IG: Are tinted glasses your real problem? – Salisu Suleiman
“All glass fitted to a vehicle shall be clear and transparent to enable persons outside the vehicle to see whoever is inside the vehicle and the glass shall in no[…]
Category: Politics
Boko Haram Rejects Amnesty Offer: Now What?
“Mr Shekau said his group had done no wrong and so an amnesty would not be applicable to them. It was the Nigerian government that was committing atrocities against Muslims,[…]
Rural areas, urban problems – Salisu Suleiman
At exactly three o’clock in the morning, a locally assembled generator rumbled into life, spewing thick, noxious fumes into the air and jarring everyone within range wide awake. A few[…]
The president and the morgue attendant – Salisu Suleiman
There is a joke about a morgue attendant who had gotten so used to seeing dead bodies that one day, he came to work to find a supposedly dead body[…]
APC: The Game Changer?
“This is a new dawn for our generation. This is unusual. It is gratifying that they are here to see and share with us,” the middle aged man remarked with[…]
Should there be constitutional roles for traditional rulers? – Mark Amaza
Between 1951 and 1966, when Nigeria practiced a parliamentary system of government, there were two houses of parliaments in the three – later four – regions. These were the Houses[…]
PDP Governors and 2015: Not in the name of the North – Salisu Suleiman
The next presidential election scheduled for 2015 is still two years away, but one may be forgiven to think that it is only a few months from now. In what[…]
Should we abolish state independent electoral commissions? – Mark Amaza
Despite the fact that the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria does not allow for true devolution of powers from the centre, as the constitution of a true[…]
Are We All Boko Haram Now? – Abimbola Agboluaje
A common thread to the indignation that greeted Mr. Nasir El Rufai’s now infamous re/tweet is “can a Christian say something insulting about Prophet Mohammed (SAW) without Muslims embarking on a[…]
CAN Versus Nasir el-Rufai – Ebenezer Obadare
The controversy triggered by Mallam Nasir el-Rufai’s comments about Jesus Christ on Twitter is instructive on several levels. Here, I shall limit myself to two immediate implications. In the first[…]