To What And How Does Today’s MPC Meeting Respond?
Today, two developments (both of them much trailed) will occur. More precisely, one of these events commences, while the other will be announced. First (and this is not in any[…]
How to Steal a Trillion Naira – Salisu Suleiman
Shortly after taking office as governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi was aghast when he discovered the degree of rot in the banking sector. In the[…]
The Private Jet Behavioral Adjustment Development Levy (PJ-BAD)
Regardless of whether it was given to him as a gift by his congregants or he somehow gave it to himself, it’s safe to say that the President of the[…]
Is The Economy As Well As The Plaudits It Is Receiving Suggest?
Reading through Standard & Poor’s recent justification for its decision to raise the economy’s foreign- and local-currency sovereign credit ratings, I could not help but wonder whether the policy choices[…]
A Visit To Maker Faire Africa 2012 in Lagos
Maker Faire Africa brought its yearly pan-African innovation fair to Lagos, Nigeria this year. It was three days of exhibitions, workshops, D.I.Y. demonstrations, a public “maker space” and enthusiastic celebration of[…]
Analysis · General · Politics · World Affairs
Another Milestone for African Women
Fauzia Yusuf Haji, Somalia’s soon-to-be First Female Foreign Minister Fauzia Yusuf Haji Adan is set to become Somalia’s first female Foreign Minister in newly elected Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon’s cabinet. Her[…]
Negotiating Terrorism and Nigeria’s Democracy – Mark Amaza
A few days ago, an alleged spokesperson of the Boko Haram terrorist sect contacted journalists and announced the willingness of the sect to dialogue. He went further to lay down[…]
Culture and Society · Literature
Interview with Uche Umez – Sokari Ekine
Uche is the author of two collections of poem: Dark through the Delta, and Aridity of Feelings; a short story collection Tears in Her Eyes, and two children’s fiction: Sam[…]
Between Corruption and Efficiency
Exasperated, we (Nigerians) are wont to describe “corrupt practices” as the only “industry” that thrives in the country. Ignored by official bean counters, anecdotal evidence of corruption abounds. An effete[…]
How to be a real Nigerian – Salisu Suleiman
He knows the traffic light is on red but still zooms on, only to be stopped by traffic wardens who have strategically positioned themselves for that very purpose – not[…]