Nigeria’s privatisation delusion
IT is the height of insanity to do the same thing over and over and expect a different result; right? That’s true
Almakura’s challenge in Nasarawa and Shettima’s worries in Borno
UMARU Tanko AlMakura was the only CPC candidate elected as governor in the last election. His campaign electrified Nasarawa state, where the
The Bukola Saraki Years In Kwara State
In the twilight of his eight‐year tenure, as Kwara state governor, this week, I Bukola Saraki has literally been in overdrive. He
Profiling The Northern Enemy
The past three weeks have been some of the most difficult for the frames of perception and analysis of Northern Nigeria, in
Living a lie in Nigeria!
COMPLETE SPORTS’ lead of May 3, 2011 announced a “PRESIDENTIAL WELCOME FOR ‘GOLDEN’ EAGLES”. The nut and bolt was that President Jonathan
Lessons of the historical process
IF a word captures the central content of the responses I got to my first piece last week, it would be “vitriol”.
Colour Me Blue
Epiphanies don’t come any better than that. It is my 51st year of life, this 2011, but it is also my first
A Season Of Madness Foretold
Politics is warfare by other means, if you discount thugs, broken heads, money, treachery and the inevitable dollops of assassination thrown in
Justice Salami: When A Promotion Isn’t A Promotion
Last weekend in Ilorin, I asked a senior member of the Nigerian Bench to sum up the professional persona of Justice Isa
A New Beginning In Niger
On Monday this week, the 6.7 million registered voters in our near-neighbour and sister republic of Niger, went to the polls to