Fulani Herdsmen: Villains or Victims? – Salisu Suleiman
As part of a team inspecting projects commissioned by a government agency, I was intrigued when someone asked to know the reasons for a number of crossings that had been[…]
Category: Politics
Unrelated Matters – Feyi Fawehinmi
You guys heard about Anhui Conch (AC) or nah? No? I thought so. Anyway you’ve come to the right place. The picture below should give you an understanding. That’s right,[…]
National Confab or National Theatre? – Salisu Suleiman
The golden age of Nigeria’s National Theatre was between the early 1970s and 80s, when Nigeria participated in cultural activities around the world and hosted cultural troupes from Africa, Asia,[…]
The Tragedy of Jonathan’s Pulpit Politics – Salisu Suleiman
That politicking for the 2015 presidential elections has started in earnest, despite the protestations of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) is not news. That President Goodluck Jonathan and his[…]
Boko Haram and a Nation Gripped By Fear
In most cultures of the world, a word exists for a frightening creature or the bogey man. In Hausa for instance, it is the dodo. A fiendish entity, other-worldly, yet beastly in its[…]
North: From minor quarrels to major bloodbaths – Salisu Suleiman
It goes without saying that northern Nigeria is facing unprecedented political, social and economic crises. At a time when it should be experiencing historic levels of economic growth, the region[…]
This cassava bread matter . . . – Salisu Suleiman
If there is anything symbolic of the warped, one-directional and ultimately, fruitless process of policy-making and implementation in Nigeria, it must be the federal government’s obsession with cassava bread, and[…]
Nigeria: Where thieves are rewarded – Salisu Suleiman
Last week’s piece on the attitude of Nigerian motorists elicited a number of responses. A few felt I hadn’t treated the topic in sufficient depth. Others shared their experiences about[…]
The ‘Nigerian factor’ on our roads – Salisu Suleiman
If one of the justifications for moving Nigeria’s capital from Lagos to Abuja was the intractable traffic jams in the former, then recent events in both cities have clearly proved[…]
Trillion Naira Budgets without Jobs – Salisu Suleiman
Two events happened last week, with different levels of public awareness and concern. The first was on Tuesday, when the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS), revealed that more than half[…]