Rotimi Fasan AS was the case this time last year, the Catholic Bishop of the Sokoto Diocese, the Rev. Matthew Hassan Kukah, has again issued a damning score card on the Muhammadu Buhari administration. Kukah has become a consistent critic of President Buhari and of the All Progressives Congress, APC, party-led government. Aside what […]
