When Dr Olusegun Mimiko became Governor, Ondo State was said to have one of the worst maternal and child health indices in southern Nigeria. The public health care sector was[…]
Category: Analysis
A Season of Royal Deaths – Salisu Suleiman
On May 27, 2014, the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar died in a London hospital after a brief illness. When his remains were returned home for burial, neighbouring emirs[…]
“How To Be A Nigerian”
Thirty seven years ago, I read Peter Enahoro’s book, “How To Be A Nigerian”, for the first time. It was a most worrying read for a pre-teen; and leafing through[…]
South East: Where are the leaders? – Salisu Suleiman
Given the propensity of rotational arrangements to throw up clueless and ill-prepared candidates and put them in positions they never dreamt of, let alone planned for, not many well-meaning Nigerians[…]
Backstopping The Naira
About a year ago (May 22, 2013) Ben Bernanke, then Chair of the US Federal Reserve System, spooked the markets. In his address to the US Congress’ Joint Economic Committee,[…]
“Some guy named Goodluck Jonathan” – Salisu Suleiman
The setting was a Starbucks café in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. The occasion was a small meeting of Africans. During a conversation with an Ethiopian lady, the talk changed to[…]
What was Jonathan Hiding? – Salisu Suleiman
When I landed at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, 7th of May on a flight from Kano, it was easy to sense that something was wrong. The ‘motor-park’ hustle and[…]
Monetary Policy, Looking Ahead
“Calm before a raging storm”! This was how a participant at a discussion, last week, described the state of the economy. I am privileged, every week before the Central Bank[…]
Boko Haram: Beginning of the End? – Salisu Suleiman
Two years ago, I posited on the three phases of terror, in reference to Boko Haram’s metamorphoses in three distinct stages. The group started out and quickly grew because many[…]