Has Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy failed?
By Moshood Oshunfurewa This symptom has fully emerged. Nigeria’s indigenous industrialisation policy has failed. This failure is not the product of any single policy misstep but the systematic collapse of a six-decade-old structural architecture. This is a consequence of energy costs that devour manufacturing margins, foreign exchange controls that choke off access to production inputs, […]
Manchester attack weighing on British elections
It is not unlikely that Labour’s attractive promises which include extra spending on the National Health Service, higher social spending and abolition of tuition fees, may be buried in the fears and concerns that follow the Manchester attack
Disturbing coup rumours from the Nigerian military
We wouldn’t have attached any attention to it if the news of a purported coup – planning from a section of Nigerian soldiers was not credited to the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt Lieutenant Genera T.Y. Buratai himself. And to underscore the seriousness of the matter, the British Ambassador to Nigeria also corroborated the news – item. If the disturbing news was credited to other sources, we would have waved it aside as one of the wild – rumours.
Rule of Law: Garba Shehu goofs on Sambo Dasuki
The most painful and mind boggling dilemma in issuing rebuttals is the attempt to challenge respected professional colleagues who should know the truth from fallacy. Wrong actions of current administration of President Muhammadu Buhari have compelled some of us to take the pain and risk of disproving false allegations and reckless insinuations on innocent people by those in the corridors of power.
CDS Olonishakin and Nigeria’s rising military profile In Africa
Without any attempt to flatter, a dispassionate assessment of the appointees, President Muhammedu Buhari has made in sensitive areas reflect his innate persona and leadership qualities. They are usually honest, strict, thorough, focused and brutally blunt in the performance of official duties. Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) Gen. Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin is one such […]
Fighting corruption in Nigeria: Two timely interventions and one anti-climax
Three important documents released in the past week – respectively from Nigeria’s federal government and two by respected international NGOs, Chatham House and OXFAM – separately offer important insights into why the present effort to fight corruption in the country is stuck in a mire. Together, they offer a more coherent synthesis of how fighting […]
