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 […]
Senate Presidency: The differences of David Mark
SOME say it is an uncommon feat. Others believes it is unprecedented. And more than a few summed it up as divine. Which ever side of the divide one belongs, the ultimate truth of Senator David Mark’s success as the president of the Senate is that there is the Hand of God here. Except destiny and just a few who are knowledgeable enough to understand the political arithmetic, majority did not give him a chance.
Farm animals: Vital to secure Nigeria’s food future
NIGERIA has a good climate for farming and vast areas of farmland, yet it has a problem with food security. There are about 14 million farmers in Nigeria, mostly smallholders, producing about 80 percent of the country’s food supply.
Nigeria’s democracy: Institution founded on anti-Nigerian ideology
MY belief has always been … that wherever in this land any individual’s constitutional rights are being unjustly denied, it is the obligation of the Federal Government—at point of bayonet if necessary—to restore that individual’s constitutional rights (Ronald Reagan, 1983).
Towards a more effective United Nations
IRAN and North Korea are always in the news. If one is not being accused of building atomic bombs the other is being lambasted for developing intercontinental ballistic missiles.
That Anyaoku’s proposition about Edo governance
FORMER Secretary General of the Commonwealth, Chief Emeka Anyaoku, who chaired the ceremony of the Champion Newspapers 2011 Man of the Year Award, held recently in Lagos, is a man of gravitas and impact. He is an orator par excellence.
