A Season of Royal Deaths – Salisu Suleiman
On May 27, 2014, the Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Shehu Abubakar died in a London hospital after a brief illness. When his remains were returned home for burial, neighbouring emirs[…]
“How To Be A Nigerian”
Thirty seven years ago, I read Peter Enahoro’s book, “How To Be A Nigerian”, for the first time. It was a most worrying read for a pre-teen; and leafing through[…]
South East: Where are the leaders? – Salisu Suleiman
Given the propensity of rotational arrangements to throw up clueless and ill-prepared candidates and put them in positions they never dreamt of, let alone planned for, not many well-meaning Nigerians[…]
Backstopping The Naira
About a year ago (May 22, 2013) Ben Bernanke, then Chair of the US Federal Reserve System, spooked the markets. In his address to the US Congress’ Joint Economic Committee,[…]
“Some guy named Goodluck Jonathan” – Salisu Suleiman
The setting was a Starbucks café in Silver Spring, Maryland, USA. The occasion was a small meeting of Africans. During a conversation with an Ethiopian lady, the talk changed to[…]
What was Jonathan Hiding? – Salisu Suleiman
When I landed at the Abuja airport on Wednesday, 7th of May on a flight from Kano, it was easy to sense that something was wrong. The ‘motor-park’ hustle and[…]
Monetary Policy, Looking Ahead
“Calm before a raging storm”! This was how a participant at a discussion, last week, described the state of the economy. I am privileged, every week before the Central Bank[…]
Boko Haram: Beginning of the End? – Salisu Suleiman
Two years ago, I posited on the three phases of terror, in reference to Boko Haram’s metamorphoses in three distinct stages. The group started out and quickly grew because many[…]
The Word On The Streets XI: The ‘Enhanced Security’ Edition – Feyi Fawehinmi
Someone had to do the hard work of attending the World Economic Forum in Abuja last week. Yours truly braved the odds and made it out alive. My summary of[…]
Why The President Matters
One of the wackier arguments with which boosters of the Goodluck Jonathan administration have met the charge that his government has been unusually feckless in its response to the recent[…]