Cannibalization of Muslims in Jos on Video: Where is our Humanity?
“Our lives begin to end the moment we become silent about things that matter” – Martin Luther King. In the past few months, I have heard all sorts of stories[…]
Author: Zainab Usman
Analysis · Economy · General · Occupy Nigeria · Politics
The Pains and Gains of #OccupyNigeria
“Occupy Nigeria was a test-run to a revolution” – Kayode Ogundamisi. Citizen journalist So it was that in the wee hours of Monday 16th January 2012, the series of strikes[…]
Analysis · Economy · General · Occupy Nigeria · Politics
Fuel Subsidy Removal: Messing With the Middle Class
ANNOUNCING A CALLOUS POLICY WITH IMPUNITY A liberalization move by the government to deregulate the downstream sector of the oil industy by removing subsidy on petrol was announced on[…]
The Unanswered Questions on Fuel Subsidy Removal
Ever since the Nigerian government officially announced a few months ago its plans of removing the subsidy on petroleum or premium motor spirit (PMS) by January 2012 , the debate for[…]
Sallah in a Time of Fear
For anyone who grew up in Northern Nigeria, the Eid-el-Adha/Eid-el-Kabir festival commonly referred to as “Babban Sallah” evokes images of wearing brand new clothes, preparation of hearty meals shared[…]
Libya’s Liberation: Two Wrongs Never Make A Right
There’s a saying in Hausa that goes thus: “juma’a mai kyau daga laraba ake gane ta” loosely translated means the signs of a beautiful Friday can be discerned from the[…]
Analysis · General · Nigeria@50 · Politics
Nigeria: a Nation?? at 51
by Zainab Usman
Is Nigeria a nation?
Are Bomb Attacks Here to Stay in Nigeria?
When the first suicide bomb attack occurred in Nigeria at the Police Headquarters earlier in June this year, Nigerians hoped fervently that suicide bombing would be one phenomenon that would not catch-on as[…]
Single Term Tenure: Testing the Waters
“The time for lamentation is over. This is the era of transformation” were some of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan’s historic words as he unveiled his transformation agenda in his inaugural speech on[…]
General · Politics · World Affairs
Oslo Attacks: Whither Globalization?
“…Cruelty is necessary…you should kill too many, not too few…” are some of Anders Behring Breivik’s murderous recommendations for a European cultural renaissance of sorts that would prevent the “Islamic[…]