Let Nigerians judge Tinubu’s record
By EMMANUEL OKOTIE-EBOH There is a recurring habit in Nigerian politics that deserves serious reflection. Whenever a new president assumes office, Nigerians quickly begin to attribute almost every problem in the country to the occupant of Aso Rock. Roads, schools, hospitals, security, unemployment, electricity and even problems that constitutionally fall under state or local governments […]
Understanding the imperatives of fuel subsidy removal
SOMETIMES one is tempted to jump to the conclusion that the average Nigerian is eternally and irrationally afraid of change even when that promises an outcome that is in his best interest. Indeed there are several unfolding pointers in the polity today to buttress this impression.
Fashola’s war on education (2)
IF Gov. Fashola truly loves Lagos State let him leave a self-generative legacy. A legacy that will build the infrastructures of an enduring solution to the states problem. A legacy that will regenerate itself. That legacy is EDUCATION.
That 3rd anniversary lecture (1)
VENUE is Idia College Hall, Benin City. The whole ceremony opens the rigid ritualism of somber liturgy with its enervating monotony. For government officials who have been intimidated to attend it, they saunter in, obviously in an ordered procession, followed by chieftains of the Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, led by Bola Tinubu.
Remembering the Publisher: A tribute to Alex Ibru (2)
NOT unexpectedly, our forced resignations led to a flood of other resignations and the company faced, in my view, its first self-inflicted crisis.
Fashola’s war on education
FOR the past fortnight I have been searching for answers to unravel the unstated mysteries behind the recent ill-advised and astronomical increase in the tuition fees of the Lagos State University.
