Jigawa’s green shoots of growth
THIS morning, the First Jigawa Economic and Investment Summit opens here in Dutse, the state capital. The planning for this elaborate summit
Kwankwaso and Bola Tinubu: Timely gesture
LAST weekend, the former governor of Lagos state, Bola Tinubu, was given an honorary degree by the Kano State University of Technology
The PDP, Governors’ Forum and democracy
LAST week’s return of Rivers state governor, Chibuike Amaechi, as chairman of the Nigerian Governors’ Forum (NGF), despite the desperate effort by
The Nigerian Media and the State of Emergency
SECTION 22 of the Nigerian Constitution explicitly obliges the Nigerian media to hold government accountable to the Nigerian people. In the wake
The Anohu-Amazu bill: Amending legislation just for an individual
Last week, the House of Representatives suspended debate on the Pension Reform Act because of the controversial request embedded in the Act.
Nigeria’s troubling epidemic of rapes
LAST week, the Centre for Environment, Human Rights and Development, an NGO, reported that in 2012, no fewer than 1, 200 girls
Aminu Tambuwal: Letting lose a cat amongst presidential pigeons
WHEN former President Ibrahim Babangida “endorsed” House Speaker, Aminu Tambuwal for a “higher office”, at a recent VANGUARD newspaper event, he probably had a
State of emergency and national matters arising
IT has been the worst of times in Nigeria; this past month. The harvest of deaths has troubled Nigerians in ways that
Anyiam Nnaemeka’s, the NYSC, Zamfara State and I
ON Tuesday, this week, THE GUARDIAN newspaper’s YOUTHSPEAK back page column, carried a piece by a youth corps member, Anyiam Nnaemeka, serving in Zamfara state.
Anyiam Nnaemeka, the NYSC, and Zamfara State
ON Tuesday, this week, THE GUARDIAN newspaper’s YOUTHSPEAK backpage column, carried a piece by a youth corps member, Anyiam Nnaemeka, serving in Zamfara state. It is