Hostage President, Prostrate Populace – Salisu Suleiman
If you wake up President Goodluck Jonathan in the middle of the night and ask him why wants to remain in office until 2019, he will probably mumble something about[…]
Category: Analysis
Disagreeing On The Fortunes Of The Country
Are there doubts about the record of the current federal government? Yes. Its boosters point to a succession of stellar achievements in support of their claim that the larger portion[…]
Atlantic or Mediterranean: Watery graves for Africans – Salisu Suleiman
In the last one month alone, no less than 500 Africans, fleeing wars and poverty in Somalia, Eritrea, Nigeria, Sudan, Ghana, Senegal, Ethiopia and other countries drowned in the Mediterranean[…]
How Do We Discuss Our Problems
What is the problem with Nigeria? For good reasons, there are as many answers to this question, as there are persons who have given it a thought. Still, it helps[…]
How to travel in Nigeria – Salisu Suleiman
Nigeria is one of the few – and certainly the only country of its size in the whole world – without a functional railway system. The cost of this deficiency[…]
Why Are We So Cursed?
By definition, an “Act of God” absolves each one of us of personal responsibility. If God wills it, what does it matter what I do, think or say? I cannot[…]
#OleleFacts
The Black Stars of Ghana will face the Pharaohs of Egypt on October 15 for a challenging World Cup qualifying match. Football fans are certainly salivating at the prospect of[…]
This National Conference Will Achieve Nothing
It was rather surprising when on October 1st and in his Independence Day national address, President Goodluck Jonathan announced the setting up of a committee to work out the modalities[…]
Who Guards The Guardians
Last week, I was concerned with how much the Central Bank of Nigeria’s (CBN) recent measures for managing the demand for and supply of foreign exchange speak to a macroeconomic[…]
“Fight without hesitation, kill without mercy and die without regret” – Salisu Suleiman
In ancient Rome, the river Rubicon marked the boundary between the Roman province of Cisalpine Gaul to the north-east and Italy proper. The river got its name from the Latin[…]