What If Mr. Wang of The CCDI Comes For Your Daddy? – Feyi Fawehinmi
Mr. Wang Qishan is a member of China’s seven man Politburo Standing Committee – sort of their equivalent of Nigeria’s FEC. He is also the Secretary of the Central Commission[…]
Category: Politics
The Word On The Streets XIII: The Buhari Is Coming Edition – Feyi Fawehinmi
Your correspondent managed to be in 3 cities in about a week. Wherever there are Nigerians, there will be stories to tell. (Previous editions of TWOTS can be found here).[…]
Before you fight a Fulani man – Salisu Suleiman
The typical Fulani man is easy to take for granted. His attachment to his animals and nomadic way of life invites insult, ridicule and name-calling. Some even equate his intelligence[…]
Buhari and the Oronsaye Report: Tough Choices – Salisu Suleiman
On the 5th of May 2015, APC governors-elect paid a courtesy visit to the president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari to congratulate him, and in the words of the Imo state governor,[…]
Buhari’s New Friends
Since the outcome of the March 28th 2015 presidential election, the president-elect, Gen Muhammadu Buhari has become the toast of everyone, including some who shunned him like a pest in[…]
This Yam, This Goat, This Country: PwC and NNPC – Part 1
“Friends and countrymen; I beseech you by the mercies of God that ye do whatsoever it is within thine powers to prevent a frolic between the yam and the goat.[…]
Still on Political Orphans – Salisu Suleiman
Last week, we examined how ‘Hurricane Buhari’ made orphans of some key political actors in the North, including Modu Sheriff, Attahiru Bafarawa, Ibrahim Shekarau and Nuhu Ribadu. There were others[…]
How to become a political orphan – Salisu Suleiman
Hurricane Buhari might have come and gone, but it has left the political landscape of Nigeria, particularly the north, unrecognizable. Within the blink of an eye, old political structures and[…]
How big is Buhari’s broom? by Salisu Suleiman
The first time I collected a voter’s card was during one of Nigeria’s several aborted transitions to democratic rule. At every opportunity, I yearned to cast my vote and stood[…]
‘On such a full sea are we now afloat…’ – A Letter to the President-Elect by Feyi Fawehinmi
Mr President, I really don’t understand what it means to ‘stand on existing protocol’. Nevertheless, I will go ahead and stand on existing protocol. 1. On the day that Deng[…]