Marwa’s Miscalculation – Salisu Suleiman
Brigadier General Mohammed Buba Marwa (ret.) needs little introduction, considering his visibility on the Nigerian political scene for more than 20 years. It started with his appointment as governor of[…]
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Jonathan, Politics, and the War on Terror – Salisu Suleiman
When over 200 secondary school girls, whose parents had been assured of their safety, were brazenly abducted from the Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno state, the federal government was[…]
Jonathan and the new Dark Age – Salisu Suleiman
Now that the new Dark Age has come, I have no more fear. I have learnt to see in the dark and think through noxious fumes. The growling of diesel[…]
Fulani Herdsmen: Villains or Victims? – Salisu Suleiman
As part of a team inspecting projects commissioned by a government agency, I was intrigued when someone asked to know the reasons for a number of crossings that had been[…]
National Confab or National Theatre? – Salisu Suleiman
The golden age of Nigeria’s National Theatre was between the early 1970s and 80s, when Nigeria participated in cultural activities around the world and hosted cultural troupes from Africa, Asia,[…]
The Tragedy of Jonathan’s Pulpit Politics – Salisu Suleiman
That politicking for the 2015 presidential elections has started in earnest, despite the protestations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not news. That President Goodluck Jonathan and his[…]
North: From minor quarrels to major bloodbaths – Salisu Suleiman
It goes without saying that northern Nigeria is facing unprecedented political, social and economic crises. At a time when it should be experiencing historic levels of economic growth, the region[…]
This cassava bread matter . . . – Salisu Suleiman
If there is anything symbolic of the warped, one-directional and ultimately, fruitless process of policy-making and implementation in Nigeria, it must be the federal government’s obsession with cassava bread, and[…]
Nigeria: Where thieves are rewarded – Salisu Suleiman
Last week’s piece on the attitude of Nigerian motorists elicited a number of responses. A few felt I hadn’t treated the topic in sufficient depth. Others shared their experiences about[…]
The ‘Nigerian factor’ on our roads – Salisu Suleiman
If one of the justifications for moving Nigeria’s capital from Lagos to Abuja was the intractable traffic jams in the former, then recent events in both cities have clearly proved[…]