Jonathan’s ‘fat list’ and Nigeria’s El Gordo – Salisu Suleiman
Christmas is not the only reason why many people in Spain look forward to the end of the year. Another reason is that annually, thousands win huge sums of money[…]
Category: Analysis
Toll-roads And The Public Account
The Federal government is apparently considering returning tolls to highways it maintains as a means of ensuring that these remain in good repair. The South African government, recently having introduced[…]
Boko Haram or INEC Haram? – Salisu Suleiman
As a member of the Justice Uwais’ Electoral Reform Panel, Professor Attahiru Jega was the one who said, “No doubt, the popular aspirations for credible, free, fair and popularly acceptable[…]
Biometric Data And Our Love For Snafus
Much debate has attended the conduct of “supplementary polls” over the weekend for election to the office of governor for Anambra State. Part of the problem is that no one[…]
Jega’s Jaga-jaga – Salisu Suleiman
My first close contact with then Dr. Attahiru Jega was when, as editor of my university newspaper, I led a team of communications students to interview him as head of[…]
Playing The Ostrich
Over the last few months, I have been involved in a running conversation with a friend. About Nigeria, of course. Sometimes very intense, but occasionally light-hearted, the talk has turned[…]
Injustice and Inequality in Northern Nigeria – Salisu Suleiman
That Northern Nigeria is facing unprecedented political, social and economic upheavals is not in doubt; that the region’s vulnerabilities are being exploited by politicians is also not contested. What has[…]
Meeting The MPC
Isn’t it strange that the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) meets today, and the economy’s outlook is the least important of the considerations on the talking[…]
Before we Hang Stella Oduah – Salisu Suleiman
Going by the media frenzy in the last few weeks over the purchase of vehicles worth over half a billion naira by the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, one would[…]
Treasury Bills As Safe Deposit Instruments
Even as we struggle to make meaning of the country’s dire economic straits, it was without doubt a high watermark in the evolution of the financial services industry. Two discount[…]