A Forecast Is Not a Verdict: Why The Economist Misreads 2027
By KOLA ALAPINNI The Economist’s “Nigerians Dislike Their President, But May Re-elect Him Anyway” is a confident piece, and a narrow one. It grants the dislike, then treats it as electorally irrelevant. Incumbency, a split opposition, a Muslim Muslim ticket, and a public that expects little will, on this reading, carry President Bola Tinubu to […]
The technocrat governor Delta needs
THE evolving trend in most parts of the world is for tested technocrats to adorn the garb of politics after serving humanity in different capacities. When technocrats enter governance in Nigeria they do so via two means. Either by getting appointed by a government that wants to benefit from their technical expertise or by getting fully involved in the electoral process and getting elected.
Jonathan and Chibok community money palaver
IT appears whatever President Goodluck Jonathan does or does not do in relation to the Boko Haram kidnap of many school girls from Chibok in Borno State is bound to elicit palaver from certain quarters.
Delta PDP govt: Danger of complacency
TWO months to the last Ekiti gubernatorial election, no pundit would have placed a bet against, incumbent Kayode Fayemi; his victory was a foregone conclusion. Ekiti was the bastion of the APC party and the governor’s profile was on the rise.
Varsity degrees do not make leaders
LEADERSHIP is more an art than science. It is therefore hard to set rules, theories and formulae for good leadership.
An appeal for Nigerian youths
A UNITED Nations estimate in June 2013 put the total population of Nigeria at 174 million. Of this, the number of those in the youthful age bracket is put at 68 million with a staggering 41.5 million unemployed and 4.5 million entering the job market annually.
