Why The President Matters
One of the wackier arguments with which boosters of the Goodluck Jonathan administration have met the charge that his government has been unusually feckless in its response to the recent[…]
Category: Economy
Before It All Unravels
Can one mourn too much? Are there circumstances in one’s life that one ought not to give up on? Are there bounds to the weight a camel can carry? Must[…]
Tokunbo Cars and Terror Funding: A Working Example – Feyi Fawehinmi
Conspiracy theories will always be popular. But in Nigeria they are more popular than they should normally be for various reasons – bad education, religion, ‘legacy’ of colonialism. The problem[…]
Nigeria – What Manner of Leaders
There is no question but that the quality of our national leadership has deteriorated of late. The consequences of these are particularly telling at the economic level. Despite the roseate[…]
Why I Would Not Vote Next Year
Come St. Valentine’s Day, 2015, I would not vote in the general elections scheduled for that day. I also did not vote in the 2011 general elections. Then, I was[…]
Response to My Open Letter: An Insight Into Nigeria’s Cement ‘Market’ – Feyi Fawehinmi
A friend read my open letter to the Finance and Trade Ministers and sent me an email. I have nothing personal against Dangote (not like it matters) so it’s important to share[…]
An Open Letter to Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and Olusegun Aganga – Feyi Fawehinmi
Honourable Ministers, I write to you as someone with a lot of frustrations about the way Nigeria works (or doesnt) for the vast majority of its citizens. I tend to[…]
Still on the New GDP Numbers
There was no question but that the new domestic output numbers for the Nigerian economy was going to attract much interest. A rare event in the nation’s calendar, and a[…]
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[…]
Unrelated Matters – Feyi Fawehinmi
You guys heard about Anhui Conch (AC) or nah? No? I thought so. Anyway you’ve come to the right place. The picture below should give you an understanding. That’s right,[…]