WHEN the highly revered business tycoon, Aliko Dangote, suggested the sale of certain national assets as a precursor to economic resurgence, one had hoped that he was a lone wolf propagating a personal idea. Amazingly, nevertheless unsurprising, this proposal for the sale of national assets, particularly the government’s majority shares in NLNG, has received endorsements from the Senate president,

THERE appears to be a consensus that the government will need to stimulate the economy by pushing more money into the society. Government itself has stated that its recovery programme will be private sector driven; and through some social safety net measures such as the school feeding system and direct employment of teachers.

THE Edo state governorship election has come and gone. Gone Along with it is the pervasive fear of the untoward, among which is the alleged invasion of particularly the state capital by straggling militants from neighbouring states. Putting it mildly, the threat almost sent the blood pressure of everyone, including citizens, residents, politicians, electoral personnel, […]

At 7am the following day, the security phone rang and President Babangida was at the end of the line wanting to know what I was still doing in Nigeria when my Libyan counterpart was already shuttling between Mali and Burkina Faso

I have just read the statement made by the Katsina Emirate Council on the issue of Habiba Isa, the 14 year old Christian girl that allegedly converted to Islam at the emir’s palace and thereafter got married to the Emir of Katsina, his Royal highness, Alhaji Abdulmumin Usman.